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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. 
County. 
ii. 
Name  and  Address 
of 
Correspondent. 
III. 
Reply  to  Queries  as 
to  Prevalence  of 
Mildew. 
IV. 
Extracts  from  Replies  to  other  Questions. 
43.  Herts. 
Fordham, 
E.  K.,  contd. 
Wheat  grown  after  clover,  beans, 
or  sainfoin ; a thin  plant  is  more 
liable;  unhealthy  plants  more 
susceptible  of  disease.  I have 
observed  mildew  most  in  low- 
lying  land,  on  land  lately  broken 
up  from  pasture,  and  on  late 
sown  and  thin  crops.  I am 
certain  that  some  sorts  of  wheat 
are  more  subject  than  others. 
Browick  is  the  least  liable  of 
any  variety  with  which  I am 
acquainted ; over-manuring  with 
nitrate  of  soda  or  raw  farmyard- 
dung  is  a cause. 
44.  Hunts 
Battcock,  F.,’ 
Very  little 
Occasionally  found  on  late-sown 
Hemingford 
known  in 
or  thin  wheats,  or  on  land  which 
Abbots, 
St.  Ives. 
this  district. 
requires  draining. 
45.  Do. 
Cranfield,  W., 
For  30  vears 
Clay  and  loam.  If  our  wheat 
Buekden , 
past  I have 
grows  fast  in  spring  and  gets  a 
Huntingdon. 
always  seen 
mildew  in 
this  part, 
except  in 
very  dry 
and  hot 
summers. 
heavy  flag,  mildew  is  nearly 
sure  to  follow.  Generally  the 
wheat  that  mildews  worst  is 
after  clover,  fed  off  bare  in  the 
summer.  I find  it  no  matter 
whether  we  sow  early  or  late. 
46.  Do.  .. 
Spencer,  S., 
Holywell, 
St.  Ives. 
I have  seen 
so  little  of 
mildew  that 
I have  no 
practical  in- 
formation 
to  give. 
47.  Kent  .. 
Coleman,  T., 
Not  very  fre- 
A very  good  soil  on  subsoil  of 
Ash  by 
Sandwich. 
quently. 
sand. 
48.  Do.  .. 
Collard,  C., 
Never  having  suffered  any  loss  from  mildew,  I must 
Little 
plead  ignorance  about  the  disease.  I do  not  think 
Barton, 
this  neighbourhood  is  subject  to  it.  Rust  we 
Canterbury. 
sometimes  have. 
49.  Do.  .. 
Goodwin,  W.  J., 
My  own  farm 
High  situation,  open  and  exposed. 
Wrotliam. 
and  others 
in  this 
neighbour- 
hood have 
suffered 
Light  loam  and  heavy  land  on 
Kentish  rag ; some  chalk,  sand, 
and  clay,  all  more  or  less  affected 
in  bad  years — foul  and  infertile 
fields  most  affected.  Velvet-ear, 
