Show WEEDS ON DRY FARMS Abunda abundance noe of noxious intruders throughout west harmful plants are arc usually more hardy than cultivated ones and more successful in struggle for water and food when it dry farm la Is first taken take n up or purchased every effort Is IB made to get it into a good state of cultivation lust just as soon eoon as possible all the tar farmers mers energies aro anro used in getting it cleared and broken and started to raising crops little thought Is given to the permanent welfare of the field in the rush to start the land producing this coten loada leads to slipshod methods of farming which aro are likely to bo be continued later oven even after octor tho the breaking stage la Is over one of tho the disastrous results of these theao moths mothers Is uio lie growth of weeds tho the presence pro of which in any largo large quant quantity ity makes dry farming fanning sure euro to full ful 1 in passing over tho the great dry farming areas of tho the entire west one cannot help but bo be impressed by the abundance of these noxious intruders they aro are found everywhere true there are farms hero here and there that ire are tree free from woods weeds but tho the great majority of the fields are literally infested around tho the borders and on tin pieces as aa well as in UK crops themselves the woody weedy borders burnish a perennial source of seed to keep the en tire farm foul it Is very much easier to got rid of tho the few weeds next to tho the fence before they go to seed than to have to combat during the next season the millions of young plants resulting from those these prolific mothers mo thora the old saying that a stitch in time saves nine might be paraphrased to road read A weed in time saves eaves a thou sand ednd it Is absolutely use lesis to pretend to summer fallow if a crop of weeds la in allowed to grow the object of cropping only during alternate years yeara la Is to allow the mol of two seasons to be used in producing n single crop if weeds grow during the yeat yea when there Is no crop the moisture la Is used up just as aa completely as if a crop of wheat were raised so even if these weeds are not allowed to go to seed they do harm by robbing the soil of its much needed moisture even more serious than tho the above Is in the growth of weeds in tho the crop itself they are usually more hardy than tho cultivated plants and are more successful in the competition for water und and plant food the yield ta Is not only reduced but tho the ot of the 0 crop to Is Imp impaired hired me weeds interfere with harvesting and their seeds beceda lower the market value of grain there are a number of woods that are espe troublesome on the dry farm and these should be carefully guarded against in order not to allow them to get a start among the worst of these are the russian thistle and the tumbling mustard doth both of these produce thousands of seeds to each plant and these seeds may be seat scat over a large area duo due to tho the fact that when the plants are ripe they go tumbling over the fields with the wind scattering their seeds all along the way A yellow row of blos bloo coming mustard a halt half mile long was waa once seen stretching across a field of grain marking the path of a single plant on its journey of seed dispersion sion the next year the field was a solid mustard patch in regions infested by russian thistles whistles es it if only takes a year or two of neglect for them to got get complete control there la Is no single thing to do to get rid of nil all weeds each kind has hag its ita own weak point where it can be best attacked the general rule how bow ver Is to kill all weeds when they are young better just after they have germinated |