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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. 
72.  Somerset 
Hood,  Sir  A.  H., 
contd. 
early  for  the  district).  The 
previous  crop  was  seeds  after 
barley.  The  sheep  had  cake 
and  corn ; nitrate  of  soda  and 
salt  were  applied  in  April. 
This  is  the  ouly  case  which  has 
come  within  the  correspondent’s 
knowledge. 
73.  Sussex 
Colgate,  T., 
Glynde, 
Lewes. 
Frequent  at- 
tacks, seldom 
of  a malig- 
nant cha- 
racter. 
Most  malignant  in  1881.  A field 
which  was  rye-grass  depastured 
in  1879,  and  rape  in  1880,  was 
sown  with  Nursery  Wheat  (3j 
bushels  to  the  acre),  late  in 
January  (the  usual  time  for  this 
description  of  wheat).  Good  ma- 
nure and  superphosphate  were 
applied  for  rape,  which  was 
folded  over.  There  was  a full 
plant  of  free  growth  until  at- 
tacked by  the  disease.  My  ex- 
perience is,  however,  that  thin- 
sown  wheat  is  most  subject  to 
mildew. 
74.  Do.  .. 
Drewitt,  C.  J., 
Drayton , 
Chichester. 
The  only  thing  we  get  approach- 
ing mildew  is  a blight,  which 
begins  with  a kind  of  red  fungus 
on  the  straw,  then  turns  black, 
and  the  ear  produces  nothing 
but  very  light  thin  grains. 
75.  Do.  .. 
King,  M., 
Salvington. 
The  disease  is 
little  known 
here. 
On  one  farm  near  the  sea,  where 
a great  quantity  of  straw  is 
often  grown,  mildew  is  occa- 
sionally found  if  the  growth  has 
been  very  rapid,  and  there  has 
been  an  absence  of  sunshine. 
76.  Do.  .. 
Tallant,  F., 
Easeboune 
Priory, 
Midhurst. 
These  light  soils  are  remarkably 
free  from  mildew. 
77.  Do.  .. 
Wood,  W., 
TJield. 
Very  seldom 
Wheat  is  generally  grown  after  a 
summer  fallow  and  sown  early. 
The  disease  is  found  mostly 
where  a crop  has  been  taken  in 
the  previous  year,  or  where 
artificial  manure,  particularly 
nitrate  of  soda,  has  been  applied 
in  the  spring.  A thin  and  de- 
ficient plant  is  most  liable. 
