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The first cutting was taken on August 20th and the weights are 

 given in the following table. 



The differences of weight shown in one plot as compared with 

 another are due to previous manuring. As between the inoculated 

 and the not inoculated halves of each plot, there was, as regards 

 the lucerne, a general agreement that the inoculation had not been 

 beneficial. 



With the white clover, there was a small gain with the inocul- 

 ation of the Dutch white clover, as there had been also in 1908. 

 With the Mammoth white clover there was a loss, though the 1908 

 experiment had not shown any. 



Lucerne and white clover; seed inoculated 

 and not inoculated. Green produce per acre (4046 sq. met.), 1909. 



R. P. WRIGHT. Bean-inoculation experiments In Scotland in 

 1905 and 1906 (West of Scot. Agr. Col. Ann. Rpt., 9, 1909, 

 pp. 80-98). E. S. R., March, 1910. Washington. 



During 1905, 16 experiments were conducted to determine the 

 value of inoculation, but with contradictory results on each ot the 



