Author: Noel Finley Thompson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-09-10

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781390438925

Excerpt from Methods of Eradicating the Common Barberry (Berberis Vulgaris L.) In Rock County, in southern Wisconsin, about escaped bar berry bushes were found in a 10-acre field. This field at one time had been used as a nursery, and when that was abandoned acedar trees were set out at about 30-foot intervals. The trees had reached a good size when the barberries were found. Most of the bushes were growing under the trees and close around the trunks. Here the birds or cattle had dropped the seed and the young plants had found protection while establishing themselves. At the time of the eradication, in August, 1920, the bushes varied from small plants, a foot or so high, to good-sized, well-established bushes. The weather was hot and the ground very dry, so that digging was difficult. The roots of the cedars also interfered with the work. Six men worked approximately five days, and a team 'of horses was employed for a full day. The total cost was $17 The estimated number of bushes of all sizes eradicated was which made the average cost of eradicating a bush cents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.