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Show Burning Tobacco Beds Kills Weeds, Halts Disease The old method of burning brush and wood on tobacco plant beds destroys de-stroys large numbers of weed and grass seeds and helps to reduce soil-borne soil-borne diseases, say North Carolina State college extension agronomists. They also suggest that the placing of beds on virgin soil will eliminate to a large degree the danger of diseases dis-eases being carried over and reduce re-duce the labor of hand picking the bed for weeds and grass. |