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Mr. Wood: No; not a swampy soil. 



Mr. Glover: Wet early in spring, as I understand it? 



Mr. Wood: Yes, sir. I would like to say right here, that I have two 

 kinds of land, some on the river bank, and the other is gravel and clay, 

 and I should like to ask the advice of some of the alfalfa growers as to 

 where to plant my alfalfa for the best results. 



Mr. Glover: I would hardly like to advise you on a question like that, 

 for I hardly think any of us know all about it. I should like to say that 

 I think the gravel and sand that is mixed more or less with clay would 

 be the best place for you to have your alfalfa field. I would rather sow 

 it on rolling land, and land more or less gravelly, whether that is heavy, 

 light, clay or mountain land. 



Mr. Wood: I should like to ask the gentlemen what is the best 

 method of inoculating the soil. I have read in the paper that there are 

 three distinct ways; first, with dry soil, then soil that is not dry, and the 

 other one I can not call to mind. 



Mr. Glover: Different people differ as to the best way to inoculate 

 their soil. We inoculate by \ising water in a sprinkler, and we find that 

 a very satisfactory way, but some folks like dry soil sowed broadcast over 

 the land. I believe that the United States Government recommend that 

 the seed be dipped, and possibly that is a good way. I think it is really 

 a matter of personal choice. 



President Johnson: In using water do you wet your field? 



Mr, Glover: Yes, we cover the entire field. 



President Johnson: When you use soil is it necessary that you cover 

 the entire field? 



Mr. Glover: Yes, because you can tell in many instances where you 

 quit putting on the soil whether it is dry or not, and you can almost tell 

 to a line where you quit inoculating the seed. 



President Johnson: Wouldn't the inoculation spread? 



Mr. Glover: Yes, in time. If it is planted on the side of a hill the 

 water running over the hill will spread it. In Northern Illinois where 

 I worked for a number of years, whenever we had a quantity of sweet 

 clover by the wayside, close to a patch of alfalfa, it would grow splen- 

 didly, and this is what suggested the experiment to Dr. Hopkins, which 

 he thinks is quite correct. 



