Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-22

From ue .3muican Farmer.
NEW THEORY AsTo THE CAUSE OF THE
RUST IN WHEAT, FIRING N NEGErA-
BLE>.aND BILIOUS. INTERMITTENT AND
REMIT TENT FEyERs. BY DIR. MORTON,
Of Ylrgiaia.
FooscLuprp -
To the Editor OF the American Farmer. 8
We saanatimes fud. thai. althaugh here iss great et-
cess Of rain Just befnre wheat harvest. that crop escapes
rusi. The nav be owing t, cool weather abiu that
time. preventing The pnlfeiaction oil The redundant wa
Ter. OF 10 a constant SIMPLY OF fresh water from frequent
showers, which delays puireiaciion, until the crop gels
heyand lie reach n iriurF. In the latter case we mas
lax ou' ir firing Ia 'he tlhacc1, however dry the weafh-
et may Be-. we had much rain in this region previously
to wheat harvest. believe that bat ilt,e wheat rust.d.
however. and that ia spriugy 81 low lands. My only
hone that he iaaacco may escape firing. arises from the
circumstances. that there was very cal weather. after
ain 81 eeesy shower. which may have given time for
the iense surplus waters To be evapofaisd and absorbed,
hefife II cluld parity. My own crop suffered very
sltga:ly, except N a SPIT 4 about ten feet in diameter.
immediately "a and b Low the high bank Of a hll side
ditch. rn,ssiez the head Of small gally, in which ditch
a. tIas sp 4, sagaant water has remained durIrg the
sess,n. have dsclt more fally on this branch II the
subject. B cause my friends hase 5, often objected. thai
these diseases e vegetables and wet weather We're not
si1sys slmulianeous"
/. aud Others. have observed an exemption fun
these diseases. IN The sic Of cid coal hilaa, where there
was ehafrai enough ia resist the p~utfefying tendency Of
qulesceui waief-under The shade Of houscs and trees.
where such wafer could be kept caul unll ia escape, and
imuedis'rlv over blind bitches iulo which the water
cenld perrslaie. Will, fresh. Bil fr the want Of space.
! could iclaie some striking instance Of such eAemp
ton
Admit ing Tho foregoing visws /, DO true. il fllaws
ihat tob much pains ranaei he Zee taken Ia pfeven. land
from inlna pais med By paifl wafer. THIS is To DC LIME
by very drrn ard sIhaltl |pluuahilg by repeated Iakinr
M, only 10 pulyefze the surface. bot 10 level 1t, ~ that
there he iFh $50 lttle siuks ft the hahitltion Of puddlrs:
BY a sufficient number # draining dlcics, of %snfient
drph aud fall. 10 carry III HE surplus water, without
dagger II gulies. lftbe>e things be properly attended
10 IN The preparation If Ind inf wheat. the danger at
tust vii be greatly Diminished, al also The danger Of Win
ter killing.
Ia the cultivation Of 90 delicate a plant as tobacco. il is
perhaps best p%loughing he uat So deep, Immediately IN
der tho hills, thsi o Nay uf escape may be allowed for
the redundant wief HIonl the fnrr5ws between them.
which should be deep aud carefully graduated. One of
The best managers of tobacco | have ever known, mada
his rows Tour ieet apart. %crowding the plant IN the tow
The wide space between them, afforded an opportunity
OF mabina wide AID deep burrows, which being kept
wei cleaned out, conducted the water into dlishes, pre-
pared Tor rs conveyance away. THIS was on spfiagy
land, with a foundation Of very tenacious clay The
crop on II escaped firing, While that IN the neishborhoud
suffered greatly.
That simple water. when il bee mes putrid. will poi
son Tege alton. has often been manifested ny emptying
such water on the grass from a vessel, winch had long
st''1. ga lr~i weather } under the gotier Of hpuse.
once knew a deep pit filed with such water. 10 be- emp
tied ou; on sumo tank clover. The water ran in a stream
fpr Perhapse an hundred yards. and killed as dead as if
iihad been boiling ho'. not only the clover. on the leave.
Of which II was poured, but all, 10 The roots Of which it
had accrss.
We come now to ibe agency d putfid water in causing
bilious leTets. A few remarks on this branch If our
subject, | trust viii not be considered out Of place in an
agricultural Journal. Agricul twists have as deep an in
iefest 10, have done, aud will still do more, than any
others. towards The prevention Of disease.
u las long heea The common opinion that ieyets Of This
kind were produced by what has been called "Alarsh mi
a'nia OF some unascettain'd vaporr. arising fnm IA
ridlY dceaying vegetable matter, This opinion, doubt
less, took It's rise from the fact, that such diseases in OF
binary times, prevailed onlg in the vicinity Of matsly
lands. ptaeiised pbyse tot many years IN Prince Ed
ward county. Va, a high. dry and and no, very fstlle
ftGan. The low grounds on the creeks. on account of
Their great value, Were generally very well drained and
cultivated. and tAeir s1ftire wholly exposed In the sun.
HE great purifier Of earthly things. believe could
readily count m my hngets all the eases Of bilious le-
yer, strictly 5 calied, which came under nv care. duiiny
about twenty five years. Moreover the mai ritz Of these
consisted OF soldiers dismissed from the army, in tho tide
water canniy, daring our last war with Great Brlain.
ana OF citizens vino had Travelled out Of the county, iu-
10 regions liable 10 such malajies. Daring all that time
tie wheat and tobaccu suffered comparatively but lltle
from rust aud firing. Since then. the seasons have gen
efsliy been nnIre rainy. bilious fevers have been more
cpnmon. IN that and he surrounding counties whea,
crops have been preearious on account Of rusi and nthet
diseases, aud believe t4eIe has been bul me rereally
good iobacco crop in a d ven years. In 1916. nearly The
whole state was griey0usly afflicted with intermittent
and feanit'eni ievers. In Halifax county, the pestilence
iaged NEST ieattully. This is a high, dry and general.
~ healthy region. such diseases then ptenaileJ even
IN poaT barren tracks of country, where there was but
ht'ie vegetable matter To putefy, and even on our noun
IAN tops. they ragged dis,Tessngly. II is also an estab-
lisiied tact. tia they occasionally occur in sandy deserts
where vegetables handy grow at all. | have therefore
concluded that there is some poisonous exhal,,ion fr,m
Imind water, without the intervention of vegetable mn
irilaeiion, which /. the cause Of The diseases above men
toned, human and vegetable md that This exhaIation
VIII always produce them IN hot weather. whenever wa
III has iallen IN quantity vastly beyond the earth's pow
ef 81 combination and absorption, aided by evaporation
Into The atmosphere.
cannot conclude these remarks. too brief and desul.
Tory IA The importance Of the subject. wi hon, EXPRESS
lug my Joy, that Maryland has 50 npbly buchIea ON her
aimor IN the good cause Of agriculture, and that her
cheeriog shouts have Weakened up some noble spirits in
'he oia Dninlnlno. Tie horn Of Roland has sounded
again. ! trust there are many willing TO follow in his
'eao. Success 10 every effofl t, make a bio earden of
our and! A statute 10 John S. Skinner. lot,y = Iong be-
fore he dies
l have abbreviated the foregoing communication ,s
much as my time would allow, IN order 10 accommodate
II 10 the design If your valuable journal. Article, filled
With speculation. and furnishing agricultural addresses
orght rarely 10 appear III snch u work, and never IN so.
percede far more valuable praciical essays.
w. S. MORON.
Cumberland County, Va. Avg. l4th, ls49.
From The .2merican Farmer.
GUANO ON CORN, &c.