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Does^&KrSoil 

 Need Lime? 



Hon- Much Does It Need? Will It Pay? 



"Lime, Legumes and Inoculation"" — this has 

 come to be the slogan of the progressive farmer 

 who wants to grow better crops and increase 

 the fertility of his farm. Alfalfa, Red Clover, 

 Sweet Clover, all require lime. Most other 

 crops are benefited by it. Lime corrects acidity, 

 sets free plant-food, improves the texture of the 

 soil, and is necessary to the activity of nitro- 

 gen-gathering bacteria. 



Save Money by Testing Your Soil 



To apply less lime than is required, or to 

 fail to apply it when needed, means loss of fer- 

 tility and poorer crops.. To apply more lime 

 than your soil needs is wasting labor and money. 

 Either way, you save money by testing your 

 soil and knowing exactly what treatment it re- 

 quires. 



SOILTEX Tells What Your Soil Needs 



With Soiltex, a new quick, easy and accurate soil testing method devel-. 

 oped at the Michigan State Agricultural College, you can determine ex- 

 actly in a few minutes whether your soil is acid, and how much lime it 

 needs. Each outfit will make 75 to 100 tests. Full directions, colored chart 

 and lime table included. No special knowledge or equipment required. 

 Costs less than 2 cents per sample tested. Soiltex will save you money. 



Q/-VTT Pocket-size So3 Testing Outfit, with $S-| QQ 



^ *^ J I I . J. C/V color chart and lime table . postpaid X~™ 



For Lawns, Golf Courses, Vegetable 

 and Flower Gardens, SOILTEX pro* 



of testing the aciday of the soil and 

 determining what treatment it re- 

 quires. 



Inoculate 



The Cheapest and Easiest Way of 

 Improving Soil and Increasing Crops 



All the legume crops, including Alfalfa, the Clovers, Soy Beans, 

 Cow Peas, the Vetches, etc., are able to capture "free" nitrogen from 

 the air and store it in plant food fcrm if they are inoculated with the 

 right kind of root nodule bacteria. Legumes not inoculated rob the soil: 

 inoculated they feed the soil, grow more quickly and vigorously and 

 contain a higher percentage of valuable feed proteins. 



Nod-O-Gen Easiest and Surest Form of Inoculation 



Nod-O-Gen is a scientific pure culture of root nodule bacteria, pre- 

 pared on special food jelly in bottles with patent stoppers which per- 

 mit the bacteria to live and breathe and maintain their vigor. Each 

 Culture contains plenty of bacteria to inoculate the quantity of-«eed 

 marked on the bottle. The cost per acre is very small. A bushel size 

 Alfalfa culture, costing only $1.C0 will inoculate seed for 4 or more 

 acres and cause the storage of over $100.00 worth of nitrogen plant food. 



Moreover Nod-O-Gen is easiest inoculation to use, requiring no 

 equipment or experience. Takes only a few minutes. Complete direc- 

 tions on every bottle. Results are sure. Each crop or related group of 

 crops require different bacteria. Be sure to specify 

 which crop you are going to inoculate. 



Prices for Nod-O-Gen 



For Alfalfa, Sweet Clover, Red Clover arid 

 Other Clovers (specify which): 



^bu.size $ .60 



1 bo. size 1.00 



For Soy Beans, Cow Peas, Field Peas and 

 Beans and Vetches (specify which) : 



lbu.size $ .50 



5bu.size. . . 2.00 



For Garden Peas, Sweet Peas, Garden Beans 

 and Li mas: 



Garden Size $ .25 



Always specify name of crop as well as size 

 of culture wanted. 



Red Clover Bactc 



A Seed Inoculant that Increases Crop Production 



Seeds of all legumes — beans, peas, clover, alfalfa, and related crops — will yield 

 far better if inoculated with Farmogerm, and in addition leave in the soil a heavy 

 deposit of nitrogen which benefits all succeeding crops. Gardeners and farmers who 

 have used Farmogerm would not be without it. 



For Mixed Clovers and Alfalfa. 



V2-bus. size. 

 1-bus. size. . 



60 

 00 



2y 2 -bus. size $2 25 



10-bus. size 8 00 



For Soy Beans, Cowpeas, Garden Beans and Peas, etc. 



1-bus. size $0 60 | 5-bus. size $2 25 



Special Garden Size, for Garden Peas, Beans, and Sweet Peas only, 25 cts. 



Legume bacteria cannot live without air — FARMOGERM is the only culture 

 put up with the patented ventilating stopper which supplies them with pure 

 filtered air. That is why you know when you buy FARMOGERM that you are 

 getting a culture which wUl produce results. It is guaranteed to be fresh, active 

 and vigorous. 



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