Control of weeds / K.G. Carn

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Carn, K. G
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N 632.58 CAR
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Sydney : Government Printer, 1939
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CONTROL of WEEDS 1
CONTROL OF WEEDS 3
List of Coloured Plates. 4
CONTENTS 5
FOREWORD 6
CONTROL OF WEEDS INTRODUCTION. 7
Losses Caused by Weeds. 8
Competition with Crops. 9
Reduction of Land Values. 9
Harbour for Pests and Diseases. 10
Increased Cost of Production. 10
Life Period in Relation to Control. 10
Poisonous Plants. 10
Reduction of Quality of Produce. 10
(1) Annuals. 11
(2) Biennials. 11
(3) Perennials. 11
How Weeds are Spread. 12
Lucerne—Enemy of All Weeds. 13
Methods of Controlling Weeds. 13
Rotation of Crops. 13
Cutting and Cultivation. 14
Improvement of Pastures. 14
Chemical Weed Killers. 15
Control of Rabbits. 15
Sodium Chlorate as a Weed-killer. 16
Arsenical Compounds. 18
Equipment Used in Spraying Weeds. 20
Weeds of Cultivation Land. SKELETON WEED. (Chondrilla juncea.) 21
[Chapter heading not available] 26
HOARY CRESS. (Lepidium draba.) 29
WILD MORNING GLORY OR BINDWEED. 34
WILD OATS. (Avena fatua.) 34
CANADA THISTLE. (Cnicus arvensis.) 36
CAPE WEED. (Cryptostemma calendulaceum.) 37
WILD CHICORY. (Cichorium intybus.) 39
NUT GRASS. (Cyperns rotundus.) 40
PASCALIA WEED. (Pascalia glauca.) 42
PENNY CRESS. (Thlaspi arvense.) 42
JOHNSON GRASS. (Sorghum halepense.) 43
PERENNIAL RAGWEED. (Ambrosia psilosiachya.) 43
BLACK OR SPEAR THISTLE. (Carduus lanceolatus.) 45
COCKSPUR OR SAUCY JACK. (Centaurea melitensis.) 45
SORREL. (Rumex acetosella.) 46
Weeds of Pasture Land. BATHURST BURR. (Xanthium spinosum.) 46
YELLOW FORGET-ME-NOT. (Amsinckia hispida.) 46
CAPE TULIP. (Homeria collina.) 48
CROWN BEARD. (Verbesina encelioides.) 49
DEVIL’S CLAW. (Martynia proboscidea.) 51
GALVANISED BURR. (Bassia Birchii.) 51
KHAKI WEED. (Altemanthera echinata.) 52
[Chapter heading not available] 54
NOOGOORA BURR. (Xanthium chinense.) 55
RAGWORT. (Senecio jacobaea.) 57
STINKWORT. (Inula graveolens.) 57
SWEET BRIAR. (Rosa rubiginosa.) 58
BUFFALO BURR. (Solatium rostratum.) 61
YASS RIVER TUSSOCK. (Nasset la trichotoma.) 61
MINT WEED. (Salvia reflexa.) 63
MULLEIN OR SHEPHERD’S BLANKET. (Verbascum thapsus.) 63
CALTROPS. (Tribulus terrestris.) 64
TRUE STAR THISTLE. (Centaurea calcitrapa.) 64
CLARY OR WILD SAGE. (Salvia verbenaca.) 66
HOREHOUND. (Marrubium vulgare.) 66
THORN APPLE OR FALSE CASTOR OIL PLANT. (Datura stramonium.) 66
FURZE OR CORSE. (Ulex europaeus.) 67
Weeds of Both Cultivation and Pasture. BLACKBERRY. (Rubus fruticosus.) 67
YELLOW PEA. (Cassia sophera.) 67
ST. BARNABY’S THISTLE. (Centaurea solstitialis.) 69
ST. JOHN’S WORT. (Hypericum perforatum.) 70
LANTANA. (Lantana camara.) 73
PATERSON’S CURSE. (Echium plantagineum.) 73
PADDY’S LUCERNE. (Sida rhombifolia.) 75
SAFFRON THISTLE. (Carthamus lanatus.) 75
BRACKEN FERN. (Pteridium aquilinum.) 76
Miscellaneous. COMMON BARBERRY. (Berberis vulgaris.) 76
BOXTHORN. (Lycium ferocissimum.) 78
CUMBUNGI. (Typha.) 79
Weeds of Irrigation. 79
BATHURST BURR. (Xanthium spinosmn.) 81
CANE GRASS. (Phragmites communis.) 81
PARA GRASS. (Panicum muticum.) 81
COMMON WATER REEDS AND SEDGES. 82
PASPALUM AND WATER COUCH. (Paspalum dilatatum and P. distichum.) 82
WATER HYACINTH. (Eichhornia speciosa.) 82
BARNYARD GRASSES OR MILLETS. 84
STICK WEED. (Astor subulatus.) 84
Weeds of Rice. 84
Weeds in Orchards and Vineyards. 85
Special Problems. 87
[Chapter heading not available] 88
Forwarding of Weeds for Identification. 88
Home Gardens. 88
Pathways and Tennis Courts. 88
[Chapter heading not available] 89

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