MANAGEMENT OF GENERAL FARMS IN OREGON. 23 
an excellent implement with which to prepare the seed bed when 
seeding clover with spring grain. The application of barnyard 
manure practically insures a stand of clover. The manure should be 
applied in the fall or winter and plowed under or worked into the 
soil with a disk harrow. 
Inoculation. — The nodule-forming bacteria, that is, the organisms 
which enable the clover to utilize atmospheric nitrogen, are so essen- 
tial to the success of clover that land which has never produced this 
crop should be inoculated. The land to be seeded may be inoculated 
in two ways; by using a pure culture, or by using soil from a field 
that successfully produced clover the previous year. The pure cul- 
ture may be obtained in limited quantities from the United States 
Department of Agriculture or bought in large quantities from com- 
mercial concerns. Directions for use are sent with the cultures. 
Inoculation by the soil method should be performed as follows: 
Locate a patch of clover that grew thriftily the previous year. It 
may be necessary to go to some farm on the silt loam soil to find it. 
Collect soil from about plants which bear nodules on their roots. 
About 1 quart of this soil is placed in a bucket of water and thor- 
oughly stirred. The clover seed is placed upon a tight floor, damp- 
ened with the muddy water, using about 2 quarts to each bushel of 
seed, and shoveled over several times to be sure that each seed is 
dampened. After the seed has been allowed to dry in the shade 
(sunlight kills the bacteria) it is ready for seeding. The addition of 
pne-fourth of a pound of glue to each gallon of water will cause the 
soil to stick to the clover seed. 1 
PUBLICATIONS OF THE U, S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
RELATING TO FARM MANAGEMENT. 
AVAILABLE FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION BY THE DEPARTMENT. 
Use of Paint on the Farm. (Farmers' Bulletin 474.) 
System of Farm Cost Accounting. (Farmers' Bulletin 572.) 
Farm Kitchen as a Workshop. (Farmers' Bulletin 607.) 
What a Farm Contributes Directly to the Farmer's Living. (Farmers' Bulletin 635.) 
Method of Analyzing Farm Business. (Farmers' Bulletin 661.) 
Economic Study of Farm Tractor in Corn Belt. (Farmers' Bulletin 719.) 
Waste Land and Wasted Land on Farms. (Farmers' Bulletin 745.) 
The Farmer's Income. (Farmers' Bulletin 746.) 
The Use of a Diary for Farm Accounts. (Farmers' Bulletin 782.) 
The Windbreak as a Farm Asset. (Farmers' Bulletin 788.) 
How the Federal Farm Loan Act»Benefits the Farmer. (Farmers' Bulletin 792.) 
Minor Articles of Farm Equipment. (Farmers' Bulletin 816.) 
Farm Reservoirs. (Farmers' Bulletin 828.) 
Surface Irrigation for Eastern Farm. (Farmers' Bulletin 899.) 
Farm Home Conveniences. (Farmers' Bulletin 927.) 
1 Very similar methods of seeding clover in the Willamette Valley, Oreg., have been published in Farm- 
ers' Bulletin 271, "Forage Crop Practices in Western Oregon and Western Washington," and in Bureau of 
Plant Industry Circular 28, "Clover Seed Production in the Willamette Valley, Oregon." 
