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Home Course In
Modern Agriculture
IX. Weeds and How to Combat Them
By C. V. GREGORY,
Agricultural Dl-Olfion. lotva .Stale College
Copyright, 1009. by American Press Association
IN attempting to produce largo
crops the farmer finds that ho
has runny enemies working
against him. Among the worst
of these nre weeds. One of tho great
est problems that confront the farm
er Is that of keeping his crops free
from these pests. After a field has
been so handled und prepared thnt n
large amount of plant food Is In availa
ble form, with plenty of moisture to
dissolve It, It Is poor policy to allow
weeds to seize this food nnd moisture
and convert thciir Into n worthless
product.
Weeds may be divided Into three
general classes annuals, biennials nnd
perennials. Annual weeds are propo
gatod entirely by seeds nnd live but
one year. An exception to this is
found in the winter annuals, which
come up In the fall, live through tho
winter ns small plants and produce
seed the following spring.
Among the most troublesome annual
weeds are tho foxtails. These nro
grassllko plants thnt nre too common
to need any spcclnl description. The
fact that mnkes them bo dlfllcult to
na. xvn a hcssun thisti.b.
combat Is their great Heed producing
capacity. It Is not dllllcult to kill ouo
formal plant, but no sooner Is that
done than another springs up to tako
Its place.
Early fall plowing gets rid of innuy
of these weeds by turning them un
der before the seed Is ripe. Some of
the seed which Is rJpo will grow up,
and the plants will be killed by tho
first freezes of whiter. If tho field Is
burrowed early In the spring mnuy of
the remaining seed can bo induced to
start. The more weeds that come up
nt this time the better, since they will
be killed in the subsequent prepara
tion of the laud for planting.
There Is no better Implement for
killing weeds before com comes up
than the harrow. Harrowing is a
cheap operation, since so many ucre3
enn bo gone over In n day. Tho more
times a cornfield can bo' gono over
with the harrow before tho corn comes
up tho better. In harrowing to kill
weeds care should bo taken not to do
tho work when the wentlior Is cloudy
or the .ground too wet, or the weeds
will bo transplanted rnthur than killed.
In regard to the value of lmrrowlng
growing corn opinions differ greatly.
It Is almost Impossible, liowover, to
harrow corn without destroying some
of it. It Is n waste of time to test
the seed and planter with the Idea of
getting a good stand nnd then harrow
part of it out. Unless tho weeds aro
very bad the harrow had better be
put uwny In tho machine shed ns soon
as tho com begins to appear above
the surface of the ground.
Thorough cultivation from tho time
tho corn Is two or three Inches high
until It Is ready to "lay by" will do
much to keep tho weeds in check. Tho
deep early cultivations will bring up
tho seeds that have been lying dor
mant nt tho bottom of the furrow
slice. These will germinate nnd bo
killed by the Inter cultivations. Fox
tail mny grow up and go to seed uftcr
the crop gets too largo to cultivate.
It is often a good plan to sow rape in
corn at tho last cultivation. This will
come up quickly nnd shade-tlio ground
so completely thnt It will prevent the
growth of annual weeds almost en
tirely. Annual weeds seldom do much dam
age In small grain. If tho grain Is
drilled In on a properly prepared seed
bed It will get such n start that most
of the weeds will be smothered out
nnd die for lack of plant food and
light. One annual that Is sometimes
troublesome In graluflelds Is mustard.
Since this weed Is ensiiy killed by
cultivation it seldom goes to seed
In cornfields. Consequently when
email grain follows corn there is little
mustard seed In tho soil except that
Which is sown with the onts.
Thero Is another annual, or rath-jr
winter annual, thnt Is much harder to
crndleato thnn those mentioned so far.
This is squirrcltnll grass, so called be
cause of Its fuzzy heads. The seeds
nro very light nnd nro attached to
long beards, which enuso them to bo
enroled for considerable distances by
the wind.
Squlrroltnll grass Is not troublesome
In cultivated fields, but often In
fests meadows nnd pastures to such
an extent as to make thorn nlmost
worthless. Mowing as soon in tho
f
bends appear will not kill tho plant,
but If kept up throughout tho season
will prevent It from producing Bced.
