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Fourteen demonstrated the use of inoculation on 

 cowpeas with a total of forty acres, and seven demon- 

 strated inoculation of soy beans, with a total of approxi- 

 mately eighty acres. Not all of the material was se- 

 cured from the government, but some was bought from 

 commercial houses at a reduction to demonstrate its 

 value. 



These demonstrations speak for themselves. In one 

 case the yield in growth was more than doubled. 



"Red Clovee Demonsteations. " 



It has been very difficult to secure a stand of red 

 clover, where sown with a nurse crop in the spring, al- 

 though this year has been an exception. Nevertheless, 

 eleven have sown about ninety acres this fall without 

 nurse crop, and while the soil is already inoculated for 

 red clover, we inoculated with artificial cultures just the 

 same, to find a difference, if any, by introducing a new 

 supply of bacteria on the supposition that it will increase 

 nodule formation. 



"Ceimson Clovee Demonsteations. " 



Very little crimson clover has been grown in this 

 county, and its value as a winter cover crop is known 

 to only a few. Seven men have sown some fifty or sixty 

 acres in corn, and specially prepared ground, all seed 

 inoculated. 



Com blown down by high winds kept a larger acre- 

 age from being sown. 



' ' Ax/FALEA Demonsteations. ' ' 



Very little alfalfa has been grown successfully in 

 the past because of lack of proper preparation and treat- 

 ment. Twenty-one men have sown a total of seventy- 

 three acres, according to government methods. 



' ' Wheat Demonsteations. ' ' 



Believing nitrogen where useB in the fall on small 

 grain crops, such as wheat, is of little or no value to- 

 ward increasing grain yield, eighteen men are taking 

 from one to two acres of wheat sown this fall as a dem- 



