THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 33 



Mr. Eckhardt: You can thresh with an ordinary thresh- 

 ing machine. 



Member : Do you have to inoculate the soil ? 



Mr. Eckhardt: Yes. 



Member: When would we know if we have gotten enough 

 manure in to get a crop of oats? 



Mr. Eckhardt : I have never had a yield too rich ; the trou- 

 ble would be to get it rich enough. Of course some seasons 

 might be exceptions. Our oats do not blow away. 



Member: Would you advise sowing clover instead of al- 

 falfa? 



Mr. Eckhardt : I would advise doing this at first and then 

 you can get good crops of corn and alfalfa later on, especially 

 when you are first starting. 



Member : Isn't it a good thing always ? 



Mr. Eckhardt : I don't know, we are not certain as to its 

 leading value. Sweet clover is a biennial; when you get it it is 

 near the end of its life. You can get five tons to the acre if 

 you let it ripen, while you would not get more than one ton of 

 hay. I would grow it for a seed crop and thresh out the seed 

 and put the chaff back on the soil. 



Member : How soon do you inoculate it ? 



Mr. Eckhardt : I usually inoculate the soil one or two 

 weeks before. So far we know the inoculation will last from 

 four to five years. 



President: If you have no further questions to ask Profes- 

 sor Eckhardt we will close this interesting discussion. 



