Means to prevent the Mildew of Wheat, Ss?c. 8 1 



Somewhat prejudiced on this subject, and like most 

 of his neighbours neither took pains to change 

 his seed wheat, nor even to select the best of his various 

 grains to sow. Corn was corn, and wheat was wheat. 

 He never read any book on farming. What he thought of 

 my sending to Caroline county, Virginia* for my seed 

 wheat, I know not, but as he laughed at my merinos, 

 which were to eat ali the roots of the clover out, he no 

 doubt laughed at my iat- zeai in sending for wheat so far, 

 when in his opinion, 1 had as good of my own raising* 

 My seed wheat was immersed in w.iter, all the light 

 grains skimmed off, and the heavy grains, when drained 

 were rolled in gvpsum. My crops were line; but 

 my neighbours, particularly one year, was very much 

 affected with smut. Upon inquiry of his son, who was 

 my manager, as to the cause of the djsease in his father's 

 wheat, he candidly told me, that he had not changed his 

 seed for eight years : dnd as to a steep, he never thought 

 of any. 



