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DODDER IN LUCERNE.
oir,-I herewith enclose a kind °' ***.
Sitae or weed which ia gro wing to m'
dock of lucerne. It hu .only lately aw '{.
'PDewance, bat it ii destroying tjie crop. it
seemg to form itself into a ting and oatthg
laoeme completely. WUl yoa kindly, through
?tmrvaln&ble mmt, teU me its name and the
best mews ofdestxoying it! I might men
«o» that the luoeree has boen three
Bowing in this paddock.
K» XO. ^ CONTRIBUrOB.
u°ur nnwelcome visitor is the doAder,
«cut« trltolii, a parasitic plant which is
^avo° with Income atid clovbrs in
^mL00!0*168- '',i® plants must b# destroyed
I,., they stand by covering them com
..i ' wtth straw or stubble, which most be
. 00 fife. For this work'-fine dry weather
eeeigftry; the beat opportunity for this
season hu Rone by. Every particle mast be
burnt, or (he labour will ba lost It, after
drjing the minute, thread-like sterna for a
year, they were to be rubbed up finely and
scattered over the land, every portion would
form the lindens ot a plant There iB an*
other plan of destroying dodder which has
been successfully ieBorted to. Make a solu
tion of green vitriol, and with it water the
spots affected. This will kill the plants,
and will not injure the lucerne, but if the
dodder has seeded, it may, perhaps, bs re.
newed again from seed, in which event it
should be taken in time. Before lucerne
seed iB brought on to a farm, it should be
well worked about in a sieve which will just
retain the seed ; any dodder Beed that may
be present will pass through the sieve. Where
dodder gains a footing, it is soon spread
through a district by adhering to the feet ot
men ox of the stock.-ED ]
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