Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-07-08

huence, u Is certain TINT the effect exists.
Doctor Dwight, preslden, Of Yale college. gen
teman possessing habits OF the closest observa.
ton, and with great powers Of discrimination, at
ter having travelled much in New England and tho
state OF New York, previous to the year 1899, found
the farmers at that time abofing under the same
acknowledgements in relation to the culture of wheat
Which now prevail though, perhaps not "a so grea,
an extent As the result of his investlg uion hi
that period, he says
The reason why the lands in New England,
which formerly Welded " heat, surely ard pentl
fully, suffer Al the present time such injuries from
tie blast, MS ~ great measure 70 dsrour"s. lar
ncrs from 1t empun.' TO cultivate II, has been anx
ously and extensively sought for, but no. it Is be-
lcved, satisfactorily Discovered. From my own
observations and inquiries. have been induced "a
attribute tins EVIL to the efficacy of entma manure.
This subject has been air. edy mentioned in my
obsery atoms on the county of Worcester it shall
now he resumed
The manner in which wheat IS generally
blasted IN New England, appears to mt very evi.
IDENTIFY 10 he this During the months of June and
July, when the kernels of wheat in the different eli,
mates of New England, IN the milk the vege
tatlon is far more rapid than IN most coantrcr Of
Europe. Whenever the season ut this period Is
both moist and hot the rapdhy becomes extreme
he vegetable juice, ascending then III too great
quantities, anu Win n new CtlCIlll, 1iiNtb VIII
difficulty through the vessels Ct the stock regular
iarly lesseninc towards tie neck and that time
SO tender as be easily ruptured buts,s them IN
| various placcs particularly at the neck, and flows
| cut upon the sutf4cc of the stem When il first
Hules, II Is rY sweet Ia the taste; aud as hence
| b'en commonly supposed 10 be the resdunm OF u
| particular kind of dew, ca'lelby the farmer honey
w. Had any farmer lecollectod, what he cal.no
AL 10 find, Nhere he finds honey-dew, tia, i
| acNe, appears on any ding besides LIVING vege-
ia5ies, md hat If " re Il -, II must be found
| rquallY an every other instance exposed 10 tn
| atInosl here he oEld 'alY haye determined
that il vas merely the sweet juice Of the vegetable
itself When this juice hes pervadad the stall u
| soon Deco nes the suubeams, then 80 acria,
as 10 corrode the stalk, and dunlly a ,ust tas 1t IS
commonly called of brown hue, and all offensive
! smell
Animal manure, beyond snv other, soeelcrs'cs
vegetation Wheat, nurtuad by this manure,
crows with 50 much rapld.ty, and with so slen-
der stalk, that IN the agricultural language OF
| ths county, 1t lodges not untrequenily q. c. falls
andfr the pressure Of wind or rsn) by It's own
weight, and never rrcoyers lis ORIGINAL position
| lhs dan .trous process rs peculiarly advanced by
! he use Of th, manure; and he rapdlty OF vtgeta-
ton, otherwise too great Is toy this substance rem
drrod still greater Hence al ii lbs where this
|
| blast For few yeas after lands are dressed
| with il, the evil is evident to the eye OF com
mon observation, MS IL be not unirequcntiy bclev-
ed TO st by some farm rs, and suspected by 9th
, ers. Were every season 10, and wet during tins
rerod, II would, doub, moi, have long SINCE been
| g.nefully realized anu ac.aow,c ICED bni u Ia
| some seasons these months arr cooi am aty, snd
tJose feds which have been dressed wlih his ma-
nne, then yield wheat succ, sslaIIy; and MS IN tn
most unfavoIable season, lands dressed IN differ
en- manner, ere so subjected 10 the b asst; the So
| lion has, hitherto, failed fanny answer winch has
been morally satisfactory.
| Il he reasons which have induced me To adopt
the opinion here alleged are principally the follow
ling:
81. AL the lands in this country, which were
not too wei, originally yielded wheat easily surely.
and so far as they were rich, abundanlly HE
mia Diants of Northampton for many years peId
ther public tax in wheat, and his wheat gro" on
the very lands, where for long pcfod II has been
| supposed 10 be so uncertain au oAJec OF culture
as To be scarcely worth the attempt e. on intervals
- New lands yield wheat perfectly we'd III
| most parts of tins country at the pfes'ht uine'
Some farmers believe that there IS sNeh change
wrought by time either in the climate OF IA the son,
independently of the proper tiecs OF cHi uie '.a'
the blast is to be attributed TO ths change al
though his is mere supposiIion, suppof'eo oy no
evidence it aos sull had lis weight. But II IS en-
lirly refuted by the fact mentioned under 'his
head Lands IN the same circumstances yIe"
wEca, as abunJan,ly at the present time, as atany
former period 1t deserves 10 be remark o.
that ali the intervals along the Connecucut nave
furnished sure crops of this gam for cohsldtraoe
un,c after hey first began tobr cutifase''
3 Lan IS dressed with ashes now iuFnieh hhe
crops of wheat, which is rarely or he'e o''''4'
the only reason Why the crops ON new ''''r' CIV
So safe from The BIAS, is tnai tney are co'etn WIN
vrsetable mould another name Tor Vese'u"' '''-
nufe, and 50 long the rttacy oil 'i'S n''h'"'
lasts, are dressed with no other. It's inc u"''''
sal tendency Of this mould 10 pFoiace eIe'' ~ot''
bu, il, produces them 10y ag'"du" anu "'''''
ve ,e,alion. Ashes which are the same t'""'e
:; .o,bcr fam. produce the sanc Erect III e1-
oc,lv the same manner. AccorLlagIy, anhouSn
The cron of wnao, yielded by grounds d't1'''i VII"
hos IS abundant; yet the stalk IS hfn', ana sio'
much a,rnnper bu: much shorter thah VA" i"'
duced Nv animal manure, and equally s"'u '''"'
lIodcioo and blasting, as that ~hich grows q" -
. etabc mould. ,Lro,bc
uI, ouch, tobe observed thetin grnu 'ds "hefe'"c
ve.,,nble mould is very deep ana abul'''" w." r
grows so rapidly US to be universally o'oSe'
this effect is solely derived from the 'oo'''0' S.,
,b, manure is certain, because the same
the cultivation OF few years yieId "'''"' i''''N'
we'll. ,;oh have fallen
within my KNOWLEDGE, wheat sow" ;, %,y' by thu
bos been perfectly free from any injury W ~.
blast and that intervals and o'hsf ,','u1 Ia
liable to this injury. Here vese'"o,G ..Toc,
been employed IN another form ye' '"' '''''U
has been produced. have been
,,ag,, f.vornbe to wheat, This good ffec' naS'
u"y been eomm,nl, produced through the ms-