Kill The Weeds

The weed me after the strength of our land. Wc must fir!it them or tliey will get tho upper han In a wet sea enn how they ri-e and popsess the soil. Tlius tlie yellow diñe first, thcn the white daisy .o tnke ha placo in a wei-k or two after its distirpearancp, that is, after it has gime to seed. These are two of tho great po ts that crowd out thegrain; thej are hardy, and theywill do it. So with the milk weed ; you cannot do anytbing with tliis thick, tough plant l'u'! it, nnd it wiil still grow. Toar iwaviest graia is nothing to it. It will break }'our eradles otid do othjr damafe. And the Canuda thist!o. Have we not nained enongh already ! And we have scarca commenced y et. How ï.iuy farnoa are there tLathave not the?" wceds ? How muny are thero that aic not ovorrun with them ? Ii neuds bat a wet season to brÏDg them out ccm.-picuous!y. 'i'!) y eat un our subsíanco. Thcy ent up tha food of ths grain. Ioterlo pers, wo pbrinit thcin to do tliis. I3ut i'aey are there, and how wiil you güt lid of them ? There is one way, and only oue reliable. It is the good, old fa-liioned, but disoardod, sumiuer fallow. Keep them ironn seeing Iho ligh; and they will die. Two winters and ouo summer in succesiion ia tuo rauch for them. It is best to begin vith a sod ; that wiakcs them niokly, and the eharo and harrow will do the rest. It is t, beautiful way to treat land and will pay ; it will py largely. It will enrich the soil, benent its raechanical oondition, and do both of these to n greater extent than is gi.nerally suppos ed. Tlicn the land will be elean, und ehould ba kept so. The grain and graf=s thereafier will get all the aliment, and occupy the place of the weeds. There is a gain, then, all around. A good way to treat daisies in meadow is, to cut ly. It is important ; ït is a benefit. It prevenís tho plant frora running to seed, from getting its full growth, and iu its tender condition, makes a good hay of it. It will be a loss to any farmer to necleet tbis. In pastures, daisics as Tvell as all othr weeds, should be treaf.ed to the plow. Plow wheu in blossom. Tuis will benefit the seed and tnake manuro. In order that pasture icay bo spared, some barley, some corn, let it ia jart answer aa soiling. Tuis ia botter than short pasture in a drouth ; it will not be a loss in any ovent, We are certainly Iacking hora in not preparing tbia "b.iiting" for our cows and for our cattle tbioughout; n 11 need it and wül thrive on it. Th en let the land given to weeds (tbat is, the worst that ona be spread) be givon to the