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a,,not ge one-half the crop of legumes unless you inoculate 

 When bacteria are put into the soil without any limestone h^ 

 got 2,300 pounds of alfalfa, an increase of about 100 per ce„ h 



me' , .''' 4^ P"""''^ °f "'^^«§-^" f'-°'" the atlspher 

 When phosphorus was added to the limestone and bacShe'e 

 were 3 560 pounds produced. Now bacteria will bcrel e your 

 yield, limestone w.ll also, but the two will increase vo^ IZ 

 m greater proportion, and so you should make these applet 

 t ons. When you apply phosphorus-and it will be ^^^.l to aonh" 

 >t on your clover fields-do so in the most econom c form ?S 



«, " , n ^°^^ °^ ^" P*"" a"e; in the form of bone meal at 

 $2., o stable manure at $27.75; in the form of acid phSate 

 at $3.90; m the form of rock phosphate for about 7,' nts p 



esSts Sn-rrt'""'''"^ '" ""'^ ' ^-^ - '° get'immedia 

 Tshould ": c2,.;:r^° '^^ ^^"' ^'^^-^ ^^ «-- -d the remam- 



Where can we grow alfalfa? On every type of soil. We 

 do not know where it cannot be grown. On this Dairy Special 

 many men said it could not be grown in that community and 

 m those same communities men came to me and said that they 

 were growing it successfully, and I saw it in some cases The 



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so 1, wel drained and inoculated. When it comes to tlie prepa- 

 ration of the seed bed, have the weeds under control, plow' fa r- 

 y deep, work the land clown well, put a surface mulch on so as 



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There are many people xvho are selling alfalfa seed in this 

 state This state has no seed law and the time has come when 

 the farmer should see to it that there is a seed law The Uni 

 yersity of Illinois received from Geneseo a sample of seed that 

 has enough Russian thistle in it to sow four seeds upon every 

 square foot 'and that seed was upon the market. Get a sample 

 of the seed and if you cannot analyze it for germination and 

 purity, the University of Illinois can do it for you. In ordering 

 your a falfa seed, have an understanding that the seed supplied 

 you will be of the same high quality as the sample submitted and 

 • hen send a sample of the seed secured to the University and 



