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Table 20. — Influence of Inoculation and of Fertilizers on Hay and Nut 

 Yields of Spanish Peanuts, Main Station, Auburn, Alabama, 1940-1941 



■ Fertilizers applied in row before planting 70 pounds of shelled nuts per acre. 



In other Alabama experiments conducted on the Coosa Valley soils 

 of the Decatur, Etowah and Fullerton series on the Alexandria Experi- 

 ment Field, peanuts were planted with and without inocculation in 1941. 

 The land used had not grown peanuts prior to that year. Both Spanish 

 and runner were planted on six different areas. The yields of both nuts 

 and hay of each variety were increased by inoculation to the extent of ap- 

 proximately 100 pounds per acre. The results of this test are recorded in 

 table 30. 



Most of the chemical treatments used to prevent diseases also kill in- 

 oculating bacteria, thus rendering artificial inoculation useless. Albrecht 

 found that Spergon seemed to be an exception to this rule. In tests con- 

 ducted in 1943 with machine-shelled peanuts, inoculation of Spergon- 

 treated seed produced approximately 14 percent better stands than un- 



Table 30. — Average Yields of Spanish and Runner Peanuts Grown with and 

 WITHOUT Inoculation, Alexandria Experiment Field, Alabama, 1941 



