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ideas. *^ He gave me many facts as to the effects of early 

 'ploughing, with a view to turn up garlick in its tender 



* I have been frequently a witness of Mr. George's bold 

 and successful attempts at ridding his pasture fields or gar- 

 lick^ by hand weeding, in moist weather. I have seen, at va-^ 

 rious times, tons of it thus collected. He said he could subdue 

 it so, as that it did not ieculate his butter ; and he was doubly 

 repaid, by the increased price, and ready sale of that arti- 

 cle, when it was generally tainted in the market. Being 

 often obliged to pass one of his large heaps of garlick, I had 

 the curiosity to attend to its progress, in its fermentation and 

 putreiaction. The factor was almost insupportable ; and far 

 exceeded any effluvia from animal putreiaction. It resembled 

 in my sensation, a combination of the strongest extract of Asa- 

 fcstiday with the most pungent volatile salt. — Some one, who 

 has the propensities of SmoUet's Lismahago^ with objects 

 more meritorious and useful, might discover, in the wild 

 garlick, properties, valuable either in medicine, the arts, or 

 manufactures ; to balance its mischiefs and abominations. 



Mr. George's weeders each carried home, at noon, his wal- 

 let or basket full of garlick ; which was thrown into the 

 horse troughs, and greedily eaten by the %vorking horses. He 

 said it was not only nutritious, but gave them spirit and vi- 

 gour, to perform the remainder oi their daily task. Occupants 

 oi garlicky lands, who are too often, in the spring, short of 

 forage ; find the early pasture of the garlick both useful, 

 healthy, and indispensably necessary for their stock. Al- 

 though it is at first laxative, it finally becomes regularly 

 nutritive j and cattle and sheep thrive on it. Change of pas- 

 ture^ or dry food, for a few days, (or as some say, forty eight 

 hours) will take off the taint from their flesh. 



I have never seen m new lands, the garlick, or wild onion. 

 Its bulb resembles the latter ; being indistinctly lamellated, 

 though chiefly solid ; and not divided into cloves like the 



