Report  on  Wlieat-Mildeir. 
APPENDIX  II. 
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Abstract  of  Replies  received  in  Answer  to  Inquiries  as  to  Prevalence 
of  Mildew,  and  the  Conditions  under  which  it  is  Developed. 
I. 
11. 
III. 
IV. 
Name  and  Address 
Reply  to  Queries  as 
CocKxr. 
of 
to  Prevalence  of 
Extracts  from  Replies  to  other  Questions. 
Correspondent. 
Mildew. 
1.  Beds.  .. 
Eve,  J.  K., 
Yes  ..  .. 
Nitrogenous  manures  assist  the 
Silsoe, 
Ampthill. 
disease,  which  is  most  prevalent 
in  late  summers.  Thin  and 
late  crops  most  liable. 
.2.  Do.  .. 
Street,  George, 
But  seldom  .. 
Most  where  wheat  has  lost  plant 
Maulden, 
after  clover  on  light  land,  and  the 
Ampthill. 
evil  has  been  increased  by  the  ap- 
plication of  soot,  which  produced 
a rapid  and  luxuriant  growth. 
3.  Berks. 
Davies,  J., 
Some  farms  in 
Developed  under  great  extremes 
Englefeeld, 
the  locality 
of  temperature  and  heavy  rains. 
Beading. 
are  subject 
Thin-sown  wheat  on  land  in 
to  the  dis- 
good  heart  most  liable — to  be 
ease. 
avoided  by  manuring  in  the 
previous  winter,  and  never  just 
before  planting,  and  by  early 
sowing. 
4.  Do.  .. 
Druce,  A.  F.  M., 
Fy field, 
Abingdon. 
Floyd,  T„ 
Never. 
A piece  of  Talavera  on  light  sandy 
5.  Do.  .. 
Not  much  un- 
Frilford, 
til  1882. 
soil,  lying  about  6 feet  above 
Abingdon. 
the  river  Ock.  The  preceding 
crop  was  clover,  mown  once,  the 
aftermath  being  fed  by  sheep 
penned ; afterwards  7 cwt.  per 
acre  of  woollen  rags  per  acre 
were  applied.  The  wheat  was 
sown  Nov.  4th  and  5th,  and  some 
Red  Lammas  wheat  was  sown 
in  the  same  field  a little  later. 
This  wheat  was  not  hurt  by 
mildew;  and  some  red  corns, 
which  got  mixed  with  the  Tala- 
vera and  grew  with  it,  escaped, 
while  the  Talavera  was  much 
blighted.  Two  of  my  neigh- 
bours who  grew  Talavera,  say 
that  it  was  much  more  affected 
last  harvest  (1882)  than  other 
sorts  of  wheat. 
6.  Do.  .. 
Hutchinson, 
Yes,  on  the 
Soil,  loam  on  peat.  In  1879  the 
N.  G., 
lower  land 
crop  attacked  followed  clover, 
Thatch  am, 
in  1875, 
and  in  1881  turnips.  The  clover 
Neivbury. 
1879,  1881. 
Icy  was  manured  with  farm- 
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