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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 hands (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 with 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 air 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 arc absolutely innocuous, there is no fear of 

 danger from the bottles being left about or employed for other 

 purposes. 



Attention is specially directed to the fact that the " ge7'm fertilizers " 

 should only be nsed for the species of Legnminosce marl-ed on the 

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

 colored labels. 



Manufactured b}^ the Farbwerke vorm. Meister Lucius & 

 Bruiiing, Hoeclist on jNIain, Germany, 



Sj,ir/^','(Uion of the Various Kind.-i of " Nitragin " (I'egistered) Germ 

 Fertilizers for Leguminous Crops. 



Common pea (Pisnm salivurn), red label. 



Sand pea (I'isum arvense'), red label. 



Common vetch (Vicia saiira), hhie label. 



Hairy vetch ( Vieia rillosa), blue label. 



Common field bean or horse bean (Vicia faba), bbie label. 



White lupine {Lnjnnus albus), green label. 



Yellow lupine (Lupinus lutens'), green label. 



Blue lupine (Lupinus angustifolus) , green label. 



Clover, red (TrifoUum pratense), label gold on green. 



White clover or Dutch clover {TrifoUum rejjens), label gold on green. 



