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No benefit whatever having been derived from hast- 

 ening the vegetation of the clover, (for the gariick re- 

 ceived hkewise advantage from the plaister ;) I set in 

 1808, a man about pulling the bulbs before the seeds 

 were ripened. Six cart loads of plants having been 

 pulled up, I thought to have gained the point ; and in 

 the fall of that year I manured and ploughed the ground; 

 throw^ing in rye seed, in the proportion of two bushels 

 per acre. In reaping, I soon discovered that the enemy 

 was far from being overpowered. The quality of my rye 

 made me condemn it to the use of the stables. I met 

 with a better success on the hill, where the corn had 

 been planted in rows. Many garlick stalks came up, 

 but were cut down and overturned by the plough in 

 dressing. Few escaped unhurt. Determined however, 

 that none should remain, and convinced, by the simple 

 reasonings of plain good sense, that a frequent stirring 

 of the ground must prove the best check upon the 

 growth of any vegetable ; I converted in the spring of 

 1808, the corn into a potatoe field, adding a good deal 

 of manure. I may with truth boast, to have perfectly 

 succeeded in subduing the garlick. For among the lye 

 harvested this year from that spot, not a single seed of 

 garlick was discoverable. From the dissertation of 

 Judge Peters on garlick, lately inserted in Poulson's 

 paper, I have however learned to be diffident of my com- 

 plete victory. It may happen, that some bulbs or seeds 

 still remain sculking among the clover and other gras- 

 ses sown amidst the rye. Should this be the case, it 

 will soon be discovered next spring ; and, if so, I intend 

 to go over again the same rotation of crops, not doubt*- 



