DRYING DAMP AND GARLICKY WHEAT. 3 
early as 1754 garlic was quite common in wheat in parts of Penn- 
sylvania. 1 
The wild onion, or garlic {Alliwm vineale), is found in the Atlan- 
tic coast region from Massachusetts to Georgia and as far inland 
as Missouri (fig. 1), and in a large part of that territory it is the 
worst weed pest. 2 
THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN GARLIC BEFORE AND AFTER 
DRYING. 
Seven different lots of garlicky wheat, aggregating about 50,000 
bushels, were followed through a commercial drier in order to note 
the effect of the different operations on the garlic in the wheat. Sev- 
eral samples of each lot of wheat were taken before going into and 
after coming out of the 
Fig. 1. — Sketch map of the United States, showing 
the distribution of the wild onion, or garlic. 
drier. The garlic was sep- 
arated from each of these 
samples and the moisture 
content determined by dry- 
ing to constant weight in 
a water-bath oven. The 
maximum amount of water 
in the garlic before drying 
was 41.74 per cent and the 
minimum 25.85 per cent, 
while the average was 37.92 
per cent. The maximum 
amount of water found in the garlic after drying was 29.73 per 
cent and the minimum 18.15 per cent, with an average of 23.41 
per cent. The average reduction in the moisture content of the 
garlic during the drying was 14.51 per cent. The average reduction 
in the moisture content of the wheat was 5.1 per cent, the average 
moisture of the wheat before drying being 13.9 per cent and after 
drying 8.8 per cent. 
A great many of the garlic bulblets from the dried wheat were 
found to contain considerable moisture after a severe drying, while 
other bulblets from the same lot were shriveled and brittle. This 
was caused in part, no doubt, by the fact that the hot air was not 
equally distributed to every particle of wheat and garlic in the drier, 
and probably also by the fact that the garlic was in different stages 
of maturity, some of the bulblets when they went into the drier con- 
taining much less moisture than others. 
iPipal, F. J. Wild garlic and its eradication. Ind. Agr. Eixp. Sta. Bui. 176, 48 p., 
16 fig., 8 pi. 1914. 
2 See Cox, H. R.., Wild onion : Methods of eradication, U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 
610, 8 p., 7 tig. 1914. 
