Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-06-13

and prolific seeding. Such crops are
consequently o boon or a menace do
pending upon how they are handled.
Besides the usual cultivated crops.
sInau.grain crops can also sometimes
be cultivated 10 advantage In the
spring with yplke.tooth harrow or
weeder. This does not permanently
Iniure the young crop, ard Il Kills
hosts OF small weed seedlings which
Souid otherwise mike trouble. Farm
ers IN the upper Columbia river basin
are able to control Wild mustard BY
repeatedly narrowing fall.sown wheat
In the spring; without this narrowing
the mustard would be very trouble
some.
After the kmailgrnln crop Is har'
vested II II often good practice In the
Northern states 10 harrow or disk the
stumble to encourage the germinatlon
OF the weed seeds that are at or near
the soil surface. The seedlings are
killed by the fail blowing or by cold
weather Some weeds, such ns rag
weed and foxtnil, start 20 mature seeds
soon after harvest, so that care must
be taken 10 turn tha plants under be-
fore the seeds approach maturity.
Flowing without the preliminary disk.
Ing would turn under millions Of weed
seeds 10 make trouble IN future years.
Moving 10 Prevent Seeding.
MOVING is another way Of prevent
ing weeds FROM going 20 seed. a. n
rsilr. Il A. best 10 NOV when weeds
have reached the fulibloom stage.
Many farmers mow thelr pastures
once OF twice zach yenr and Ms n re-.
suit have gradually driven ont the
weeds aud thickened the grasg stand.
when there are patches In grain fields
thick with weeds, IL VIII pay 10 cat
them, grain aud all. before the weeds
start 10 80 to seed. Most careful
farmers NOV or cut their femccFuw
and roadside weeds once or twice .
year 70 prevent their seeding.
Il pays ~ cuf q hay crop enrly, In
order 10 prevent weeds from going 20
Need as well as 20 secure better quail
liy 81 hay. After grain crcp Is r.
moved. crop Of weeds. such az rag.
Nscd or foxtail, usually follows, which.
II not disturbed. not oaly reseeds the
baud for further crops 81 weeds, but
may du much damage Ia a young seed.
lng ~ clover or graaa Moving these
weeds VIII prevent mos, % them FROM
going ~ seed. and. further, the clip
pings will b. OF value as a mulch for
the young grass.
Hand Work 10 Prevent Seeding.
quite often few scattered weeds
viii occur Ia heid. These weeds
can be- removed by hand with little
work, whereas " allowed Ia mature
they would thoroughly seed the land
and make trouble for the future. Such
weeds may be prevented from seeding
either by. hand pulling OF by digging
them out with "a mattoek. hoe. or spud
80 far below the surface that new top
growth will not spring no and mature
seeds. Animal aud biennln weeds
viii make no further appearance II
pulled or cut on when they are In full
bloom. The spud Is tool with n long
handle and narrow chlsel-iike blade
at one end This Is very effective 10
dispOslng OF weeds with thick roots,
such ms bull thistle, mullen, and chic
ory. Many farmers have cleaned theig
farms Of corn cookie, Wild mustard.
, and many other weeds by few hours
OF hand work each year when these
weeds were In full blossom.
Spraying to Prevent Seeding.
/ In case Of certain weeds infesting
small-Ernin crops Il has been found
profitable to spray with d solution Of
copper sulphate, iron sulphate, or salt.
II this treatment does not entirely XIII
the weeds, It at least prevents them
from going to seed. Such treatment.
II well done. does not permanently in
\ jure the grain and Is effective against
the weeds. This method seems to be OF
most use against the wild mustard
family OF plants.
The spray solutions are made by dis
solving either u pounds Of copper sui
phate. 100 pounds Of iron sulphate, or
10 pounds OF common salt In % gal
Ions OF water. This quantity Of solu-
tion Is sufficient to spray about one
acre. Any machine that throws fine
mistllke spray may he used Where
areas OF considerable size are to.-be
treated, traction sprayer with boom
II to 20 feet long s the most economic
cal equipment.