WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE YOU CAN DO! 



PROF. JACOB G. LIPMAN, of the NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL 

 EXPERIMENT STATION, stales that he got good results from the use of Fanno- 

 genn for Alfalfa, Cowpeas, and Garden peas. 



E. B. FRED, VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STA- 



TION, says: "All of Old Process showed contamination. Mostly moulds. Farmo- 

 germ was entirely free from contamination.' 



WM. T. BROOKS, Director MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 EXPERIMENT STATION, says: "In reply to your letter of the 21st inst., I 

 beg to say that the only one of your cultures which we found it possible to try during the 

 past ummer is the culture for aUalfa, and we are naturally unable to make a final report 

 at this lime. 



We made four different comparisons between seed treated with your culture in ac- 

 cordance with directions and untreated seed and at the present time find that conditions 

 are about as follows : 



1. In the case-of two of the comparative tests, the growth of the alfalfa which 

 was sown early in August is materially better where your culture was used. It is ranker 

 and of a darker green color. 



2. In the case of the other two comparisons there is but little difference; but we 

 judge that the alfalfa where the inoculated seed was sown is slightly better than the 

 other. 



3. Examination of the roots shows that in the case of all four comparisons, nodules 

 are quite numerous on the roots where your culture was used, but relalively few where 

 the uninoculaled seed was sown." 



W. S. SAYER, of the MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTUAL COL- 

 LEGE says : "Pure cultures of nodule bacteria suitable for the various legumes may be 

 used in inoculating the seed just previous to sowing. This method ^has been used very 

 extensively during the past three years, usually with marked success." 



MAURICE MULVANIA, of the UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, 

 says: "I found the bottle of material sent me to contain a pure culture of living Pseu- 

 domonas radicicola." 



GEORGE W. CARVER. DIRECTOR TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE. 



ALA., says; "My plot of crimson clover which^ was inoculated with Farmogerm is 

 about three times better than the uninoculated; it is^exceedingly luxuriant while the other 

 is straggly, pale and not worth cutting." 



EDWARD R. MINNS, INSTRUCTOR. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 



N. Y., says ; "We are studying the problem of producing more and better forage per 

 acre by planting beans with com intended for silage, and so far we feel quite certain that 

 some form of inoculation for the beans is necessary to success." 



J. N. HARPER, DIRECTOR. SOUTH CAROLINA AGRICULTUR- 

 AL EXPERIMENT STATION, says: "I have your letter of Oct. 2 1st with the 

 enclosed letters from gentlemen who have tried your Farmogerm, and found it to be of 

 great value. We have tested Farmogerm in a small way and from the results obtained 

 are very much pleased with it." 



CHAS. B. MORREY. of the OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, says ; "In 



reply to your inquiry concerning the cultures which you sent me last spring for test, 

 I will say that as you remember, the cultures were to be used for laboratory tests only, 

 and not for field experiments. The cultures were given to advanced students, to 

 have them isolate the organisms if present, and to make pot cultures of the different 

 varieties of I egumes to determine whether the organisms were 'virulent or not. The 

 organisms were obtained in pure culture from each sample sent. The pot experiments 

 also show that the cultures were virulent in thai nodules were formed on the plants 

 tested while the control pots showed no nodules. The experiments were satisfactory 

 in every respect." 



L. B. JUDSON. N. Y. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, says: take 



pleasure in stating that I have every confidence in your method of preparing cultures 

 of bacteria for inoculating the various leguminous crops. I believe that the processes 

 you use have all the value you claim for them, and that your method of air bottles in 

 which you send out cultures, is a very valuable device. 



Your work to me seems full of great promise for the farming industry.*' 



F. O. CI^RK. BEREA COLLEGE. KY., says: Your letter of October 

 21 st inquiring as to the results obtained from the use of Farmogerm, is at hand. In our 

 school garden we planted several plots in sweet peas and Canadian Field Peas, using 

 Farmogerm on every other plot. 1 was quite surprised to find the plants grown in the 

 plots where Farmogerm was used, were nearly twice the size of those on the other plot. 

 This test indicates that your bacteria are of the right sort, and well put up. Wishing 

 you success in extending the use of Farmogerm and thus the use of legumes. 



RED CLOVER 



Scoltsbluff.Neb..Oct. 13, 1909. 



Gentlemen: — I am in receipt of your letter of October 8th, i nquiring as to the 

 results I obtained this season by the use of Farmogerm for inoculating alfalfa seed. I 

 take much pleasure in advising you that I am an enthusiastic convert to Farmogerm, and 

 that the results secured by its use were all that the most exacting could ask for. This 

 stand was the best that I have ever seen and after harvesting sixty bushels cf oats per 

 acre that weighed 40 pounds to the bushel, which I planted as a cover crop with the 

 alfalfa, I i rrigated the I and and have i ust cut a crop of alfalfa of good quality and fair 

 yield. ThefuU benefitfrom the use of Farmogerm will make itself even more apparent, 

 1 am confident, in the growth and yield of hay next season, 



1 would suggest except under irrigation, where water can be applied to the land 

 just as needed, no grain be planted with the alfalfa as a cover crop, and that in all in- 

 stances, the land be carefully prepared and the seed be planted very shallow. Many 

 fail to secure a good stand of alfalfa by putting in seed too deep. With kind regards, 



and best wishes for your continued success, believe me, f 



Very truly yours. (Signed) HEYWARD G. LEAVITT. 



