The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-01
For the Anderson Mtelligencsr.

Mn. EDITOR: One again upon the hust
subject My object in my first Communication
was 10 draw out some of the farmers and investi-
gate that evil, 90 as to arrive at remedy, and
some have been drawn out on the subject. l no.
tice communication from "Hazlewood.' lie has
given US some additional ideas which l like, par
tculary where he sets forth the cause Of the de-
tcroyation of the wheat plant, and the manner in
which We should select our seed.
I also notice q communication from "M. H."
which like, with one exception that is where he
credit for what actually wrote. He says / nei-
ther told what rust was, nor gave remedy. If
he will read my article again, think he will see
that, after stating the causes and the manner in
which rust developes itself, stated what rust
was-that is, said what I thought il was, and
that is all he has been sble to do. ''M H." has
given US the botanical name of the thing, which is
derived from foreign language. In plain Eng
lish as that is the language our brother farmers
are best acquainted with, said rust in wheat
was the copious liquids of the stalk, super
abundance of sap, which, when heated by the hot
sun, expands, splits the stalk runs OUT is dried
by The atmosphere and changes its coler to
brown spot. an. H." says sit is parasite"
.lichen," called "cryptagamia," makes it out
living plant, having roots. Well, the idea OF
living, growing plant existing within another liv-
ing, growing plant, at the same time, is little for
ther into the vegetable kingdom than hive ever
BEEN So will let it pass. And as remedy for
the evil, suggested early sowing, high raanuring
and proper selection Of seed as he will see if he
will again read. He has given an additional item
as d remedy which am persuaded would be efec-
tual Deep tillage would let the heavy spring
rains sink down into the subsoil quite below the
roots of the plant it is known THAI the roots OF
the wheat plaut OF that season Of the year are to
be found near the surface of the soil. The soil
being pulverized to great DEPTH the water would
be sunk, the plant would not be surfeitfd with
water, which would act as a check upon the pri-
mary cause of rust
As remedy for the disaster is the gist of the
whole matter, again state believe early sowing
and high manuring would be efectual against
rust because, since writing you first, have been
in conversation with some Of the old fathers of
the land, and they invariably tell me that in the
days Of their youth wheat was sown Immediately
after fodder-pulling between the corn rows, and
at the gathering of the corn the wheat was several
inches high, and in those days rust was not
known. But they were driven from this practice
by the fly in wheat, which was very disastrous.
It now seems as if that evil had passed away and
is not known; therefore, it would probably be
safe 10 return to the practice OF early sowing
again. We would have but one difficulty to con-
tend wih-that is, late frost in the spring, and
would rather risk the late frost in the spring than
the rust, as in all probability We would not have
the late fros. than once in FIVE years, and We
have had the rust every year lately.
Well, we have four different items now set forth,
making up remedy:
lst Proper selection of seed.
2nd. High manuring.
3rd Jeep cultivation.
4th. Early sowing.
Brother farmers, let us try the remedy if we in
tend to raise wheat at all. We will lose nothing
by the experiment, because in the application of
the remedy as set forth, we Will increase the guam
tity and quality of the grain and will improve our
lands.
And, Mr. Editor, hope in the next twelve
months that we, as farmers of this county, will be
able to communicate to you that we have succeed
ed in checking the rust in wheat. and as . result
have plenty of good buiscuit for the table
Respectfully,
LARKIN NEWTON.
Cxf.e Creek s. c.