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 Carolina
in tho above direction.
Yours very respectfully,
JOHN KLEIN.
Rust in Wheat.

cause amounts TO thousands OF dollars, and
any remedy for its prevention will be q
great blessing to our State. The only pre-
ventive, 80 far found effective, seems to be
in the drainage of the soil.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture for the
United States says:
"Many preventivcs for rust in wheat
have been, with moro or less 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 the
only efficient preventive. Applications Of
salt (Chloridc of Sodum) 200 pounds per
acre sometimes have happy effect 10
refreshing uxuriancc of growth, and &c
diminishing the extreme succulcncy Of the
plant chat the rust spores do not fnd such
an abundant Iodgment 10 the cellular tis--
sues. Recommend draining, 1t is better
than all tho remedial agents"
/ Commissioner Of Georgia says:
"[ 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 laud, not too rich in humus, but we'll
fertilzcd, and hardy and especially early
maturing varieties. The "Bill Dallas"
wheat has considerable reputation in 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 Moron's Cy-
clorcdia of Agriculture, says, "Aly own
opinion is that there is great choice in
varieties of wheat for different climates,
somed doing we'll where others are liable to
sioken; high state Of cultivation, producing
very healthy plants would seem to be the best
preventative.
"NIose cereals, and many pasture grasses
the namc rust, red gum, red rag, red robin,
etc. 1t is more common on the leaves, on
which it is visible in the form of orange
colored, mealy spots, but it is by no means
confined to them. Az long Us the leaves
only are attacked, it is in general Of little
consequence to the farmer, but when it
attacks the glumes and other parts Of the
inf1oresoencc, as is the case more especially in
many fine wheats, it often becomes serious
evil. 1t is perhaps in consequence of the
varieties Of wheat cultivated on the CONT
nent being moro subject to be injured by
rust that it is SO much more dreaded abroad
than with ourselves We have. however,
sccu plats of corn in gardens rendered ca .
tircly unproductive by it.
'frhe rust is produced by species of
fungus, known to botanists by the name
Of uredo rubiga vera, consisting Of the
foe myceloid threads running amongst
the tissues, and giving rise to ovatc,
slightly echinuato spores. 1t has been
questioned whether it is not in fact au
early stage of the common wheat mildcw,
puocinia gramanis, but it seems now
pretty we'll ascertaincd 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
puccnia, but it is we'll known that two
species Of uredo or two of puccinia some
times grow together; and the case Of the
mldew of brambles and burnet in which
parasites of considerable size belonging to
the genera aregma and xenodoohus grow
intcrmixed with the spores Of ur,do,
shows the same to hold good with moro
highly organized genera. No remedy is
known against the attacks of rust. Like
the wheat midew, it has, at present at
least, bnffied every attempt. Rank ma
nures certainly aggravate the disease as
they do 10 the case of most of the mala-
dies to which plants are subject"
DR.. St. Julien Ravenel says: "ln re-,
ply to your enquiry about rust in wheat,
| can 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 10 regard to the preparation of
tho soi, fertilizers used, or any information
that will aid in finding preventive OF rust.
Dr.. Talbot was mysteriously murdered at
Marysv,.e Mo Some members of tho
family had suspicion that his son Albert
was tho assassin, because he Was known to
have waited very impatieutly to inherit the
property; but in tho absence Of proof no
BODY dared mako on accusation. So de-
tcotivc was hired. lie went to live in a
house close by, pretending to be farmer,
and in tructcd his pretty wife, whom he
introduced as n sister, 10 gain Albcrts affcc-
ton. This she was quickly successful in
doing, and within month shc had prom.
iscd to marry him. Then sho set about
incupating him, and ho eventually con
fessed his gull. to her His arrest fol-
lowcd.
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