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treated peas show a very much more vigorous growth, 

 and much better yield of fruit. 



HORNCHURCH Peas. The row which I treated with 

 your preparation seems generally stronger and certainly 

 earlier than the others. As regards earliness, the row 

 treated, although planted out a fortnight later, began to 

 flower before those not treated. 



GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 



STAUNTON Vetches. The inoculated were greener 

 and thicker than those not treated. 



Broad Beans. The inoculated were up a week and a 

 half before those not treated, and were very much 

 greener and more weight. 



2 rows inoculated, 65 yards long, gave 4j pots. 

 2 not inoculated ,, ,, 3 



a gain nearly half as much again, ij pots, or 52 pounds, 

 a pot being 42 pounds. 



Peas. The inoculated peas were a great success. They 

 were from the beginning very much greener than those 

 not dressed, and the pods were J to i inch longer, and 

 much larger peas. I had the best crop of peas round 

 here for 2 or 3 miles, and was the first to sell to the 

 greengrocers in Gloucester in quantities. From a 

 quarter of an acre planted with i bushel inoculated seed 

 I picked 33! pots (42 pounds to the pot), selling them 

 for 7 1 8s. gd. From a quarter of an acre planted with 

 i bushel non-inoculated seed, but dressed with i cwt. 

 superphosphate and J cwt. sulphate of potash, I picked 

 only 14 pots, selling them for 2 5s. 6d. I also planted 

 a quarter of an acre with i bushel inoculated seed, and 

 manured with J cwt. superphosphate and \ cwt. sulphate, 

 and picked 54^ pots. 



