WEEDS.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.1
SIB,—I was glad to see Mr. Allen's letter in last week's Spectator ; but could not weeding be extended to the farms ? I travel constantly in Surrey, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Berkshire, Somersetshire, Devon, and Cornwall, and everywhere since 1914 weeds are on the increase. Farmers say that it takes from five to seven years to clear a neglected farm of weeds, and, had I time, money, and influence, I should long ago have set about forming a Dock and Thistle Brigade. Chariock is conspicuous and its increase evident to all, but probably it is too late to deal with that this year. At last we have had a fine week, but in journeys of hundreds of miles, the lack of labour, i.e., of organiza- tion, for the fields was lamentable, especially in the matters of hay- raking and weeds.—I am, Sir, &c., CHARLES S. JERRAM. Teland Vicarage, Cornwall.
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