170 ^n Mildew, 



knowledge of which, it has been hoped some remedy 

 might be investigated ; yet here I must own my igno- 

 rance ; and leave it to some more happy genius to bless 

 mankind with a remedy^ if providence permits any. 



I am not certain of any worth mentioning : but pre- 

 suming upon the candour of mankind for my good in- 

 tention, whether I do any real service or not — I would 

 just hint at two or three things. 



1st. If the unhappy night or nights can be prognos- 

 ticated from the symptoms abovementioned, possibly a 

 rope moving over the field, and stirring the grain all 

 the night might be of some service, though I think 

 shaking off the dew in the morning can be of but little, 

 or 2d. In the woods where brush is plenty, the burning 

 of heaps of brush on, the windward side, so that the 

 smoke shall pass over the field, and soften the air, might 

 very probably be of service. 



Or if by any means our land could be kept strong 

 enough to produce the grain most exposed to mildews 

 without dung (or only very old dung were used) I have 

 no doubt, but it would be of great service from the 

 experience of our new settlements, where, so far as I 

 can learn, they rarely have mildews to hurt them, as I 

 hinted before. 



But as our mildews in New-England most commonly 

 come about the beginning of July, the only thing wc 

 can depend upon at present, is the using every method 



