CHAPTER XIII 



HOW HUMOGEN IS APPLIED 



How humogen is applied Humogen suitable for all soils and all 

 crops Analogy with air, carbon dioxide, and water Im- 

 portance of aeration of soil and of presence of lime Evils 

 of acidity Test for presence of lime Humogen in field 

 work. With herbaceous flower borders. With pot plants. 

 With grass Liquid extract of humogen Humogen used 

 with other fertilizers Humogen and monocotyledons 

 Humogen in agriculture Its mixture with farmyard 

 manure Results to be expected. 



IN the course of previous chapters it has been an 

 easy matter to demonstrate the reasonableness of 

 the view that humogen is a substance suitable for 

 all plants and for all soils. Hitherto I have not 

 insisted on the point, as by stating the facts con- 

 nected with humogen, and explaining the mechanism 

 of its working, I have been confident that the con- 

 clusion would inevitably suggest itself to the minds 

 of all readers. At first sight the statement is apt 

 to be startling, and it is always so inevitably when 

 made to those who have not a clear idea as to the 

 nature of humogen. It becomes more intelligible 

 when one remembers that in adding humogen to the 

 soil one is doing nothing more than assisting Nature . 

 Humus of a better or worse quality is universally 

 present in all cultivated soils; the bacteria which 



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