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merely accidental, and done without any view of deflroy- 

 ing the garlic, induced me to try the following expcrunent. 

 In April 175S, having fixed on a field for my next fall, 

 crop, which had produced Indian-corn the year before, 

 and was equally full of garlic with that I mentioned be- 

 fore; I fowed part of it with oats, the other part I fal- 

 lowed in June, and ilirred in Auguft, at which time I 

 plowed in the out flubble, as before, and lowed tlie whole 

 in September, caufing the ilune ridge to pafs through part 

 of the flubble and part of the fallowed land. In April 

 1759, there was a very perceivable diflx^rencc. The flub- 

 ble part^was green with wheat, but the fallowed part w^as 

 of a bluifh colour, occafioned by the quantity of garlic, and 

 at harvefl; was full of large heads, while in theftubbic part 

 there was not one to be found. 



Since that I have continued to fow oats in the garlicky 

 lands defigned for wheat, and find 1 have fucceeded fo 

 well in deftroying the garlic, that after three years culture 

 in that way, the lands may be fallowed and fown with 



wheat in the ufual manner, without any danger from that 

 noxious plant. 



Several of my neighbours have purfued the fame method 

 and find it anfwers. As the advantage of a crop of oats 

 is more than equal to the difference between fallow and 

 ftubblc ground wheat (where the land is tolerably good) I 



would recommend it to all who are troubled with garlic to 

 make a trial. The only difadvantage will be the impo- 

 verifhing their lands, which, if they have manure, may 

 be eafily remedied. At the fame time, I would obferve, 

 that the ftubble wdiich is ploughed down ferves for a 

 manure, and nearly repairs the wafte occafioned by the crop 

 of oats. 



If it be afked why oats deftroy garlic, I mufl confcfs I 

 am unable to refolve the queflion. Perhaps ploughing the 



land in the month of April, when the greateft part of the 

 oil of the root or clove is in the flioot, and turning it un- 

 der at that time, deftroys the roots more efl'cdually tha 



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