2i8 THE SPIRIT OF THE SOIL 



YORKSHIRE. 



BRADFORD Sweet Peas. The sweet pea rows which 

 I inoculated twice with your bacteria have been an eye- 

 opener to all the other sweet pea growers in this district. 

 The ground has had no manure for 3 years, but had a 

 good top-dressing of lime 2 years ago. The foliage, 

 bloom, and height of the plants are far superior to others 

 grown in same district which have been fed with arti- 

 ficials and farmyard manure. 



Peas. On culinary peas the result has been mar- 

 vellous. The haulm was very large and thick, and the 

 pods very large and of a lovely dark green colour. 



SHEFFIELD Runner Beans. Inoculated and non- 

 inoculated rows were grown in soil which had had no 

 manure for 10 years. The produce from both lots was 

 carefully weighed, and showed an increase of inoculated 

 over non-inoculated of 43 per cent. Better beans were 

 not to be found in the neighbourhood. 



Peas. The peas were grown on clay soil. Equal 

 quantities of inoculated and non-inoculated peas were 

 sown, and yielded: Inoculated, 631 pods; non-inoculated, 

 433 pods a gain of 45-7 per cent. The inoculated pods 

 were longer and fuller, and & fortnight earlier. 



Sweet Peas. The inoculated sweet peas bloomed 

 remarkably well, and were the best in the neighbourhood. 

 Nurserymen and market gardeners came from miles 

 round to see them. They carried off Firsts wherever 

 they were shown, and the proceeds from the sale of 

 flowers were abnormal. 



SCOTLAND. 



KELSO Peas. Three-quarters of a pound of inocu- 

 lated pea seed yielded more than i J pounds uninoculated ; 



