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Bulletin 237. 



At the time of harvesting the third crop the produce of the several 

 plats was placed in bunches and photographed. In each case the crops 

 from the limed and not limed areas are shown side by side. 



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Inoculated by uuUures. 

 No lime. Lime. 



Illu^-ulalcd bv Suil. 



No lime. Lime. 



Fig. 89. — Tliird crop; piats 746, 743. No manure applied to these. 



Inoculated by cultures. 

 No lime. Lime. 



No 



Inoculated by soil. 



ime. Lime. 



Fig. 90. — Third crop; plats 748, 745. Manure applied to these. 



2. Lessons from the igo^ Seeding of Alfalfa 



While most of the plats of 1904 seeding of alfalfa did not show up 

 well enough in the spring of 1905 to give assurance of their final success, 

 still the combination of lime, stable manure and soil inoculation produced 

 encouraging results. It was decided to continue the effort to grow alfalfa 



