Report  on  Wheat-Mildew. 
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bstract  of  Replies  received  in  Answer  to  Inquiries  as  to  Prevalence  of 
Mildew,  and  the  Conditions  under  which  it  is  Developed — continued. 
I. 
County. 
ii. 
Name  and  Address 
of 
Correspondent. 
IIL 
Reply  to  Queries  as 
to  Prevalence  of 
Mildew. 
IV. 
Extracts  from  Replies  to  other  Questions. 
1.  Dorset 
Ellswood,  W., 
contd. 
the  disease  in  a very  thick 
plant.  Early-sown  wheat  less 
liable  than  late-sown. 
B.  Do.  .. 
Galpin,  G., 
Tarrant, 
Keynston, 
Blandford. 
When  I en- 
tered this 
farm  in 
1868,  it  had 
an  unen- 
viable noto- 
riety as  a 
blighting 
farm.-  It 
had  been 
badly  farmed. 
In  1869, 
1871,  1878, 
I suffered. 
The  farm  is  300  feet  above  sea, 
and  much  exposed.  There  were 
numbers  of  barberry-bushes, 
which  I grubbed  up.  I think 
the  farm  is  less  subject  to  mil- 
dew now  than  formerly;  but 
whether  this  is  due  to  the 
absence  of  the  barberry  or  to 
better  cultivation  I cannot  say. 
I am  inclined  to  think  to  the 
latter.  A crop  which  is  thin 
during  winter,  and  then  becomes 
gross  and  luxuriant  in  the  spring, 
is  very  apt  to  mildew. 
B.  Do.  .. 
Hoddinott,  J., 
Sherborne. 
Occasionally, 
as  in  1879, 
1880,  1881. 
Stone  brash  soil,  fairly  drained. 
Wheat  follows  two  years’  ley ; 
thin  plant  always  more  liable 
to  attacks. 
L Do.  .. 
Mitchell,  J.  H., 
Deanslease, 
Wimborne. 
My  farm  suf- 
fers little. 
In  the  im- 
mediate lo- 
cality, near 
the  sea,  they 
suffer  some- 
times. 
Land  which  has  been  over-dosed 
with  manure  and  sown  late  is 
most  liable. 
5.  Do.  . . 
Parham,  G., 
My  farm  is 
A farm  near  Hindon,  Wilts,  very 
Gillingham. 
not  much 
subject. 
subject  to  it.  When  a thin 
crop  grows  fast  in  summer  from 
being  highly  manured,  the  dis- 
ease is  most  developed.  Clean- 
liness favours  mildew,  as  foul 
land  is  seldom  rich  in  condition. 
Thick  sowing  is  the  best  pre- 
ventive of  the  disease. 
o.  Do.  .. 
Saunders,  J.  C., 
Water  combe, 
Dorchester. 
Not  much 
known  in 
the  locality. 
We  get  “rust”  a few  days  before 
the  wheat  is  fit  to  cut,  following 
fogs  from  the  sea,  which  is 
about  two  miles  distant. 
7.  Essex 
Beadel,  W.  J., 
Springfield, 
Chelmsford. 
Frequent,  but 
not  malig- 
nant; preva- 
lent during 
last  5 years. 
Open  level  country,  mixed  soil. 
Wheat  generally  grown  after 
clover,  beans,  peas,  or  potatoes  ; 
no  exception  as  to  mildew  after 
either  of  the  above  crops.  Where 
clover  or  grass  seeds  have  been 
