The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-04-06
RyR.fL ECONOMY:
no pREvENr RUST IN WHEAT.


The following remarks, on this Impor
tant matter from the Farmers Register,
will doubtless be read with interest:
CAS- far as my observation extends, lime
is an efieciUal preventive Of the rust. ia
crescent manures and clover lays, on the
contrary, Amos, always induce ltIf the sea
son be at all uniayorable at the critical peri +
cd of repinius. The reason take TO be
this putresceni matter, by furnishing more
food than the plant can elaborate, produces
a state OF plethora, which results IN Tue ex'
travasaiion OF The sap at the season oil
greatest ,igor. This indeed understand
10 be the theory. The tendency OF lime is
to check this redundancy OF growth, by
providing 10 some way the specific food OF
The Mani. Whether this be done by ena'
bling j, to decompose carbonlc acid with
greater activity or by furnishing It with
siHcate of lime. or by contributing 10 the
deyelopm,ut aud formation of the grain,
rather than TO an exuberant vegetation
cannot perhaps be determined. When
was IN the great wheat growing district OF
western New York, some years ago, saw
fields of whea, that was told would yield
2j or 80 bushels 10 the acre, which could
not have supposed, from any previous OBJ.
Servo on, would have produced more than
10. The soils Of that region, being of q
dluyicl formation, are so rich 10 calcareous
i matter, from the former elIl.icn oi the
} lime rocks scattered over the country, that
!, they frequently sfervesce with acids
" The stem had so little blade that II appear
ed almost naked. Plaster OF Paris, whict
. has been recommended as proicciiof
!, against the rust, though Il be lime IN anoth
or form, does not contribute much 10 lht
: formation Of gram. It's tendency 10 eml
: nenily to increase the tulk Of vegetable
= growth, aud therefore, Shen 1t acts OF
2 wheat, TO induce rust and mlldew. II
:, guard against the rust then, such applica
ton to the soil appears necessary as rou.'
- afford specific nourIshmeu, 10 the seed. i
% every ANALYSIS Of wheat there IS found {
= portion Of lime. There are also some ma
= nures chat furnish the specific ingredients
- but those unly believe which are concen
y traled in their energy. have read 10th
~
y distinction ! have attempted TO draw, be
. tween tnanuring for the grain and rDanur
: ing for the straw, than The detail OF SON
. experiments with guano by j. l.. TeschC
:. macher, o! Boston. and contained in bis ac
" dress to the Horticultural Society. Som
- plants treated with guano, tho balslm 70
y instance, produced very inferior flowers
- but not a flower missed bearing its see
VI vessei, aud every seed vessel was filled vi,
perfect seeds; while other plants Of ii
, same species, and growing under the san
circumstances, with the exception Of tue g
10 ano, had only portion of tho seeds perie'
u in each pod, though the flowers were yer
y foe.
40 There is a ne,ghborhood 10 Marylar
d, which occasionally visit, the inhabitaD
10 whereof form a little community Of INTEL
'e gent and industrious lnfmer, Who most
Us belong 10 the same society OF which am
e' member; namely, tha, Of The Friends {
d Qoakcfs. They do their own work ar
49, when one works with his own hands, be
ID more likely TO mako both ends meet
on They find il to their inieres, 10 haul lin
from six TO ten miles 10 apply 10 soil i
no means naturally fertile. The crops
: wheat On their lined lands are iuvariabl
v, good, and but little affected By rust.
% A few years ago. friend Of mine, 10 a
~ adjoining county. planted al acre or tw
10 Of ground 10 pumpkins. The vines wer
T" 50 much infested with bugs that DO spriuI
led causiic lime over the leaves for N
purpose Of destroying them. In the "a
a' the lot was seeded to wheat, and nj the cr
20 suing harvest the locality Of every bill WI
~ conspicuously visible. 10 each spot wher
y the lime had bern applied, the straw wa
- bright and Of a golden color, without ii
:" least appearances Of rust; while in ever
~ other part the wheat was completely ruir
y ed. II it is not too late in fhe season,
e would sugsest the trial Of small piece
~ ground with lime or ashes, if IT vas q
10 more than a few yards square. Ashr
90 would BE- as bene fca as lime, for they O
=, ford potash.