In bad cases about tho only remedy la
to plow up the field nnd put It In to
sotno cultivated crop. Where a regit
lar rotation which Includes the mend
ows mid pastures Is followed this
weed can bo readily kept in check. A
point that must be carefully nttended
to In preventing the spread of this as
well as of any other weed Is to keep
the roadsides und fence corners from
raising weed seed enough each year
to keep tho on tiro farm seeded.
Another troublesome annual In somo
sections of the country Is tho Russian
thistle, a form of tumblowccd. By
rolling across tho fields after It ripens
It scatters Its numerous seeds very
widely. These weeds nro usually not
so plentiful but thnt they can bo easily
destroyed by pulling before they form
seed. By doing this they mny bo kept
from becoming thick enough to do any
serious damage.
Biennial weeds llvo through tho first
winter nnd produce Bced tho second
yenr of their life. They die as soon na
the seed is ripe. Tho common bull nnd
prnlrlo thistle nnd burdock nro con
spicuous examples of this class of
weeds. Biennials aro not dlfllcult to
subdue. In cultivated fields they sel
dom llvo long enough to produce seed.
They seed so lato that they hardly
over ripen seed In meadows. In per
manent pastures they mny bo con
trolled by cutting off below tho Bur
faco of the ground Just nt tho begin
ning of blossoming time. Sheep nnd
goats will rid n pasture of these nnd
nil other troublesome weeds.
Tho hardest class of weeds to com
bat aro the perennials. These do not
depend entirely upon seed production
to spread themselves, but nro propn
gated by menus of underground
stems. Theso stems extend along be
neath tho surface of the ground, send
ing up stnlks nt short distances. They
llvo In tho soil from year to year, send
ing up fresh shoots every spring.
Somo of the most common nnd trou
blesome perennials are tho Canada
thlstl6, mornlug glory, wild nrtlchoko,
milkweed nnd quack grass. Theso
weeds are found on all parts 'of tho
farm In cultivated fields, In small
grain nnd In meadows and pastures.
Tho only way to kill them Is to do
stroy the roots or starve them by pre
venting leaf growth. This is jnuoh
more easily said than done. Where
the weeds occur only In small patches
tho desired result may bo accomplished
by covering them with n thick layer
of Btrnw. In a dry season thorough
cultivation will discourage them,
though It will seldom exterminate
them entirely. "When the ground is
wet cultivation will do more to spread
perennial weeds than to kill them.
The pieces of the underground stems
which stick to tho shovels will grow
wherever they happen to fall and thus
start a new confer of trouble.
Of nil the means of getting rid of
perennial weeds that have been tried
none s so effective as turning the Hold
Into a hog pasture. If tho fields aro
fenced hog tight nnd the rotation In
cludes the hog piiBturo the hogs will
get n chance at nil parts of the farm
na. xviii quack gicass.
every four years "or so. They nre very
fond of the roots and stems of peren
nial weeds, especially those of quack
grass and morning glory, and they
will continue to root until the last
plcco Is brought to light and eaten.
Whero nil the fields are not feuced
hog tight a temporary pen may be
used. This can bo moved about over
the patches of quack grass nnd morn
ing glory until they nro destroyed.
The weed problem Is not nearly so
dllllcult ns many people believe. Tho
remedy for weeds Is good farming,
end when good farming becomes the
rule weeds will largely disappear. In
n way weeds nre more of a benefit
thnn an Injury. If It were not for
them we would often be tempted to
let the cornfield go n few days longer
before cultivating nnd thus fall to get
ns largo n crop as wo might otherwise
have done. It Is the cultivation that
tho presence of the weeds forces upou
us thnt makes plant food available
and prevonts tho oncnpo of capillary
moisture and so enables the plants to
put their best efforts Into producing a
maximum yield.
Miss M. Ruth Taylor
TEACHEROFpiANO
416 Niobrara Ave. Phone 381
DR. O. L. WEBER
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