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until the fertilizer is equally distributed throughout the vessel and 

 the bacteria are well mixed in the water. 



The inoculated water thus prepared is poured over the seed and 

 worked with the bauds (or the shovel) until every seed has been 

 moistened. If the quantity of water is insufficient more must be 

 added, but usually for small seed a pint and a half will suffice and 

 for large seeds two to three quarts. The moistened seed is then 

 reduced to a condition suitable for sowing by mixing Avith some 

 dry sand or fine earth and if necessary allowing it to stand, turn- 

 ing it over from time to time ; too great dryness is deleterious. 

 The sowing and turning in is carried out in the manner usually 

 practised. If possible, however, avoid sowing in glaring sun- 

 light. 



Instead of inoculating the seed, the same and, in some cases, 

 better results are obtained by inoculating the soil by means of 

 inoculated earth. For this purpose for every 2| roods one-half 

 a hundred weight of earth is inoculated in the above-described 

 manner, using a proportionately larger quantity of water ; the 

 inoculated earth is then dried in the ah' or mixed with dried earth, 

 scattered equally over the field, and worked in three or four 

 inches deep. 



For larger surfaces than 2^ roods a corresponding number of 

 bottles must be used (8 bottles to 5 acres) . 



As the bacteria are absolutely innocuous, there is no fear of 

 danger from the bottles being left about or emplo^-ed for other 

 purposes. 



Attention is specially directed to the fart that the " germ fertilizers " 

 should only he used for the specie^ of Leguminosce marked on the 

 label of the bottle. For greater distinction the bottles bear differently 

 colored labels. 



Manufactured by the Farbwerke vorm. Meister Lucius & 

 Bruniug, Hoechst on Main, German3\ 



Spccifiration of (he Variotis Kinds of " Nitragin " {registered) Germ 



Fertilizers for Leguviinous Crops. 

 Common pea {PiAum sativum), red label. 

 Sand pea {Fisum arvense), red label. 

 Common vetch ( Vicia sativa) ,h\vLe label. 

 Hairy vetch (17cm villosa), blue label. 

 Common field beau or horse bean ( Vicia faha), blue label. 

 White lupine (Lupinus (dbus), green label. 

 Yellow lupine (^Lupijins hitens), green label. 

 Blue lupine {Ltqnnus angustifolus) , green label. 

 Clover, red (TrifoUum j)ratcnse), label gold on green. 

 White clover or Dutch clover (^Trifolium repens), label gold on green 



