Show i a. a J Hemp Is Best Crop to toJ ton Smother n Weeds A a a fi Infested Soils Must Be Properly Prop- Prop j 1 erly ernY Prepared I w have for forY o Hemp Is the best hest crop we Y smothering weeds This Is the claim 4 ramie mode by A A. A II n. Wright of the agronomy agronomy agronomy agron agron- omy staff starr University of Wisconsin for or this well-known well fiber plant F While c championing the crop which 01 t H has hns won a high place on the cropping k t lists of four Wisconsin counties Wright Insists that weed-Infested weed soil solI must be properly prepared In order ordel to toIve give Ive the hemp a chance lie He Is convInced convinced convinced con con- vinced that Canadian thistle and quack grass lands cannot be cleaned by seedIng seedIng seed seed- Ing them to hemp If no more than ordinary ordinary or or- preparation Is given before seeding that such lands Wright recommends v t be he thoroughly worked to destroy the mat of ot roots According to him a good way is to plow the infested soil In Inthe inthe the late summer or early fall then tooth spring it t thoroughly and keep It worked until the land freezes The I loosened roots should then be removed hy by raking and burning If It the land lacks fertility It should be given a heavy application of manure In the fall tall In the spring the soil solI should be t worked until the time the he hemp is seeded Good results can then be at at- tamed This hemp enthusiast assures that there th-cre Is no danger of ot trouble with the hemp Itself as a weed because It is isk k K an annual plant and easy to eradicate n Notions to the contrary are entirely P 4 unfounded Is the conclusion he has hasp fr p reached after utter e extended ended experience |