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Report  on  Wheat- Mi Ideiv. 
Abstract  of  Keplies  received  in  Answer  to  Inquiries  as  to  Prevalence  of 
Mildew,  and  the  Conditions  under  which  it  is  Developed — continued. 
1. 
ii. 
ill. 
County. 
Name  and  Address 
of 
Correspondent. 
Reply  to  Queries  as 
to  Prevalence  of 
Mildew. 
54.  Kent 
Bigden,  H., 
Lyminge, 
JLythe. 
The  land  of 
blight. 
55.  Do.  .. 
Stonham,  H., 
Thornham, 
Maidstone. 
Have  suffered 
more  or  less 
since  1875, 
and  parti- 
cularly in 
1881. 
56.  Leicester 
57.  Lincoln 
Smythies, 
Kev.  E., 
Hathern, 
Loughboro'. 
Bramley,  C., 
Fiskerton, 
Lincoln. 
No  mildew  on 
my  farm, 
except  one 
year. 
My  farm  (clay 
land)  is  not 
subject  to 
mildew. 
58.  Do.  .. 
Hobson,  J.  G., 
Long  Sutton. 
Have  suffered 
frequently 
in  forty 
IV. 
Extracts  from  Replies  to  other  Questions. 
Mildew  has  been  developed  to  such 
an  extent  on  fresh  broken  up 
bottom  pastures,  that  corn  is 
only  very  sparingly  attempted 
for  the  first  six  or  seven  years. 
I have  some  high  land  600  feet 
above  the  sea,  some  sloping 
down  to  the  valley,  and  some 
flat  lands  in  the  valley.  On 
the  top  of  the  hills  strong  clay 
lies  on  chalk ; the  slopes  are 
light  chalk ; the  valley  rich 
loam.  I have  observed  that  the 
hills  and  the  slopes  are  much 
less  subject  than  the  valley; 
that  the  stale  ploughed  land  is 
less  liable  than  fresh  broken  up 
land  ; very  thick  and  thin  plants 
suffer  most.  Heavy  folding 
with  sheep  and  large  quantities 
of  artificial  manure  are  provo- 
cative of  the  disease.  The  Hoary 
wheat  with  us  blights  most,  and 
the  old  White  Straw  always  goes 
best  through  a blight. 
My  farm  lies  between  the  chalk 
range  and  the  gault.  Thin-sown 
wheat  and  crops  after  clover  ley 
which  have  been  thinned  by 
wire-worm  are  worst.  Some 
varieties  are  more  disease-resist- 
ing than  others.  The  Bearded 
April  and  Nursery  are  particu- 
larly so. 
My  brother  took  a farm  ten  years 
ago,  which  had  the  reputation 
of  growing  nothing  else  but 
mildewed  wheat;  he  adopted 
early  sowing,  and  has  had 
nothing  of  the  kind — at  least 
nothing  serious — since. 
District  a dead  level,  little  above 
the  sea,  exposed.  Soil  good, 
deep,  alluvial.  Wheat  is  grown 
