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periments in, with exotic roots 

 and seeds, as the loss is inconsid- 

 erable, if they should not prove a- 

 greeable to the climate. If they 

 prosper well in the garden, they 

 should afterwards be tried in the 

 field : And even then not at first 

 on a very large scale. 



He who would make his gar- 

 dening profitable, should have his 

 kitchen garden near to the dung- 

 hills, that the manure may be ap- 

 plied without too much labour. 

 Dung that is old, and destitute of 

 seeds, should be used, that too 

 many weeds may not be propagat- 

 ed. And that a garden may be 

 kept clean, not one weed should 

 be suffered to have its seeds ripen- 

 ed in it : And every perennial weed, 

 or weed which lasts over one year 

 that appears in autumn, should be 

 extirpated in such a manner that, 

 if possible, no parts of its root may 

 remain in the ground. The seeds 

 of many weeds may also be des- 

 troyed, by laying the ground in 

 high ridges during the winter. At 

 the same time, it will help to en- 

 rich the soil; and many of certain 

 kinds of insects, or their eggs, will 

 be destroyed : Especially if the 

 ridging be performed about the 

 last of November, or the begin- 

 ning of December. Ground that 

 is so managed, will be dried the 

 earher in the spring, to such a 

 degree, as to be fit for digging and 

 seeding. It is of more advantage 

 in land that is apt to be too wet, 

 than in that which is sandy and dry. 



GARGET, a disease in cattle. 

 Cows sometimes have their ud- 

 ders greatly distended, and indu- 

 rated; with this distemper j of 



which they will pine away and die, 

 unless a remedy be speedily ap- 

 plied. The method of cure is, to 

 make an opening in the dewlap, 

 and insert into it a piece of the 

 root of mechoacan, as big as a nut- 

 meg, with a string made fast to it, 

 that it may be drawn out when the 

 cure is affected. The humour, in 

 about twenty four hours, will be 

 revulsed from the udder to the 

 dewlap, and soon discharge itself 

 at the orifice, which completes the 

 cure. 



From repeated experiments I 

 should prefer to every other recipe, 

 patient and often repeated warm 

 fomentations, of soap suds, vinegar 

 and spirits. It should be treated 

 as nearly as possible like the 

 lumps, which often appear, and 

 are dispersed in the breasts of 

 females. Disperse it by fomen- 

 tations, if practicable, but if it 

 must maturate, assist this by 

 poultices. 



GIGS, little tumours or blad- 

 ders in the mouths of horses. To 

 cure slit them open to discharge 

 the matter ; and wash them with 

 salt and vinegar. 



GLANDERS, a very foul and 

 often fatal disease in horses. It is 

 always accompanied with a copi- 

 ous discharge of mucus from the 

 nostrils, and swelling of the glands 

 under the throat and tongue. In 

 its advanced stages the discharge 

 becomes purulent. And when 

 the bones become carious, the 

 disease is attended with an intol- 

 erable stench, and may be pro- 

 nounced incurable. 



In the first and second stages, 

 Gibson directs to purges, diaphore- 



