, 1879-03-13
this area, or !, o,e01 ,b5a. Tnko this from our ex-
port surplus, and no still havn nearly t03, ,00O,-
600 busl,els Of winter mid spring wheat.

this area, or o,o0t ,b54. Tako this from our IT,
port surplus, and no still havn nearly t03, ,DoO,-
600 busl,els Of winter Md spring wheat.
1nn 1xfanENcn TO M DRAWN
from the ropost which has come,ont from New
York Il, TINT ihc entire yield Of spring wteGt u
5l,o country ias t tttEsred from tho "b''Ght'"
Klippart, m authority. says:
4 dry state Of the atmosphers and a eleat sky
i!eii sh"rsfs, st tse pet!sd per whsn w}rat i :.iss
Tho ,.1I a'f III. It'll, &, when ts alL,,msn .ns stars
brsSt q 'S wh%stns % iii. III cons'.'; esssns1y 1 ' i!
TO- carly aesssat'on sna natt!t, Of ts cfa!ns
sts,on OF tho proper contents Of .farnIa nthoagh
sutncs shriveled appearanee, aud docs not yield
blIRhted, wsthcred or badly nourlshed.
the Ncw York report With the close observations
Of chemist. It Is In tic first reported tint
this blight will "not affect the milling ptlr-
poses" Of tho wheat, while the latter aaYs
Aside from this Discrepancy t sccuis rather
bad the blight seriously affected tic enormous
yield Of wheat Of the United btatcs 1t would ap.
near that the u,nttcr which, there Is no
question ia yita1 one. II true, would }lnvc been
known long ere this. And yet nothing i,as
been said concerning It, 1llc agricultural press
Of tl1c County hns not mentioned +, m 1ueh a. Thug
toct brought TO Its attention had there been my
Foundation for the rrmor. On Tho other hand,
the market quotations do not slow tint there ia
TACT ti,at tiu "bliaht " has Injured tho crop Of
tho country.
THOSE WHO HAvB STUDIED
this subject inform THE TRIBUNE reporter TINT
II cannot be conceded that n,e wtsMi weather OF
last year destroyed The gcrminatiyo properties
l%f%r {a I,rSnS1 that
Of termination bcgtns With the maturity
! rounded By warm, damp .atnlofplere,. tho
| termination Is hnstcncd and soon develops;
the wheat is kept In cool, dry atmosphere, the
gcrmtnative properties are held back In their
normnl state. However, should sudden cold bo
applied after gerintnaton had begun 70 develop
itself, then 1t would, unlcr the sudden check,
be Killed, mud tho grain, Tor seed. he Of 10
value. Tie destruction Of the gcrm,nattyo ctar-
acsertsttcs Of erap, to any great degree, ~ this
other grain will be killed, "a to It's reproductive
powers; but as for this occurring over the cnt!ro
| breadth Of the country. and titus in,pcrlting
tho fate Of the future crop, the Idea ia pre-
| postcrous one.
Tho observations and practical experience Of
the agricultural classes have led them TO the
conclusion that wheat cut from ten to f1ftecn
laya before thoroughly rpcnlng is beat for mill
In this connection 1t might bo stated, aso, That
Lucanus, nlado many experiments to provo TINT
sccte Which were gathered when unriDc-thnt
1s when tho kernel Ia soft anl milky, or, in the
case Of cereals, even before starch lias formed,
and when the Juice Of the seed ID like wnter IN
appearance-are, notwithstanding, this fact,
capable OF Certntnntion moro especially II per-
inittcd to dry in connection with the stem. I'm
mature seeds, such "a these, II Is said, hive
loss germinatirc power than seeds which haro
been allowed to remain and gcrnlinatc perfectly.
Many q them iasl 70 sos s. np ,,' won - naon md.
lively weak pants at first. In poor soil they
will
OWE POORER HARVEST
than we!l-ripencd seed. While The practice IL to
cut wheat before It has perfectly riponcd, it is,
gosdr'Afsss gona ss e ia!s v'1sss ssa
scrIbcs md perfectly eapabo Of reproduction.
1t has Tint " "trcasur red forco " or. onorpy OF
position capable when released OF performing
In Its descent certain amount Of work.
Its welt known that tho germuatlvc proper-
ties Of seeds may ba destroyed BY subJccting tho
kernels to llfeh temperature. al, for INSTANCE,
tmmerslnE them tn boiling wates. But, while
others may stand higher degree, owing
10 the peculiar formation Of their covering,
It Is not established BY tic :rccords Mt what
exact degree Of temperature lover Than tho
boiling point seeds may 6o rendered Yaluetcss ~
to geruinatfon. Ilis alone would discrcdit ti,t
statement t4at tho heat Of last Summer serious
| To- Jnuarad the ahrontfuHt ut,aItttnR af Nh E
s.haat mat'"he0 MI" 'p'0"''h H""''''"' - A'e'
"Tta y sSo,,a In ,o-ne IN mimi ,,at ,,o rr,do ~
wi,.a. puo,,u NJ NJ es hcon rnn,div nrt'I,,,
latlue Ia the warehouses Of the country, unit
M mi III b,sbs,. ~ Will n ~ Hfi1w,mnn11
tb"rs fS'g arc D' nnorly s6Un0no onI f. 4
s.Ii' sni tha+ ti'ayc ~ IN "'',. aoorm,,,
I,o ~ I'm countrr ,,r"itt,r s,tn,,a,t
H. ~ - En VII sr iii y liz
na ,,a ~ f,r",a,' S,irrants -, - 'nG M a1,,
I a,o,yiy Ts 1,ndp ~ whcot III ho,h
p,,d sats .si.I,; for c,ns%mnticp IL !. M a 49,,
~! nu sua Saa ~ ~. ~ na,ro,, .a-.t u =, ".s u.
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ta t,ric,s ana,,rn1 ~ A'A'>' s's0's @''
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