Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-21

imperceptible splitting of the straw
through which the sap oozes out. The
invisible and multitudnous seeds of the
rust attach themselves to this sap, and
burying themselves in it, rapidly vege>
tate, striking their roots in the opening
of the straw, thus diverting to them>
selves the sap of the plant, which
should 60 to the filling out and ripen>
ing of the grain. Hence it so rapidly
shrinks and often becomes worthless.
And again, on pages 78 and rs, agri-
cultural report Of 1862, Mr.. George
D. Hendrix, of Feeble county, Ohio,
writes Mr.. Klippart as follows: 'In
1916 l had a large field seriously af>
fected by rust, and having read in the
Genessee Farmer the necessity of cut.
ting wheat early, put hand cradle
to work and left; was absent few
days, and on my return found my hand
had only cut few dozen of sheaves,
avowing that it was so green he knew
it would prove worthless. l then pro-
cured hands and had the field cut. but
too late for more than half crop,
whilst the portion cut at first was
plump, and had well.flled grains"
"In 1910 had three fields of wheat
of equal size; about the Goth to the 25th
of June the rust made its appearance
in its worst form. The cholera being
in the country hands were hard to pro.
cure. l however procured two cradles
and set them to work in field No. /;
soon left for the day, and on my return
home, was vexed to find my foreman
had abandoned the field, with the dec.
laration that if was fool enough to
cut wheat so green, he was not. ex-
planned, entreated, and finally got the
field cut on Monday and Tuesday of
the week, leaving the wheat in the
swath, unbound, until it had partly
cured in the sun before binding. Field
number two was left, partly to meet
the views Of my hands, and partly to
mark the difference, as an experiment,
until Thursday and Friday when ii
was cut and shocked. Field number
three, having been put in by tenant
and under his control, was left until
the Monday following, though l urged
him to have it harvested sooner. On
Monday, all hands were ready foy the
work, but on close inspection, there
was nothing butstraw to cut, and hence
the field was left unharyested."
THE RESULT.
"Field number one, although it wa.
the poorest set or stand by at leas
one fourth, produced twelve measured
bushels of wheat to the acre, weighing
} ffty-six pounds to the bushel Mum
Der two yielded eight bushels to tn,
acre, weighing only forty-six or forty
eight pounds to the bushel; while the
} third field, fully equal to the seconC
field in every respect, and the same
kind of wheat (white chaf beardy,
8 produced nothing. Again, in 1856
CAST year, the rust made its appear
Z ance, but not so fatal in its consequent
ces, but enough to do great damage
So soon as discovered l pitched int
0 field No. l, cutting and shocking tn
same day. The crop was so green
had to reopen the shocks and many G
the sheaves to cure them, to keep fror
moulding, as 1 also did in field No.
in 1849. Field No, 2 was left week
being late sown field, and again ha
. field No. 3 in charge of a tenant, VIII
obstinately refused to cut it until ripe
"Result-No. l produced twenty
Y five bushels to the acre; weight sixty
four pounds to the bushel, and as full
= tlinty wheat as | ever saw. No.
being only half set, injured by tn
fly and freezing out, produced te
bushels to the acre, weighing ffty.si
y pounds to the bushel; but in this feel
n and in the poorest point in it Cdr
(. land), l had MANFRED one acre in tt
d center of the field, and on which W,
y at least thirty bushels of No. l whea
lie neither the rust nor the fly has affecte
Of it. No. 8 yielded-though good s.
g some eight bushels to the acre, an
"A - ao,,1l L.