Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-08-17

>srjous kind, X hich lie against ii-Il is
later wheat than The purple straw, or
| bearded. by weFk.-ii viii therefore
not ABIDE bong sOwu la,e-as il exposes
u 10 Tile rust.-it has u strong DISPOSE
'ion 10 The smut; and fear il IL liable 10
| What Is called by some thc sed.e,. by
others The siu'ls-Of tins, however, am
i'r from beiAg satisfied My suspicion
! MAS excited by iew marked Spots OF a
| veiy limited cAieui, "a iew Yards squat.
oniy,) for which / could 40 uthpry.ise,e-
| ~ satisfactorily account. Gu smut i'm
! wheat. will nov lay before The society
niv experiments, and their results
| lac iirsi case OF smut which | discover
ed MAS IN lie spring Oi 10 IN the early
whcai, winch induced ne 10 examine
my crop more m,nUiely aud II resulted
Ia discovering It an small quantities IN
every Kind cultivated, viz the l.anicr,
| tax bedIdeti, ana ;iepurple straw. Ia II,
| the dIseaSe had greatly increased, aad
'"dde II necessary thai resort should be
| had 10 some preventive, ii indeed amy
eNiNled.-FI"iIiins 10y The Suggestions Oi
! tlie E'si tracts within NV reach on agil
c'il"rr, awaited nyseh (s,tieviH9 II the
most riieC,nai I, mc'iN ,fa ciaagr al
SEED al far as psacticaDic.-l applied to
heiShbnr vino adiains ne, ana vino io
y
wii al on lis estate, for beardc y.iiea'
winch w!ih that OF my own seed, [ sub
| l'c'c| to lie ioiiowing process; , prepar
| ti " NeSs' containing 70 gallons, IN ilse
| sbapc al Hall loSshead, and thing Il ;l;o
/ ijir's with water, which ~a,nraied ~iiii
SAT-: Thea pouring The grain gradually IN
-'!iel tapcrieci grains with some cor IL, q
giiuns oil suI,sl unbi oxen, were seen swim
,nng Ca The suriace-these caused 10
b. taken 'ii, by sieve, 50 az Ia save HE
waiCr.~-t caused II then 10 lie stirred as
iong az ANY hing would rise 10 the snr
lace ne wheat MAS then taken Uut a0d
spread GA tie barn iioor.-AtIne mo .prns
commenced washing my wheat, ! cansru
unSidChed lime, III HE proportion al "a
gallon of lime 10 the bushel Of wheat, 10
b. placed also on the barn iIour, winch,
wa. lien Stacked, and Sc hen three or jouI
bushels Ui wheat had been c.cansed, tut
liinr was ioum! 10 u sufficiently cool 10
! bt.apiIieh 10 ;ht wheat; which Mas thea
vel! hiiArd "lit WcedIag hoe. then
super"dncd pcck OF plaster 10 each
bHshci, aud proceeded immediately g.
SOWING H. The general result has been
an exemption from ijie sInul, except n
very si"dil Quantities, whenever have
pui*ucd has course (; as we'll tn wheat
.I""ins from NY ovU seed, as from IiaI
procured rom NY neighbnr. The last
"|luuin made u great variety al eXpe-
tm"nls for Tie purpose OF ;sceltdiuug
Which, OF lie mvans reSorled 10, Was the
most checludi aniIdO;e: and with the fur
'hrF We" OF aScriiaIning some oi Tie
clniacieiisilcs of This disease.
/. so~ei one seventh oi an acre in
LAWYER wheat Oh lhe i3,i September, aS
tar as could perceive, entirely exempt
from The s"Iui, except nre grains, Which
rubbed IN suini. the whole, save the
product at tie tive grains, was entirely
exempt from the smut. HE product at
The i've grains tuil.ot snut. On ihe
iIih at Ocinher. | sOwcd some at The
same Kind OF whea; without >mut-sr,
product save d head or two, ircc iroun the
SUni. 9. suwed the same ulleai CO.
Neied with smui-product, excessively
smutiy. L. ] sOwed HE sane wheat wltii
snni, sail, lime aud p!t>Ier--produci
siHuiiN. | Sowed tic same whca; with
smut and plas,er-produci smulty q.
SOwed lie same wheat Ilh smut ami sal,
-product smuiiy. z. Sowcel the same
wheat with smut and limr-product ex
emp! from the smut, WIN To- exception
q! one head, or al most Two
In addition 10 ihis ia f..low al I2U
acres, he whole except an acre az abnu
iia' quantity, was sailed, lin d and p0s.
tered as detailed above: The whDte sub.
siahiiaHv exempt texccpt tlie acre. from
lhe smut, While that showed Il proper.
ilGn al one icuih of snmitcd wheat.
HE conclusion deduce iroHl these facts
Is. that although the quick lime is NOT !
sovereign remedy, vet il approaches II
hal ihc sasi has iio such effect; bal 1.
nevertheless useful in cleansing ihe seed
wheat. Therefore am war anled in ne
commenting The r:Ucess have pursued
as we'll worthy OF mitanOn.-I think il
material 10 sale, that appr bend from
ms Observations that this process * IN uu-
Pr"piiiuus weather al The lime nf seeing
rather nniricndiN 10 lis vegetation n
sn"n shallow. INSTEAD of harrow ing,
"onid Ircnm mend ploughing il in, Jules.
ilr weather he favorable.
These hlAis, wllcli respectfully offer
To TIE so Ie!y, il attended with no Other
advantages, mas attract The Attentions OF
S"iIe OF The more intelligent mcmbers ia
lhc interesting subject, upon wbirl, lie,
are oiirred-aUd thereby eventually pro
duce beneiicIal discoveries.
Accept assurances Of n,v respect,
JAS. BARBOU R.
! PETER MINOR. Esq, SECRETARY OF thct
agricultural SOciCty ot AiBeiHdTle.
!iis experiment accidental. Two experiments
IhrEd"d 10 be- separate ald distinct we're contaminated
lac stated wheat was MOI !ihi Cd and Ulct UtJs4.