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March G, 
Wild Garlic 
(Continued from page 330) 
from infested localities, and are sown 
along with the grain. Thrashing ma¬ 
chines carry it from one farm to another, 
and stock may spread it locally by car¬ 
rying the bulbs and bulblets in their 
hoofs. When infested hay is fed to stock 
the garlic bulblets may drop on the sta¬ 
ble floor and be carried to the field with 
the manure. Streams running through 
infested localities carry the bulblets and 
distribute them over the lowlands along 
their courses, especially during floods. 
A Botanical Investigation. —In the 
Spring of 1!>10, the Botanical Depart¬ 
ment of the Indiana Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station began experiments in the. 
which will require from two to three 
weeks, depending on the condition of 
weather. Warm weather, as a rule, fav¬ 
ors the action of the oil. After this time 
the field may be broken and planted to 
corn, cow peas, Soy beans or some other 
late crop. In some instances a small 
number of garlic plants may come up 
again the following Fall or Spring from 
the bulbs which did not grow in the pre¬ 
ceding season but lay dormant in the 
soil. In such cases spray again and 
plant the field to a late crop. 
The Oil And The Sprayer. —Orchard 
heating oil is a by-product of the frac¬ 
tional distillation of crude oil. Hereto¬ 
fore it has been used mainly for heating 
orchards to prevent injury from frost. 
The price of the oil fluctuated during the 
past three years between five and seven 
WILD ONION FIELD, 
eradication of wild garlic in cooperation 
with Mr. Jacob Cronbach, of Mt. 5 er- 
non, Indiana. A cultural method and a 
number of chemical sprays were tried in 
1910 and 1911, but none was found satis¬ 
factory. In the Spring of 1912, orchard 
heating oil was tried as a spray with ex¬ 
cellent results. The oil spray killed not 
only the tops of plants but penetrated 
down and destroyed the bulbs in the 
ground. It was tested again, on a large 
scale, in 1913 and 1914, with equally 
satisfactory results. The tests and in¬ 
vestigations extending over a period of 
four years resulted in the following re¬ 
commendations : 
The Oil Spray. —Spray the infested 
field with orchard heating oil in the 
Spring, while the garlic plants are in 
the tender leaf-stage and before they be¬ 
gin to form heads. The proper time in 
the latitude of Southern Indiana is be¬ 
tween the fifteenth of April and tin* first 
of May; earlier south and later north of 
this latitude. Spraying done later when 
the plants are in head is useless, as it 
scarcely injures the hard fruiting stalks, 
and the oil can not reach the new under¬ 
ground bulbs Avhich by this time have be¬ 
come separated from the parent plant. 
Warm and calm weather gives the best 
results. Cold retards the action of the 
j oil and wind wastes much of the spray 
by blowing it away. The plants should 
be dry at the time of spraying. A light 
shower following the spray will not in- 
terfvjre with the action of the oil. Strain 
the nil through at least two thicknesses 
of cheesecloth and apply with a suitable 
sprayer which will furnish pressure suf¬ 
ficient to distribute the oil in a fine mist- 
like spray. Apply at least 75 gallons inn- 
acre to cover all plants thoroughly. It 
is very important that no plants are 
missed In case there is any failure that 
portion may be immediately resprayed. 
For best results, plow the infested field 
in the Fall. This will turn under and 
got rid of dead vegetation that might in¬ 
terfere with proper application of the 
spray. It will also encourage growth 
of the dormant bulbs in the soil, as well 
as the bulblets on the surface of the 
ground, and in that way make the destruc¬ 
tion of garlic more complete. Cornfields 
that c-annot be plowed in the Fall may 
be raked and the stalks removed. As the 
oil kills most plants besides the wild 
garlic, it obviously cannot be used on 
fields occupied by growing crops. 
After Cultivation. —The sprayed 
field should not be disturbed until the 
oil has had time to penetrate down and 
destroy the life in the underground bulbs, 
SPRAYED AT RIGHT. 
cents per gallon in barrel lots, f.o.b. 
Whiting, Indiana. In tank lots the price 
is usually two or more cents lower. The 
oil is not poisonous to stock, or harm¬ 
ful in any way to the soil. The spray¬ 
ing outfits employed in eradicating wild 
garlic by the method recommended above 
may be fitted up according to the amount 
of spraying to be done. A field sprayer 
is recommended where wild garlic is to 
be eradicated on large areas. In this 
type of sprayer the pump is mounted on 
a large frame two-wheel truck, and is 
operated by means of gears attached to 
the axle of the truck. It furnishes from 
80 to 150, or more, pounds of pressure. 
The boom is provided with six or more 
nozzles, IS inches or less apart, which 
throw a spray covering at once a strip 
of ground eight or more feet in width. 
The prices of field sprayers range from 
$50 to $95. A comparatively cheap 
sprayer may be had by fitting up a hand 
pump outfit. This consists of a single 
or double-cylinder hand pump, one or 
two pieces of hose or metal connections, 
and a boom provided with four nozzles. 
This outfit can be mounted upon an or¬ 
dinary farm wagon, with the boom at¬ 
tached to the rear of the wagon box. It 
costs from $15 to $35, and can be used 
for spraying smaller areas. An orchard 
spraying outfit with extension rod can also 
be satisfactorily employed in spraying 
smaller areas. A knapsack sprayer or a 
small, compressed-air hand sprayer is 
recommended for spraying small patches 
scattered over the field. These kinds of 
sprayers hold from four to five gallons 
and cost from $5 to $15. Owing to the 
fact that rubber is readily disintegrated 
by the oil and that this may cause con¬ 
siderable trouble by clogging up the noz¬ 
zles. metal connections should be used 
instead of rubber hose, wherever a large 
amount of spraying is to be done. 
Other Methods. —Among other meth¬ 
ods tested, the following are recommend¬ 
ed, in cases where only a small number 
of garlic plants are growing in the field, 
as the next best after the orchard heating 
oil method : A heavy application of kero¬ 
sene iii form of a spray, or put on with 
a sprinkling can; crude carbolic acid ap¬ 
plied with an ordinary oil can; and care¬ 
ful hand digging. Any of these treat¬ 
ments must be applied before the plants 
begin to head out, if they are to be at 
all effective. In rare instances, farmers 
have succeeded in exterminating wild 
garlic on a larger scale by persistent cul¬ 
tivation combined with certain kinds of 
crops. F. J. HPAL. 
