Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-11-11
In closing extend my sincere good
wishes for the welfare of South Caroliua
in the above direction.
Yours very respectfully,
JOHN KLEIN.
Rust in Wheat.

Inv auuuat loSs W our plauterS lrOm th,S
cause amounts to thousands of dollars, aod
any remedy for its prevention will be a
great blessing to our State. The only pre-
ventive, so far found effective, seems to be
in the drainage of the soil.
The Commissioners Of Agriculture for the
United States says:
"Many preventives for rust in wheat
have beeo, with more or lcss confidence,
presented TO the public; but SO fur as we
know, no sure aud effective remedy has yet
been found"
The Tennessee Commissioner says:
"Thorough drainage Of the soil is tho
only efficient preventive. Applications of
salt (Chloridc of Sodium 200 pounds per
acre sometimes have happy effect in
refreshing luxurianco Of growth, and go
diminishing the extreme sucoulcncy of the
plant chat the rust spores do not fud such
an abundant odgment 10 the cellular tis-
sues. Recommend draining, 1t is better
than all tho remedial agents."
Commissioner Of Georgia says:
"l regret TO say that know Of no rcmc-
dy that has proven effective. Much may
be done BY the selection of high, dry roll.
ing land, pot too rich in humus, but we'll
fertilizcd, aud hardy and especially early
maturing varieties. The "Dll Dallas"
wheat haa considerable reputation ia this
State as hardy variety, resisting rust in
ordinary seasons"
Prof. Shepard, Chemist for the South
Carolina Department Of Agriculture, en-.
closing the following from Mortons Cy-
clopedia of Agriculture, says, "Nly own
opiniou is that there is q great choice in
varieties of wheat for different climates,
some edoipg well where others are liable to
sickcn; high state of cultivation, producing
very healthy plants would seem to be the best
preventative.
"Alost cereals, and many pasture grasses,
arc subject 10 disease which is known by
the namo rust, red gum, red rag, red robin,
etc. 1t is more common on the leaves, ou
which it is visible in the form Of orange
colored, mcaly spots, but it is by no means
confined to them. AS long as the leaves
only arc attacked, it is in general Of little
consequence to the farmer, but when it
attacks the glumes and other parts of the
intiorcscence, as is tho case more especially in
many fine whcats, it often becomes O serious
evil. 1t is perhaps in consequence of the
varieties of wheat cultivated on the CONT
nent being more subject to be injured by
rust that it is SO much more dreaded abroad
than with ourselves. We have, however
sccn plats of corn in gardens rendered en-
tirely unproductive by it.
"fhe rust is produced by species of
fungus, known to botanists by the name
Of uredo rubiga vera, consisting of the
fine myceoid threads running amongst
the tissues, and giving rise to ovatc,
slightly cchinulato spores. 1t has been
questioned whether it is not in fact au
early stage of the common wheat mildew,
pucoioia gramanis, but it seems now
pretty we'll ascertained that this is not the
case, though it is certain that uredo
lineari is really the infant state of that
fungus. Spores of rust may occasionally
occur in tho same spot with those of the
puocnia, but it is we'll known that two
species of uredo or two of puccinia some
times grow together; and the case of the
mildew of brambles and burnet in which
parasites of considerable size belonging to
tho genera aregma and xenodochus grow
ntermixed with the spores Of ur, do,
shows the same to hold good with more
highly organized genera. No remedy is
known against the attacks of rust. Like
the wheat mildew, it has, at prescut at
least, baffled every attempt. Rank ma
nprcs certainly nggravato tho disease as
they do 10 the case of most of the maa-
dies to which plants are subject"
DR.. St. Julien Ravenel says: "ln re-
ply TO your enquiry about rust in wheat,
l oau only say, that on the sandy soil
near Charleston, prepared for the grain
by COW peas and ash element, We have
sown several varieties, and all Lave escaped
rust for four years. How it may be on cluy
land / cannot say"
We will be glad to obtain any informa
ton upon this important subject as to rene
dies used successfully, or with partial sue
cess; also in regard to the preparation of
tho suil, fertilizers used, or any Information
that will aid in finding preventive Of rust.
Dr.. Talbot was mysteriously murdered at
Marysvllc, Mo Some members of the
family had suspicion that his son Albert
was tho assassin, because hc was known to
have waited very impatiently to inherit the
property; but in the absence OF proof no
body dared mako on accusation. So de-
teotiyc was hired. lie went to live in
house close by, pretending to be a farmer,
and iu tructcd his pretty wife, whom lie
introduced as sister, 10 gain Albcrts affce-
ton. This she was quickly successful in
doing, and within month sho had prom.
iscd to marry him. Then she set about
inculpating him, and ho eventually con-
tossed his guilt to her His arrest fol-
lowed.
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