Report  on  Wheat-Mildew. 
669 
bstract  of  Replies  received  in  Answer  to  Inquiries  as  to  Prevalence  of 
Mildew,  and  tlio  Conditions  under  wliicli  it  is  Developed — continued. 
I. 
County. 
II. 
Name  and  Address 
of 
Correspondent. 
III. 
Reply  to  Queries  as 
to  Prevalence  of 
Mildew. 
IV. 
Extracts  from  Replies  to  other  Questions. 
..  Cambs. 
Topharn,  J., 
attacked ; straw  enough  for  40 
i 
contd. 
bushels  an  acre  yielded  only  21 
bushels. 
L Do.  .. 
West,  Samuel, 
In  1879  fen 
More  damage  done  in  these  twc 
Upwell. 
farms.  In 
years  than  in  any  other  during 
1881,  both 
fen  and 
high  lands 
equally. 
the  last  thirty. 
!.  Cornwall 
May,  John, 
This  neigh- 
Situation  open  and  exposed,  300 
Suffenton, 
bourhood  is 
feet  above  the  sea.  Wheat 
St.  Teatli, 
subject  to 
generally  grown  after  grass  ley 
Camelford. 
frequent  at- 
tacks. 
fallowed  — sowing  time  Oct. — 
thick  sown  crops  most  free.  A 
liberal  dressing  of  sea-sand  a 
great  preventive.  I have  ob- 
served a field  on  part  of  which 
farmyard-manure  with  15  tons 
of  sea-sand  was  applied  ; on  the 
other  part  farmyard-manure 
only  ; where  the  sand  was  used, 
the  straw  was  brighter  and 
stiffer,  and  the  grain  more  per- 
fect ; where  no  sand  was  used,  the 
straw  became  dark  with  mildew. 
>.  Cumber- 
Gibbons,  T., 
Occasionally 
Ten  feet  above  sea,  at  head  of 
Solway  Frith,  alluvial  soil. 
Light  land  frequently  under  the 
plough,  and  badly  drained  land 
most  liable. 
LAND. 
Arthuret, 
Carlisle. 
5.  Devon 
Balsdon,  R., 
Occasionally ; 
I consider  very  late  and  very  early 
Westleigh, 
great  injury 
sown  crops  most  susceptible. 
1.  Do.  .. 
Bideford. 
in  1879, 
and  slight 
in  1881. 
The  situation  is  rather  exposed 
and  about  100  feet  above  the  sea- 
level  ; the  soil  clay,  with  loose 
“ shale.”  Wheat  on  clover  leas 
dressed  with  lj  cwt.  nitrate  of 
soda ; a thin,  forced  plant  de- 
cidedly most  liable. 
Carter,  T.  S., 
Otterton, 
Budleigh 
Salterto  i. 
Mildew  is 
quite  un- 
known in 
this  part  of 
our  county. 
3.  Do. 
Scratton,  D.  L., 
Mildew,  here 
I have  only  suffered  seriously  once 
Ogwell, 
called  rust, 
is  rather  pre- 
during  the  twelve  years  I have 
Newton 
occupied  land  here.  In  1881, 
Abbot. 
valent. 
two  fields  after  cabbages  folded 
