The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-10-13
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NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL socl.
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The regular quarterly meeting OF This
Society was held al Princeton on The Odd
Of July. The President, CALEB SMITH
GREEN in the Chair.
Mr.. Green from the committee, appoin
ted TO investigate the cause Of, and To re-
port the hes, prertsiires agaIosl RUsr and
MILDEw of wheat, read the following &c.
port on that important snbieci, which was
ordered TO be fled ard published.
REPORT ON RUST AND MILDEW.
MIR PRESIDENT, Your committee IN
their endeavor to investigate The subject OF
nldew aud rus, on wheat, and wha, noy be
IN some measure prevrnliyes, viii hrSt pre-
sent 10 Your consideration some clrtums,an-
ces which have occurred under our obser
i vatiou, TO show that i, is no, 10 the power
of Us short sighted morials, with our puny
arm, to contend against the over ruiiug
providence Of God occurrences arise which
ara not In the power OF man 10 ioresee, gov
+ en, or cou,roul. In confirmation Of this
vies OF the subject we present the following
eases.
+ One OF our farmers bad an extraordinary
piece Of wheel, ~hich be ,hNughl out Of
danger, il YVES so near ripe. On very bot
dal, between The hours Of one and three
O'Clock, there came small cloJd over,
which completely d,enched the field Of
wheat. 4 death ike stiffness succeeded
the cloud passed Away the sun shoue m
lensely hor. The o~ner IN this slate Of the
case, went 10 examine the aheai, az It Ves
much pressed down IS The shower; he u
mtdmtcly Observed continual ,Ci3ng, or
Swapping Nose ~ every direction n The
wheat Tie straw Vas fine ard bright, b.,
upoH EXAMINATION he perceived a bursting
20 short spii,s Of iuurlh Of "a zach long,
aGJ the sap exudIng 10 thousands Of places.
\ day or TWO after, the whole fed Was
darkeped with rust and the wheat Of very
little value. /, does not appear that these
circumstances take place While The wheat IL
growing but at thus critical state Of upcuing.
On my ueighbor Whites arm, some
years since, was one Of the heaYies, picees
Of wheat straw ever saw, remarkably fine,
aud nearly fipc. had also coed piece
advancing fast 10 maturity on o close warm
morning small cloud a toy arose ,rola the
meadow and gradually covered ihr tao
f"Ids, but vas noia general iog beng We.
~ still, ii remained lowering over The fields
until the hot sun dssipaied the yapor. BE
ing acquainted with the above case, was
alarmed for he wheat and watched over II
snh deep interest. When the Sun he'd
somewhat dried the s,rnw. ard aarmed it.
The straw began TO buis, uilh continual
ticking noise, the sap exudiug 81 all these
itile splits. In a day or lgo The fields
~ere black ~tih tasi, excerpt some smoll
spots, which arr worthy Of uo,lcc. Ana
ere or two of mine was so near ripe that
The wheat vas tolcnble good and the rust
on ibis part ot reddish brown. H. A'r.
Whites field there wus some trees which
kept the intense beat Of the sun from the
straw: there ~as good whea'. also. The
rest Of the fields would scarcely pay lor
gathering and Ihfeshing.
A QUESTION Of importance arises on these
two cases. Was THIS injury luug0s, tho
very fine seeds Of which aosl about ard a.
taeh themselves 10 ihs straw, as sore of.
our ieufned Agricultural urtierss ,ell ~
Or IS Il the sap Of the straw that ron DOT
md aas dried up On the a'aw, ana was
reddish OF black according 10 rs state g.!
fipeuesg or fitness Of sap
Your committee are decidedly Of thc opt
mon, that the sap being lost OF tbs critical
lime Of sepenlng, IS the true cause OF the
shrinking N the grain.
Some Of our most JIdicIous Agricultural
writers have iaggh, u. that the leaves 81
Indian corn above the eur. cannot be taken
~ OF the tia.e OF ripemng, without dviri
menl to The coro, causing /, 10 shrink IN
the gran
Your committee made on experiment in
TINS case, @hen the corn was nearly rpp,
stripping somo ross, md ieayng others. .
over several acres A busking ittlr Il was
esident that on he rows that eere strlpprd
many Of the ears rere CONSIDERABLE, shrunk
N The gram, so much so as TO be loose on
- SHNf fbN WIS va NfiH FbAt iWAt were
not stripped, showed none Of those shriyel.
led gralns, thus showing IN tho most salts
factory manner the damage sustained by
'epoyng the leaves above the ears.
Your committee think they IRE fully sus.
'aIned N their conclusion on tho wheat. by
he parallel case Of Ilury suslnipcd BY the
nofn 10 the removal OF the leaves, which NJ
this critical ilmc have the Only nuurIshucn,
to sustain the coTo ~ rlpeong. 81 Of The
"hes, straw he bottom IS dead IN gres,
degree; but from the upper 10 tie ear. ,s
iui. Of nouushmeut to Sustain the s. hes, IN
'lpehine aud this j. tho part that suffers
lhe loss Of sap. The uuder part OF the
straw IS ripe, and passed through the state
% which II can sud Inss, and We often
had Il bright and tough a. the bottom, when
he top vii scatccI, make a band.
These to cases iuls dcmoustra,o The
np"sstbdliy IF any management in The
io"sr Of man, always 10 ineurr cron orl
wheat SAFE aeains, the destructive rfJac,. orl ,
nat VI, lind D.,y,J...