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Report  on  Wheat-Mildew. 
Abstract  of  Keplies  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. 
60.  Lincoln 
Martin,  G., 
contd. 
wheats  are  not  generally  grown, 
as  they  are  not  good  millers’ 
wheats.  Late  harvests  are  fre- 
quently accompanied  with  mil- 
dew, and  thin  crops  invariably 
take  the  disease. 
61.  Norfolk 
Cubitt,  W., 
Bacton 
Grange,  N. 
Walsham. 
Not  often 
Situation  exposed,  20  to  30  feet 
above  sea ; soil  good  loam ; pro- 
ductive wheat  is  generally  sown 
after  artificial  grasses  in  the 
four-year  course.  Farmyard- 
dung  is  applied  before  plough- 
ing ; white  wheat  is  seldom 
grown,  as  it  is  far  more  subject 
to  mildew  than  red.  October- 
sown  wheats  produce  stiffer  and 
brighter  straw  than  later  sown ; 
thinly  planted  crops  invariably 
more  subject  to  this  disease.  No 
forcing  manures,  especially  those 
containing  an  excess  of  nitrogen, 
should  be  used  on  good  soils  for 
wheat. 
62.  Do.  .. 
Day,  G.  J., 
Eorsford, 
Norwich. 
My  experience  is  that  late-sown  and 
thin-planted  wheat  is  very  sub- 
ject to  mildew.  Wheat  forced 
by  artificial  manure  is  the  most 
of  all  likely  to  be  affected.  A 
sudden  check  of  N.E.  wind  after 
some  hot  summer  days  produces 
the  disease.  Well  marled  or 
clayed  farms  are  least  subject. 
The  constitution  of  the  plant  is 
strengthened,  and  the  straw 
stiffened  by  such  manures. 
63.  Do.'  .. 
Gayford,  T.  J., 
E.  Wretham. 
This  district  is 
generally 
very  free 
from  mil- 
dew. 
The  disease  arises  from  (1)  no  or 
imperfect  dressing  of  seed-corn. 
(2)  Cold,  wet,  windy  weather 
during  flowering,  or  from  loss  of 
plant  from  frost  and  too  rapid 
growth  in  spring  and  summer ; 
almost  invariably  top-dressing 
on  thin  wheat  produces  more  or 
less  mildew. 
64.  Do.  .. 
Johnson,  W., 
Lynn. 
A late  harvest,  with  an  absence  of 
sun  in  July,  produces  mildew. 
Fen  and  skirty  land,  and  fresh 
broken  grass  land,  are  very  sus- 
