dig up with the soil the roots, place them in the manure spreader and 

 spread as evenly as possible. Dirt containing bacteria should be sown 

 either early in the morning, late at night or during cloudy weather, for 

 the reason, that a hot sun seems todestroy the life of the micro-organisms. 

 The German-American Nitragin Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 

 is recommending a preparation which is claimed to inoculate the seed. 

 This fall the writer planted twelve acres inoculated with this prepa- 

 ration. A splendid stand was made, but the final results will not be 

 known until next summer. 



Instances are reported east of the Missouri river where artificial 

 inoculation has not been resorted to, and the following year nodules 

 were found on the roots of the plants. This can be accounted for 

 only by presuming that the seed planted had in some way become 

 inoculated. 



Cultivation 



Alfalfa should be cultivated, first to remove weeds that may be grow- 

 ing between the plants, second to loosen the compact soil about the 

 roots, and third to break up crowns, thereby thickening the stand. 



The Deere Alfalfa cultivator .. This Implement Breaks Up the Crowns, Stimulates the 

 Growth of Plants, Removes Weeds and Thickens the Growth 



The farmer need have no fear of destroying his crop by cultivating 

 too much. If he will use the alfalfa cultivator, tearing up the crowns 

 and roots until it has the appearance of a plowed field, he will do no 

 harm, but on the contrary will increase the stand very materially. 



