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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



TABLE v.— INFLUENCE OF DATE OF SEEDING. 



TABLE VT.— INFLUENCE OF SOIL TYPES. 



TABLE VII.— INFLUENCE OF NURSE CROP. 



Also Buckwheat 1, Indifferent. 



"Indications are that a higher percent of snccess resnlts from seed- 

 lings in April or early spring, late sninmer and early fall. These data 

 undoubtedly apply more to alfalfa cultivation than to inoculation. 



"Of the reports of 1914, ten either specifically mentioned a high or- 

 ganic matter content of the soil, implied it, or stated that manure had 

 been applied to the field. Of these reports every one was affirmative re- 

 garding the success of inoculation, the most emphatic announcements of 

 success being included among them. 



GENERAL DISCUSSION. 



"The value of all results must be minimized by the fact that no two 

 men would have similiar standards for judging their results. Depend- 

 ance on the public for a verdict on inoculation as indicated by these re- 

 views is unsatisfactory and emphasizes the need of a field study of 

 legumes and inoculation. Although cultures have been furnished for 

 eight years yet we are in no position to say that Michigan legumes eX' 

 cept alfalfa have been or can be materially benefited by inoculation. Wo 



