Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-17

or ashes be mixed with il. This answers
double purpose Il occasions n ION o
grams from the hand of the sower, and give
an additional action TO the vegeiatiye pow er o
the seet
Principal Diseases of Wheat The pfincina
diseases of wheat are blight aud smut Diler
ent opinions prevail respecting their causes. A
few Remarks on the subject will lead the lafmrf
10 be more observing. and he may, perhaps,
make very important discoveries. Blight on
rust takes place between The lime of the ke,.
nefs passing from lis milky state 10 a state nj
rineness. After the straw becomes yellow. rus,
oi,en appears on the upper part of the stalk,
which Is Il sure indication Of blight.
In seasons when the weather /, cool, and the
temperature not very changea5le, il is least
subject TO this disease, In 1916, the summer
was The most generally cool. OF any fer many
years and the wheat crop was The largest and
best oil any Nlthm the memory OF the writer.
There is a striking analogy between veeeta-
Die and animal oigaHiZ lion. Sudden changes
rom heat II cold, and iroiu cold 10 heat, are
often injurious 10 both.
knst tahes place in wa IN, damn weather, and
nj that sage VI I've grainJ st mentioned When
me straw Id become yellow, It's texture Is less
hfm than III lis green state aId dampuess, Is.
pecialiy warm, conf 'ued Gam mess, ad 5 much
o Is weakness. Daring It's enteebled slate
OF the stalk, the sap, IL Consequence of great
heat aud moisture, is propelled upwar,.s with
more than ordinary force. and in an unusual
quantity. The vessel being pre- sed in an un-
common degree, bursts, and the sap which was
on il way TO support and mature the kernel,
oozes out aud form, a dark rust on the stall.
The gram Is deprived of II usual and necessary
drgfee of nourlshment, shrinks, add becomes
very smBll and light. Hence II apperrs that
fusi Is the effect, and not the cause, rs many
suppose, ofbsight. The only remedy yet known,
IS 10 bIlng forward our wheat crop as early as
WE can. and if possible escape the weather which
occasions this disease.
Another disease 10 which wheat is %sulieci,
IS smut. When the keruel is formed aud con-
slsis of "A milky substance, instead of becoming
a while and heavy -four, it is converted into a
black dust. This disease mostf II quenlly occurs
IN warm moist w%eather, and IA The richest fields
This. as far as II ex ends, is more pffnlcious
than big Il but il does not so frequently hnp-
| pen. Writers are not entirely agreed in respect
10 its cause.
Il seed wheat must be taken from a smntty
crop, let 1t be immersed in whtrr, the infected
| kernels and ;he smaller impurities will float on
the top and mas be- taken off then let II be
stepped in pickle as has been described and il
is presumed that there will be no sickly coata-
ZION carried to the field, II is strongly suspect
al that the true causes Of this disease have not
been YET discovered.
H4rpeSling- Some suffer their wheat 10 re-
man uncut thl the stalk is dry and the kernel
IS hard There is one advantage in this method !;
the grain may he secured the day il is reaped !,
aud of course there is less danger from %unfayor-
able weather, But il i. better on several ac.
counts 10 cut it when there is a little greenness
remaining about the joints Of the stalk. The
sap in the straw will prevent the kernel from
shrinking. The grain will be whi,er and the
sin timner.-There will be less waste on the
ground by its Smelling out, and the straw will be
much better fodder.