Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-09-29


taken on, and Drained and spread tl.n an sprnklcd
with and stirred IN quick limcso remained, and still
moist II hours longer hui Ind dried in more, tnr
Is in ALL After Remaining dr. for lS hours longer
81 grains of ts ~ w"r" WaEiled 'ii-i:T III fresh wa
tor and MT on cotton cloth. KEEP: moist to sprout
Oi same wheat kept II hours III II saturated sou-
iou %. common .,.!l and lime. B, then lined &r a.
above and had barely dried in 10 hours, when wash
Ell. and 80 grains put 30 sIr"ut On same cloth and Il:
same time with y.
OF same wheat no! stepped, and dry, {, nuis:cned
aLd put 10 sprn:: with y and Is.
RE>rLrs-O! G, some germs had started in l.
hour. and in IS hours, grains OF the 80 had put out
radiclcs OF b. the first sprouting was hours later
than of C. and grains only had spr0ucd in 4S hours
OF A. no slrot WAS visible in "a hours and one only in
iS hours. The drying of the cloth aud grains, By
neglect, prevented longer observations. OF a, 100
grains were also carefully planted, and not came
up.
L. Seven bushels uf seed had been saved from the
rear Tor feeding plrc"l "f the marhimc, shatcrc,! "u
wirhou, passn throu III the machine. This had been
saved separately "l th" most pcrfoc: grain. But,
without ,.sigr the sD;@nf a! this seed showed tie,
much rr;ifrr daIn;r -ti-Hincd bv other seed b"iD.
cracked by the machine, hn.l then killed by stepping
This "ulruu" whca; was hiin"i tsHy st"cp"d about
half all hcur and lined precisely LIN" the sec,l -0mn
Oh both sides, and at the same rate. let, after the
pluns were well np the ground sown with the bush
tls was 10 much more ilrkiy covered, that the dfr
c,Icc aI the outlines could be distinguished
hundreds Of wards distance and in any direction. A.
uualy bv the same srelsman,! is Very improbable
thar there could have been any percrptibe difference
in the rate oi sowing. The drum" wheat, like all
other stepped in brine, doubtless retarded in ger
animation; but none being cracked none had the
germs killed, ms in the thrash"d wheat.
Though still drrIninr tho Orining Of seed Nh e;fcc
tual remedy, igeucray against smut, il Was thence
forward also deemed too III iurOus 10 he used. \, Il
litter time, tried two other rcn"de- In Eng
land il is believed thHi the keeping ui seed wear
sII' pI tho. :Iil.i
snutiv seed mIay then be sorn safely. | tried this
with 81 bushels al seed KEEP from the prev uu- vcar-
seeding, a! which. like III" seed. had v""v lit
he smut. lh,. product o the old see. obviously
cleaner than that OF III. ncw ai, slightly slnuttcd
but sill moi entirely free from ,uiut.
49, The ueAt year trcC the IucrIniXing OF dry lime,
Just sal.ct, witt! the seci-wncat, eonn n it
rhrashcd and tanned. About II ra7k of stone lime IS
bushel-l used 10 the lh0 bushcls Ol seed. This
process had been before used by Of the farmers
in Prince George and Charles City counties, and sup
posed good preventive against smut, aud il was GER
;sin.y safe. This plan also seemed to lessen the pro-
portion OF smut compared 10 the previous crop, but
did no; rcnov" all.
Ills keeping "f sred-whca: with dry quick -illnc
thoroughly inicrnxcd, S beneficial in several re-
spcctS besides 50 lar as Il may guard against smut
The wheat treated il almost .nl,: from being stolen
anl is much less injured by .ats and other vermn.-
The grain ia d9colorcd and would bo damaged for
grinding. The terminating power is certainly unln-
paired. Ot 100 grains al seed. winch had rcinaIn"G
in lime for ii uu.r-, tried in noisened cloth FOR
trial. 80 sproted. The wheat thus treated increases
in bulk about or per cent, after flaming oil the
loose lime.
~. EXPERIMENT. For the next years seeding
tl&2, had left 81 bushels Of old seed, winch ma
remained in lime for IA months. Ii ii! the portion
OF the next crop produced from this seod could mol
find a head of sniutted wheat, though observing
closely through tho rcaping The remainder Of the
crop, sown with new seed, and also put IN dry lime"
showed some lfIr smut throughout. From tbs las
lin.
tire exemption %! In. proiact from smut. tn"n:ri
n safe nUd sire remedy found. All NV seed Tor
II" r"Nt sb"!I, wa a. IN" k'.. Bat t!;r Gro! ~
lSJl did not SNOW tie exemption Gnarticd ~ tn
I."cc'iiu., yCar. Iny.c was, indeed, very little smut,
but enough to show ;int both thc.c means combined
did not make complete preventive. Lest | -hnw!i
hc misunderstood. will aid that though lot finding
any remedy ccltniE an. cOnrlc;c have get
had enough smut in nr: crop o! wheat 10 chu-c ma
tcriO! ics, "r 10 max ~ Objection the sale .; the
crop Brtny main object in H." foregoing mirn'c', IN
sQut, has not !.s ,puGL IA dscssi ihe jiicArvn al
most generally approved aud in use.
