426 Disease in Wheat, 



stated that the late Samuel Chew, Esq. of Chester 

 town, Maryland, informed him, about 10 years since, 

 that he had lost upwards of 1000 bushels of wheat by 

 the disease described. Mr. Chew mentioned the same 

 fact to the president of the agricultural society ; and 

 Mr. Fisher found a spot in a field near him, which was 

 aiFected by the same disease. The wheat was about 

 a foot high, and had the appearance of heads, but with- 

 out grains in them. The disease now exists in the vi° 

 cinity of Snow Hill, Maryland. 



From the fact of the sickly wheat, only appearing in 

 spots in the fields, there is a greater probability that 

 by the use of proper means, the cause of it may be re- 

 moved ; and the evil is so alarming that the farmers 

 should lose no time in attending to every hint that is 

 offered to remedy it. 



A fourth remedy, for the disease in question, is the 

 sowing spring or summer wheat. 



There are several varieties of this wheat, some 

 of which have been tried in England and found not to 

 answer. In Canada a kind is cultivated with success ; 

 and in 1812, I saw at Burlington, Vermont, a very 

 fine sample of it, that had been raised in the vicinity ; 

 the seed of which had been obtained from Montreal. 

 In fields, therefore, which have been sown with win- 

 ter grain, and destroyed by the disease under consi- 

 deration, the deficiency may be supplied by spring 

 wheat.* 



* See tlie Appendix for observations on the culture of spring 

 wheat. 



