

ESSAY No. 80.
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Means q preserving miide9'ed Wbeut.


A fine piece of Wheat being lodged bv heavy
rains, and being soon after perceived to be in.
fected with the mildew, was cut. though in
perfectly green state, about three weeks before
the usual time of cutting. 1t lay spread abroad
upon the stubble until it Eecame dry enouob to
prevent its caking in the sheaf when it was
bound and set up in stacks. The result Of this
treatment was, that the grain, though small. was
OF fine colour, and the heaviest wheat that
grew upon the sane farm that season, owing. no
no doubt to the thinness Of its skin. What ap-
pears more remarkable, the straw was perfectly
bright, not speck upon it. The idea Of the
Judicious manager, in whose practice this exper.
lment took place, is, that cutting the crop, soon
as It IS struck, kills the mildew, and on this
principle he practises himself, and recommends
IN general terms the cutting of mildewed wheat
as soon as It is struck. It is well understood
that the sap or nutriment as soon as it is in the
stem OF the grain that is cut unripe, circuates to
the ear, and fills the grain in the same or sini-
lar manner as 1t would have done, had the stems
remained upon the roots. Hence the advantage
Oh cutting mldewed wheat as soon as it is infect
ed with the disease, seems to be, that bv their
stopping the disease the nourisrle at the straw
passes TO the ear in a pure untainted state


Nhen the wheat stem has very particular
cast OF color of blush green, It is surely affected
by the mildew.-[ Selected.