MANAGEMENT OF GENERAL FARMS IN OREGON. 23 



an excellent implement with which to prepare the seed bed when 

 seeding clover with spring grain. The application of barnyard 

 manm-e practically insures a stand of clover. The manure should be 

 applied in the fall or winter and plowed under or worked into the 

 soil with a disk harrow. 



Inoculation. — The nodule-forming bacteria, that is, the organisms 

 which enable the clover to utilize atmospheric nitrogen, are so essen- 

 tial to the success of clover that land which has never produced this 

 crop should be inoculated. The land to be seeded may be inoculated 

 in two ways; by using a pure culture, or by using soil from a field 

 that successfully produced clover the previous year. The pure cul- 

 ture may be obtained in limited quantities from the United States 

 Department of Agriculture or bought in large quantities from com- 

 mercial concerns. Directions for use are sent with the cultures. 



Inoculation by the soil method should be performed as follows: 

 Locate a patch of clover that grew thriftily the previous year. It 

 may be necessary to go to some farm on the silt loam soil to find it. 

 Collect soil from about plants which bear nodules on their roots. 

 About 1 quart of this soil is placed in a bucket of water and thor- 

 oughly stirred. The clover seed is placed upon a tight floor, damp- 

 ened with the muddy water, using about 2 quarts to each bushel of 

 seed, and shoveled over several times to be sure that each seed is 

 dampened. After the seed has been allowed to dry in the shade 

 (sunlight kills the bacteria) it is ready for seeding. The addition of 

 one-fourth of a pound of glue to each gaUon of water will cause the 

 soil to stick to the clover seed.^ 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 RELATING TO FARM MANAGEMENT. 



AVAILABLE FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION BY THE DEPARTMENT. 



Use of Paint on the Farm. (Farmers' Bulletin 474.) 



System of Farm Cost Accounting. (Farmers' Bulletin 572.) 



Farm Kitchen as a Workshop. (Farmers' Bulletin 607.) 



What a Farm Contributes Directly to the Farmer's Living. (Farmers' Bulletin 635.) 



Method of Analyzing Farm Business. (Farmers' Bulletin 661.) 



Economic Study of Farm Tractor in Corn Belt. (Farmers' Bulletin 719.) 



Waste Land and Wasted Land on Farms. (Farmers' Bulletin 745.) 



The Farmer's Income. (Farmers' Bulletin 746.) 



The Use of a Diary for Farm Accounts. (Farmers' Bulletin 782.) 



The Windbreak as a Farm Asset. (Farmers' Bulletin 788.) 



How the Federal Farm Loan Act'Benefits the Farmer. (Farmers' Bulletin 792.) 



Minor Articles of Farm Equipment. (Farmers' Bulletin 816.) 



Farm Reservoirs. (Farmers' Bulletin 828.) 



Surface Irrigation for Eastern Farm. (Farmers' Bulletin 899.) 



Farm Home Conveniences. (Farmers' Bulletin 927.) 



1 Very similar methods of seeding clover in the Willamette Valley, Oreg., have been pubUshed in Farm- 

 ers' Bulletin 271, "Forage Crop Practices in Western Oregon and Western Washington," and in Bureau of 

 Plant Industry Circular 28, "Clover Seed Production in the Willamette Valley, Oregon." 



