Rich County Reaper | 1930-10-31 | Page 2 | Late Fall Plowing to Kill Onions and Garlic

late fall plowing to kill onions and garlic fall plowing Is a good way to start to get rid of wild onions and garlic the purdue experiment station lias bag made the following recommendations as to farm practices in eradicating these weed pests start the work in the late fall by plowing during the first two weeks in november in such a manner as to turn the garlic tips completely under while at the same time exposing the bulbs to frost A jointer on the olow will be found useful fall plowing not only destroys the weak sprouts that arise from the seeds but it also eradicates clites the plants that spring from th tha soft bulbs bulba leave the land rough over winter plow again the following spring tills this will destroy many of odthe the hard bulb plants