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clover the prst fjear. By sowing seed a secoud vear iu succes- 

 sion on sucli a partially inoculated soil, without further 

 inoculation, the second crop should be thoroughly inocula- 

 ted. 



START AT ONCE ON A SMALL SCALE. 



The importance of getting a start of a small area 

 thoroughly inoculated is obvious when we remember that 

 soil from such a spot will suffice the next fall to inoculate 

 several hundred times as large an area. Those who find 

 any difficulty in securing any considerable amount of soil 

 from a spot of red, crimson, white, or annual white clover, 

 should sow only a small area of crimson clover, say one 

 quarter or one acre. No pains nor expense should be spared 

 to get this thoroughly inoculated by using a liberal amount 

 of inoculating soil. This area should be fenced against 

 stock. It may even be lightly dressed with stable manure, 

 after the jdants are well up, though this is not necessary 

 nor practicable on large areas. This "starter" patch 

 should not be located in an old garden spot, for fear of 

 possible presence there of nut grass, root-knot organisms, 

 or germs of plant diseases, which would thus be scattered 

 over the entire farm in the soil from this spot used in 

 future to inoculate larger areas. Especially avoid for this 

 "starter" patch any spot where black-root, or wilt, of cot- 

 ton occurs, or whei'e cowpeas die permaturely, or where 

 there are root-knot swellings on the roots of cotton, tur- 

 nips, etc. Too much care cannot be taken to ascertain that 

 the spot selected for a "starter'' patch is free from all plant 

 diseases. 



This does not entirely prohibit the growing of crimson 

 clover where certain plant diseases occur, provided the soil 

 from such spots be not carried elsewhere as inoculating 

 material, r'rimson clover may again be sown the second 

 fall on the area used the year before .as a starter, not re- 

 peating the inoculation. 



Tn brief, start with an area so small that it can he 

 thoroughly inoculated ; and, especially if it proves to be only 



