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was stirred into water, tlie seed dipped into this water, 

 and tlien thirty bushels per acre of the same soil was sown 

 •broadcast and harrowed in promptly, riot 5 was simi- 

 larly inoculated and 1,000 pounds per acre of slaked lime 

 was applied. ^V inter killing was severe on all plots, but 

 much more severe on plots 3 and 4 than on the plot which 

 was both limed and inoculated. Figure 1 shows in the 

 lower part that on the plot both limed and inoculated 

 the young plants had covered the ground; few and small 

 were tlie plants surviving plants on plot 4, as shown in 



Fig. 1. Below, ground is covered with young plants, which have 



been inoculated and limed; above, lime omitted, and 



ground nearly bare. 



