No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 211 



It is now (April 9, 1905,) two feet and six inches high, and will do to cut 

 May 1." 



(Specimens received April 22 showed splendid nodules on inoculated plants; 

 none on others; gain by weight 400 per cent.) 



From Mount Vernon, New York: 



"Last July I planted 38 pounds good seed after treating as directed. Part 

 of the ground I tried alfalfa on before without inoculating, which grew a 

 little, then faded away to nothing, but this seeding grew from the start and 

 had a nice top when snow covered it last December. This spring it has started 

 up fine and is growing rapidly, and is bound to be a success, all owing to th» 

 seed being inoculated, I firmly believe. A neighbor just over the fence in an 

 adjoining field sowed two acres at same time I did, without inoculation, and 

 his is a total failure." 



From Sidney, Ohio: 



"Perceptible nodules were formed on the red clover plants; both root and 

 top development was much greater than that produced from non-inoculated 

 seed and the latter produced no nndulps Poil q wnrn^nnt clay " 



Similar results might be cited for other legumes, such as cowpeas, 

 soy beans, garden peas and beans, but as these crops were harvested 

 last season the reports were sent in last fall and many of them have 

 already appeared in print. Two cases, however, may be given as 

 illustrating the result of growing properly inoculated legumes to 

 enrich the soil for succeeding crops. Last fall a report came in from 

 Cresson, Pennsylvania: 



"On the ground which never before would raise a crop of beans, we had a 

 marvelous crop this year, the heaviest ever seen in this locality. Planted seven 

 rows in middle of field without inoculating, and the old conditions prevailed." 



Just one week ago, the same grower reported that rye sown in the 

 fall was showing the effect of the bean crop in a remarkable manner. 

 He says: 



"In regard to the strip where the beans were grown without inoculating, 

 there is a marked difference, not so much in the height of the rye as in the 

 color and thickness of the growth. The color on this strip being a light or 

 yellowish green, with a light stand on the ground, while the part where the 

 beans were inoculated, the growth is dense, fully fifty per cent, more rye 

 growing on the ground and the color being of the darkest green. The inocu- 

 lated strip is very noticeable to the eye, the outlines being sharply defined. 

 The difference in height is about 5 or 6 inches." 



A personal visit to this place, fully confirmed the owner's observa- 

 tions. 

 From Macon, Georgia: 



"You sent me some soy bean cultures last summer which I never reported on. 

 The crop was nearly half ruined by the awful drought we had, but the point 

 I wish to call your attention to is that I planted the whole field where these 

 beans were in fall oats. The crop where the beans were planted are at least 

 one-third higher than the others and much fuller headed and tillered out much 

 more, and are so green that they are almost black." 



