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inoculated clover is the best we have ever had, quite 

 double, if not more, than usual, and it has grown where 

 in one part clover never would grow before. I must 

 congratulate you on your success, and trust I may be 

 allowed to have some more inoculating material next year. 

 RUTHERGLEN Beans. On April 17, 1907, I took 

 i pound 10 ounces of Bunyards' Exhibition Long Pod 

 Beans, of which I planted i pound 6 ounces after inocu- 

 lating as directed, the other 4 ounces were planted un- 

 inoculated at the same time. The former, when from 

 3 to 4 inches above ground, were again inoculated with 

 the dilute solution, the latter were not. The garden 

 slopes to the north pretty steeply, and the soil is heavy 

 clay, which a month before planting had dug into it 

 farmyard manure in about the proportion of 14 cart- 

 loads per acre. Yesterday (October 9) I took 20 stalks 

 as they came from an inoculated and a non-inoculated 

 row, and found the weight of all the pods of each were 

 7 J pounds and i pound 9 ounces respectively, and of the 

 beans alone 2f pounds and pound. The sta]ks from 

 inoculated seed are quite remarkable for their vigorous 

 growth both in weight and length, and if attention had 

 been given to pruning of side-shoots the harvest of pods 

 would in the end, I feel quite sure, have been appreciably 

 heavier, although even as it is it is quite remarkable. 

 The stalks are still green with a considerable show of 

 blossom, although at this late season they must soon 

 shrivel and die down. 



IRELAND. 



THURLES Clover. The inoculation experiment is a 

 great success. All the clover is growing wonderfully 

 thick through the barley, though it is said locally that 

 clover will not grow in this townsland. 



