The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-08-17

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saved.
Ordinarily We think il economy TO put
the grain in the stack during a sufficient
tine for it 10 90 through n " sweat" be-
lore thrcshing 'or no doubt IL improves
the quality and condition Of the grain TO
some extent, will require less help ON
| ihrc.hiug days, and the delay will he in
favor Of the straw while it Is not exposed
to the yummcr rains, OF course, when
the farmer h compelled to cell soon after
harvest he had better thrcth out Of the
| shoch, and for no other reason would
we advise tbrc.hiug grain before or
during the "dog days lH2tcW R"rdL
smut In whcni.
When doctors disagree the patients
generally suffer, We publish below two
directly contradictory theories about
smut IN wheat, both founded ON fact,
aud each having its scientific advocates,
It II well known what these scientists
say, but the practical farmer will be
sure ta profit by experience, aud soak
his wheat well in a strong solution Of
blucslonc before sowing.
The New York Tribune says; A
great deal Of nonsense il written in re-
ference TO the cause of smut in wheat (;
and it IL well to bear in mind that there
X in reality no question aL all about IL.
The fact that it is Il parasitic luugl,
{ isij0gO sc1ciUm) is ~ well established
IN botany rs that mistIctoc Is Il parasite
IN apple, oak, etc, and not IN OutgrOwlh
OF the trees, That it propagatcs by dust
like pores, when the conditions are
favorable, is also well established. Every
particle Of the brOwn-bInck dust is Il
sporc or germ, each 50 minute that eight
millions could hc placed side by side ON
a square inch Of surface. These float
through the air, attach themselves to
the rlpcning grain, and are sOwn with
the seed, when they pcrminatc; and
after going through various stages Of de-
ycIopmcnt in the tissues Of the growing
grain plant imbuing them with its
rojsonou. QWalilics-rcproducc a fungus
like the parent, J. =, cause the ear to
smut Hence the philosophy Of the
various washes with which the seed is
treated To prevent smut, the object be-
me ~ destroy the vitality of the spores.
The fact Of Iuljng insects in such smut
i. no more evidence Of its being caused
by them than the finding Of them in
black knot is or, to put it more strong
", than the finding Of mistIctoc on a
tree is proof that the tree was produced
from ml.tIctoc, A little light brown
beetle, not quite one tenth Of an inch
long with four -luairangularly arranged
balrki,h spot, ON its back (Hro'hgt1r"r
u]orjcgaim, say, is fond Of breeding in
different pmuls, and can almost always
be- found in them, either in the Iarwa or
beetle state.
But the Nashville American, equally
rs good authority says:
The corn eel (ingUWWjuu Niiiri i,
said to live not at the expense Of any
animal, large or small, but on the nulrI-
tive elements in the seeds Of wheat, when
forming starch, gluten, aIbumcn, and
other substances, producing the disease
known by the name Of smut. We con
icss some distrrlsL Of the truth Of the
conclusions reached by Davainc, Icnc-
den, and others, while We regard these
o",mIi, 90 n'E" ''',r,,,o '~"'"o','S'
named author remarks: cone Of the
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