Mcs:rs John H. Srllcn and Hill Garter, both con
cur in dyrnns MI modes .. sleeping washing seed
wheat in brine to bc rurioas Each OF them uacs
tvhcn necessary different mode for preventing
smut, and each coniGc. in his method as h"n@ cfec-
t:ll n having bCcn 50 {" 'his 'im" Inc? are az
follows
:,D Mr. John 4. Scllcu has long been satisfied o:
crrat injury being caused bv stepping seed wheat III
brine aud has avoided al 81 brine tor hat pur-
pose He has sron tw" seedlings "t large crops, :"
much injured in g"rnur;ion iat there WIS no iis-
taking the cause, or the operation. IN one ni ihrar
r,lsr< very little u! the seed -6wn G"rninht"d II"
does not know how lung. i'll that ch-", III" seed re-
lnancd in the urmc He entirely believes IN smut be-
in. contagious, and that merely washing IN fresh wa
ter, an then GustIug the wei seed with GrF chnS'c
lime will prevent smut, even when the seed wac
greatly mixed with smut. He washes the seed. Il
snutly, in three waters, then spreads II INN on th
barn iloor Sits over and srs among the wheat enough
lime to slightly coat over every gram ths ususiE
done arr stceuinm or washing i'll brnc.) On one oc-
casion he treated in ,hi. manner some seed wheat
which hr bought, which was beautiful Sample III
grain. but greatly mixed with smutsGmuch 90, ns Ia
be offensive 10 tie SMELL Tn" crop from the washed
seed har! no smut.
icct. 10 all Use ot brine. For prevention "f smut, he
puis the seed in white wash, made by putting ui-
,akcd quick-lim in water, and having the mixture
thin enough for the light grains anu impurities l"
I,r md be SKINNED oil, when stirring the seed ui-
der the fluid: H. this has been done sufficient
", the wlent is dipped out and drained III Daske's'
aud then spread to dry Enough slaked qulck-ii'ne
sprinked over 10 separate the grains ana rehacr
them drv enough for convenient sowing. Inc same
whitewash is uscd twice nr sometimes tnricc but
when it is deemed ton foul, the remnant IL thrown
away The heat produced by shaking the lime Is not
huru to the seed, il much below the buiiln@ drer,c.
The effect of this white-wash seepis IA always 10 dls-
color the cran and sometimes the skin can easily be
slipprd of bv pressing the Wet grain between the mn
ger and thumb, without the Gerlnlmnon being infect
rd. The wheat is allowed 10 roman IN longer III r
siccr than tn wnth and stir an' c"a;lsr II well Ih!-
preventive is rcGlrd by Mr. {. n both ciicriun and
sHe.
- Ju,l,c Thomas Rut'n, Of .tlamnnrr, y. e., has
used the solution ui hicstouc for smutrrG seed wheat
aud always found the product perfectly tree "i tr"7-
ease From his practice aud experience, he hhd en-
tire confidence in this preventive remedy.
j3 Col. Williamson Simmons of Prince George coun-
w. VIRGINIA. has used saturated brine for all his seed
wheat. and afterwards dnsllnr with quck.lime tthe
most generally used prevrnve for eight or ten years
hus found il .lcctual against smut, and had not sus-
nrrtpd nny ln-s in ar injury tO the seed wheat. Ills
Washing was always oi short time lie had never
made any comparative trials nj the spr"utiug.
The lost rwn minutes, at cases 0t entire success.
md confidence in the C these dliicrcu WASHES or
s,ccus MIGHT he multiplied 10 any number These
case. happened h the lust stated th in"and they
will serve ns examples oi ii" NOR" extended Opinions
o numerous u;r!l!grm. farmers. Ol the other slGc a.
e,n,orI. ,f remarkable exceptions "a these general
rules i entire preventive effect, will add the follow
ING c.s,s which, more fully reported, have just az
rrared in the last No. Of the Southern Planter:
81. Col. Edmund Font.i!!c Of litnov', usci the
struncr .nlunn of bluc-stouc, steep, ior IL 10
hours and in the Usual and approved MANNER and
with Mi due care for biz sccd-w!eaI, u previous
smuitv crop, and for hi. several 1arms lht wheat
came ip well. The crops produced from this seed
had aou; as much smut NJ those iFom wh'rh inc secd
Forryr.rn,cnt small portion o!the same seed had
been mixed mixed with large quantity OF -innt balls and
dust before separated in llnnS, the mixture rubbed
togcther wrl by the hand, md then ins i"ui sample
sowr separatcl; for observation. The product Ind
sou, ms mach sinut as that FROM the stcere' seed =
Fnr thr next ntumn's seeding, tls13,l he used the
seed Of his crops hH"nT s,Ine su't ~ "i4s't a5o'ri
wi,hor, a,v preparation. Wien "!1n; Dis commit
,.'.;",. .u,.us: 3D. lc lad i.cr part tcud.T from
adv nn II Iii. tan.s wi.c-e br irasl.; was thee
.arIy f,;,., and the nverseer reported ;Ln; c had
fo':u.i 40 aml: i'll the cT"n
81 The other of exception referred f" h 'ih'
y. H. JLon,as M.aur a Amelia. WHOSE very strik
inc facts cannot be lsore concisely quoted hsn IN his
own wnrds lSouthern Planter, Sept ls5i.l He says:
Aftcr fifteen years OF what was considered the success
full use brninE and lining sh III preEsu,
.nS,snn,;y, ycars now satisfy the conclusion ar