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5. Inoculation. The glue method of inoculation is ad- 

 vised. Both alfalfa plots are to be inoculated. 



6. The plots. The plots are four in number, arranged as 

 below : 



The treatment of each plot is as follows (use one-tenth the 

 amount suggested above on each plot) : 



1. Nothing. 



2. Manure, limestone, and phosphorus. 



3. Nothing. 



4. Manure, limestone, and phosphorus. 



The division strips are for protection, turning with machin- 

 ery, etc. 



The acre selected should be so far as possible representa- 

 tive of the farm. It should be free from draws or hillsides, 

 and should not contain old feed lots or stack bottoms where 

 soil is unusually fertile. 



7. Farming' operations. No directions are given for 

 farming operations ; the student is to be governed by the best 

 farming practice in his neighborhood or on his farm. The 



