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Report  on  Wheat-Mildew. 
Abstract  of  Replies  received  in  Answer  to  Inquiries  as  to  Prevalence  of 
Mildew,  and  the  Conditions  under  which  it  is  Developed — continued. 
I. 
CovxTr. 
II. 
Name  and  Address 
of 
Correspondent. 
III. 
Reply  to  Queries  as 
to  Prevalence  of 
Mildew. 
37.  Essex 
Beadel,  W.  J., 
contd. 
38.  Do.  .. 
Delf,  W., 
Great 
Bentley, 
Tendring 
Hundred. 
Wheat  in  this 
district  more 
or  less  at- 
tacked by 
mildew  in 
1881,  1882. 
In  many 
cases  the 
value  of  the 
crop  was  re- 
duced Jrd. 
r 
39.  Hants 
Manning,  E., 
Titchfield. 
More  fre- 
quently 
during  the 
past  seven 
years,  and 
especially  in 
1879  and 
1881. 
40.  Do.  .. 
Kent,  G.  E., 
stubbing  ton, 
Portsea. 
..  .. 
IV. 
Extracts  from  Replies  to  other  Questions. 
heavily  fed  during  the  summer, 
mildew  is  less  apparent.  In 
reply  to  further  queries,  “My 
bailiff’s  opinion  coincides  entirely 
with  mine,  viz.,  that  where  we 
have  folded  sheep  during  the 
summer  heavily  upon  feeding 
clover,  there  has  been  an  absence 
of  mildew  compared  to  wheat  . 
grown  either  after  mown  clover, 
beans,  peas,  or  mangold.” 
This  farm  is  open,  undulating; 
about  4 miles  from  the  sea- 
soil  both  heavy  and  light.  The 
wheat  on  both  was  affected,  hut 
that  on  the  heavy  land  suffered 
in  a greater  degree.  Wheat  is 
sown  after  red  clover  layer, 
some  of  which  is  mown  twice. 
On  the  lighter  land  a mixture 
of  Pacey’s  rye-grass,  white  and 
red  clover,  and  trefoil  is  sown ; 
this  is  mown  once  and  then  fed. 
Dung  is  applied  sometimes  just 
before  ploughing,  sometimes  on 
the  young  layers  in  the  pre- 
vious winter  or  spring.  The 
sorts  grown  are  Lenny’s  White, 
Golden  Drop,  and  Burwell  Red. 
Invariably  find  that  Lenny’s 
White  is  more  free  from  mildew 
than  the  others. 
Land  10  or  15  feet  above  sea. 
Sheltered  loam,  or  loam  on 
gravel.  Wheat  sown  on  one 
year’s  ley  after  barley;  dung 
applied  immediately  before 
ploughing.  Where  wheat  is 
thickest,  most  mildew  found. 
Fenton’s  White  attacked,  while 
red  wheat  and  some  New  Zealand 
wheat  that  had  been  grown  in 
England  one  year  were  not 
mildewed. 
What  somo  call  blight  or  mildew 
is  not  in  my  opinion  an  actual 
disease.  I attribute  it  entirely 
to  the  state  of  the  land  at  the 
