Thus of a total of 120 reports received, 72 showed a benefit to the 

 crop by the application of the bacteria to the seed, as against 48 in which 

 no benefit was apparent. 



Fig. 3. — The cultures are sent in glass bottles accom- 

 panied by directions for their use. 



Extracts from Reports. 1906. 



Yield on 



Big Fork, Ont. Area of plots, each one-eightieth acre, 

 treated plot, 120 pounds; on untreated plot, 101. Soy Beans. 



Manilla, Ont. At the time of harvesting the nurse crop (barley), 

 where the culture was used, the plants were very thick, and the binder 

 cut several inches off the top of the plants. Where the culture was not 

 used, the plants were thin, weak, and of a sickly yellow color. At a dis- 

 tance of half a mile you could easily tell the difference up to the middle 

 of October. Where it was not used, the stubble was not covered at that 

 date, while on the other part of the field there was a thick mat of stems 

 and luxuriant leaves. Alfalfa. 



Houghton, Ont. We have had the driest summer we have ever had, 

 and I have more clover where T sowed the treated seed than there is alto- 

 gether in this neighborhood. I believe the culture helped it grow stronger 

 so it stood the drought. Red Clover. 



Thorndale, Ont. The plants on the treated plots are very strong with 

 very numerous nodules, while those on the untreated plot are weakly and 

 dying, and have no nodules. We never have been able to secure a stand 

 of alfalfa before. Alfalfa. 



Chesley, Ont. The plants grown from treated seed were much more 

 vigorous than those from untreated seed. The yield was larger, and the 

 beans of better quality. Field Beans. 



