685 
Report  on  Wheat-Mildew. 
APPENDIX  III. 
P rom  a Circular  issued  by  A.  Young,  as  Secretary  to  the  Board 
of  Agriculture  in  1804.* 
Queries. 
1.  What  soils  have  yielded  the  crops  most  affected  by  mildew  ? 
2.  Have  early  or  late  sown  crops  suffered  most  ? 
3.  What  situations  have  been  most  exposed  to  it?  high  and  ventilated 
■ones,  or  low  and  sheltered  dales? 
4.  Have  thin  or  thickly  sown  crops  escaped  the  best  ? and  thin  or  thick 
from  other  circumstances,  drilling,  the  red  worm,  etc.  ? 
o.  Has  the  use  of  old  or  new  seed  been  attended  with  any  effect  ? 
6.  If,  from  your  observations,  you  conceive  the  cause  to  be  atmospheric — 
of  what  sort  ? late  frosts,  fogs,  severe  or  open  winters,  etc.  ? 
7.  Have  crops  on  fallows  or  layers  escaped  the  best  ? 
8.  Has  manuring,  whether  by  lime,  dung,  fold,  etc.,  had  any  effect  ? 
U.  Have  you  made  any  observations  on  the  barberry,  as  locally  affectin'* 
wheat  ? 
10.  Has  there  been  any  difference  from  the  sort  of  wheat  sown — bearded 
red,  white,  spring,  etc.  ? 
11.  Has  early  cutting  been  found  useful?  and  how  early,  in  point  of  the 
milk  of  the  grain  being  coagulated? 
12.  What  proportion,  in  your  opinion,  does  the  late  crop  bear  to  a common 
average  produce  ? 
With  any  other  circumstances  which  you  may  think  applicable  to  the  inquiry. 
APPENDIX  IV. 
I.  Extracts  from  ‘ Annals  of  Agriculture.’  Edited  by  Arthur  Young, 
Secretary  to  the  Board  of  agriculture. 
■1.  Suffolk 
2.  Essex  .. 
I Nesfield,  Bev. 
1780,  1781, 
w., 
1782,  years 
\V  ickarn- 
of  fatal  mil- 
brook 
dew  in  Suf- 
(in  1784). 
folk. 
| Onley,  C., 
Very  lately  it 
Glisteud, 
has  affected 
Braintree 
the  old 
(in  1784). 
chalked 
lands  verg- 
ing towards 
the  hun- 
dreds of 
Essex. 
Spring  frosts  from  20  May  to 
10  June  cause  mildew  ; distinc- 
tion between  real  and  apparent 
vigour  ; luxuriance  of  growth 
not  a sign  of  vigour.  Very 
late  sown  crops  are  most  liable ; 
a thin  crop  on  loose  soil  will 
almost  certainly  be  mildewed, 
wheat  on  fallow  more  subject 
than  on  clover -ley,  except 
on  very  stiff  soils. — i.  327.  f 
Lands  chiefly  subject,  such  as 
have  clay  bottom,  moist  and 
heavy  surface  lands  long  in 
tillage  most  liable.  Wheat  on 
fallow  more  liable  than  on 
clover  ley ; and  land  dunged 
more  than  Dot  dunged,  lied 
wheat  or  rivets  least  subject. 
Early  sowing  and  much  seed 
some  security. — i.  331. 
* Young’s  ‘ Annals  of  Agriculture,’  xliii.  322. 
t These  figures  refer  to  the  vol.  and  page,  ‘ Annals  of  Agriculture.’ 