P. S. — I planted 400 acres in all to alfalfa, all of the seed for which was treated 

 with Farmogerm. 



Grand Valley, Colo.. Nov. 8, 1909. 



ELarp-Thomas Farmogerm Co. 



Dear Sirs: — Your Company has been recommended to me by H. G. Leavitt, of 

 Scottsbluff, Neb. I am writing to ask you to send me some of your pamphlets or any 

 information that you may have in regards to using your bacteria with alfalfa seed. We 

 will plant about 200 acres of alfalfa in the spring, and 1 would like very much to use 

 your bacteria in connection with the seed, as I have seen some wonderful results around 

 Scottsbluff. Neb. 



Hoping to have an early answer, Yours Irulv, 



(Signed) R. HAVEMEYER. 

 _ Scottsbluff, Neb.. Dec. 6, 1909. 



Earp- i homas Farmogerm Co., 



Gentlemen : — It is my intention to plant between 400 and 800 acres in alfalfa 

 this spring and 1 should like to inoculate all of the seed and, as you know am favorably 

 inclined towards your "dope" as my foreman calls it. As you suggest, will you please 

 send me a special estimate on quantities furring from 400 to 800 acres, and oblige. 



Yours very truly. (Signed) HAYWARD G. LEAVITI . 



Fresno, Calif.. Oct. 15th. 1909. 

 Gentlemen : — In reply to your letter asking me as to results from the use of Farmo- 

 germ. I wi:hto say that whil^ I did not make any tests, and the alfalfa area of my vine- 

 yard is only limited still the seed came up satisfactorily where I had applied Farmogerm 

 and very unsatisfactorily on a strip alongside a ditch where no Farmogerm was applied, 

 so I have no hesitancy in saying that I believe the Farmogerm to be all you riaim for it. 



Yours very truly. (Signed) J. G. PUNCH. 

 I take pleasure in advising'you^ that my alfalfa treated with Farmogenr came on 

 finely this spring. _ G. C. SEVEY, 



Editor New_Ejigland Homestead, Springfield, Mass. 



Ghent. N. Y.,Oct. 11, 1909. 



The Earp-Thomas Farmogerm Co, 



Gentlemen : — 1 put in a piece of alfalfa at Orchard Farm the past summer that has 

 made a most remarkable growth. On July 1 =t 1 ,500 pounds of lime was applied per 

 acre and the same amount of basic slag. The seed was inoculated with the alfalfa 

 bacteria you sent and sown on the 20th of July, 



In forty-seven days the plants reached twenty-seven inches in height and in sixty days 

 when cut they measured thirty-two inches. This is equal to any acre of irrigated alfcil- 

 fa in the country. Shall put in more of it next year. 



Yours truly. (Signed) GEORGE T. POWELL. 



Ivanhoe, N. C, Oct. 20, 1909. 



Gentlemen : — In reply to your inquiry of the 8th inst.. I will say that I used Farm- 

 ogerm according to the instructions given on cowpeas ; planting the same between com 

 on various kinds of land. Old worn out sand-land with yellow subsoil, stiff clay land, 

 and black friable land. The season was very unfavorable; soon after planting there 

 was a 1 ong wet spell followed by a drought that has lasted until the presen t time. The 

 consequence of the season is, many of the pea plants died from want of moisture and the 

 weed is small but quite full of fruit, averaging a very fair crop. All these lands are old 

 worn land that will not produce peas of itself, solfeel repaid for my trouble and ex- 

 pense in using Farmogerm. notwithstanding the unfavorable circumstances. The com 

 also was considerably benefited by Farmogerm. I consider i t more beneficial to grow- 

 ing crops than any commercial fertilizer 1 have tried. 



Yours truly, (Signed) E, E. SESSOMS. 

 ^ Liberty. N.Y.. Oct. 10. 1909, 



Gentlemen : — Yours of the 8th before me and i n reply am glad to say tha 1 1 receiv- 

 ed a very fine stand of clover from seed inoculated with Farmogerm. The land is of a 

 clay, not v'=ry heavy, was well limed, sowed to buckwheat which was plowed in green, 

 then last fall the piece was sowed to rye and timothy. This spring the clover inoculated 

 with Farmogerm was sown broad-cast andi t is now looking like a well-kept lawn, rich 

 green. The clover looks remarkably healthy and growthy. 



I will need some more Farmogerm early next spring. 



Respectfully. (Signed) R. P. WATSON. 



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