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drainage Is good, this fungus will not be found 

 in any alarming degree. Just as the clean 

 skin of animals is a defence against nauseous 

 living parasites, so, by an analogous method, 

 the soil will be rendered free from the destruc- 

 tive fungi under our present notice. Improved 

 domestic habits in our peasantry are well 

 known as tending to check the spread of epi- 

 demic diseases ; and, in the same way, a better 

 system of cultivation will avert diseases from 

 our corn-fields, while there is given thereby 

 increased opportunity for the employment of 

 the poor. Mildew was once more prevalent 

 than it is at present ; and doubtless its dimi- 

 nution is in a great measure to be ascribed to a 

 better husbandrv. 



