210 THE SPIRIT OF THE SOIL 



JERSEY. 



ST. OUEN'S Lucerne. The inoculated seed came up 

 better than the untreated, and the crop is now a lot 

 thicker and of more even growth. 



Peas. I found the culture increased the pea crop a 

 great deal, and they were at least a week earlier than 

 the non-inoculated. The land is very poor gravelly soil. 



KENT. 



FAVERSHAM Clover. Culture applied by being mixed 

 with earth, then spread and harrowed. Treated half acre 

 yielded 2j waggon loads of clover fodder; untreated, 

 2 loads. The clover on the treated part was stouter and 

 larger than on untreated. Soil rather thin near the chalk. 



BECKENHAM Sweet Peas. I have not grown sweet 

 peas before this year, and therefore cannot compare with 

 any previous results. I may say, however, that my plants 

 have excited the admiration of my friends. I treated 

 the seeds with your culture, and some of the plants have 

 run up to 8 feet in height. The flower-stalks have been 

 in some cases 16 inches long, and while threes have been 

 general, there have been several fours, the blooms being 

 of fine size. 



LYMINGE Peas. The peas greatly benefited by your 

 inoculating process. I had as many as 13 peas in a pod, 

 and the general run of the pods contained 8 or 9. 



CANTERBURY Beans. Strip 20 furrows wide through 

 centre of field sown with seed not dressed yielded 

 ii bushels 5 gallons; strip 20 furrows wide (above) sown 

 with inoculated seed yielded 14 bushels i gallon ; similar 

 strip (below) yielded 14 bushels 7 gallons. The whole 

 of the field where seed was treated gave a yield of 

 6 quarters 2 bushels, which was very good indeed for such 



