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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



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INIXRO-CULXURE 



Soil Inoculation by 

 .... Bacteria .... 



All the Cultures that we offer are prepared under the personal supervisio)i of Dr. George T. Moore, the dis- 

 coverer of the Germ Theory, and formerly with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



It has recently been discovered that cer- 

 tain bacteria in the soil are necessary for the 

 full and complete assimilation of leguminous 

 (i e., pod-bearing) crops, such as peas, beans, 

 clovers, vetch, cow peas, etc. For the past 

 twenty years it has been known that legumin- 

 ous plants have the power to acquire atmos- 

 pheric nitrogen through enlargements upon 

 the roots, called root tubercles, which are 

 caused by bacteria. It has been found that 

 different kinds of bacteria are necessary to pro- 

 duce root tubercles upon different kinds of 

 leguminous plants. When soils are lacking- 

 in the proper bacteria for the crops which 

 are grown upon them, it is absolutely es- 

 sential that these bacteria should be sup- 

 plied, and this we can now do with Nitro- 

 Culture, which is sent out in cakes resembling 

 the ordinary compressed yeast cake. By put- 

 ting these in water, to which is added the 

 proper mineral nutriments, they will speedily 

 grow in such quantities that even a small 

 package is enough to inoculate seed sufficient 

 for considerable quantity of ground. 



The point for the farmer to decide is 

 whether or not his soil is lacking in the proper 

 bacteria. If they are already in the soil it is 

 useless to add more, as no increase in results 

 would be obtained. If you have difficulty in 

 getting a proper stand of Clover or Alfalfa, or if 

 it turns yellow and does not do well after once 

 coming up ; if your peas do not fill out well and 

 make successful crops ; if you cannot grow lima 

 beans; if you cannot grow cow peas, then you can 

 take it for granted that Nitro-Culture will be of 

 assistance to you. You want to be sure also that j'our soil is not sour or acid. To remedy this, a coating 

 of lime is an excellent preventive, putting it on at the rate of 50 bushels fresh slacked lime to the acre. 



During the past season we sent out large quantities of Nitro-Culture, we believe to our customers' 

 very general satisfaction, many cases reporting that wonderful results had been obtained from its use. 

 Others have written us that they could see no improvement. In these cases we believe theNitro-. 

 Culture was not used according to directions, or was put on soil in which the bacteria already existed. 

 Nitro-Culture is put up in a small package of compressed cotton. When diluted according to direc- 

 tions, which come with each package, the seed which is to be treated is thoroughly wet with the solu- 

 tion. It is then put aside to dry in the shade. It should then be sown and harrowed in at once before 

 the direct rays of the sun strike the treated seed. 



Nitro=Culture is especially prepared for the following crops. In ordering, state what crop it is 

 wanted for : 



Those carried out on the same line require the same bacteria. 

 Garden Peas. 

 Sweet Peas. 

 Cow Peas, Whip O' Will Peas and 



Clay Peas. 

 Garden Ifeans, including Kidney, 



Wax, String, Lima and Pea Beans. 



Price List: Trial package, 50c., | to J acre; acre package, $1.50; 5=acre package, $5.00. 



Special Garden Size, for 8weet Peas, Garden Peas or Garden Beans, 25c. each. 



-WITH NITRO-CULTl 



Alfalfa, or tucerne. 



Ked Clover. 



Alsike Clover, White Clover. 



Crimson Clover. 



Barr Clover. 



Japan Clover. 



Field Peas (Canada Field Peas). 



Soy Beans. 

 Velvet Beans. 

 Vetch. 

 Peanuts. 

 Begg^ar Weed. 



If your neighbor or your local paper call Nitro- 

 sions or do not know what they are talking about. 



The leading physician of Moorestown, N. J., Db. Joseph 



Stokes, writes, October 11, 1905: 

 Johnson & Stokes : 



Gentlemen : — My experience with Nitro-Culture has made 

 me an enthusiast. In my garden I have never been able to 

 raise late peas. They would germinate, some come through 

 the ground, make a straggling growth, turn yellow, a few 

 bloom, but none perfect peas. I had decided to stop raising 

 them, but concluded to give them one more chance and see 

 if Nitro-Culture would do any good. To my surprise they 

 showed great vigor from the start and developed strong, 

 healthy plants, which bore a great profusion of large pods, 

 filled with seven, eight and nine peas. 



With the exception of the application of the Nitro- 



Culture a fraud, it is because they jump at conclu- 

 Read the following : 



Culture, the treatment received by them was exactly the 

 same as in the previous years of failure, so I can only attri- 

 bute the result to it and shall certainly use it in the future. 



F. A. Emmons, East Canaan, Conn., September 25, 1905, 

 writes: "In some of the papers of hite, I have noticed that 

 Nitro-Culture is called a fraud or to that effect. We tried 

 Nitro-Culture on four quarts of peas and it did not give good 

 satisfaction ; but in this section it is considered almost im- 

 possible to grow lima beans, and the lima bean Nitro- 

 Culture proveil a great success. I used no fertilizer at all, 

 but have the limas on sod or corn ground. We never had 

 so many or so good limas as this year. On 150 poles we have 

 already sold $25.00 worth (12 bushels) and there are some: 

 three or four bushels to pick yet." 



