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CARTERS HORTICULTURAL REQUISITES, 
FARMOGERM THE STANDARD INOCULATION 
For Alfalfa, Clovers, Peas, Beans, Vetch, and Sweet Peas. 
What Farmogerm is 
Farmogerm is a pure culture, or 
growth of nitrogen-fixing bacteria that 
have been selected and bred up to trans- 
form large amounts of nitrogen from 
the air into soluble nitrates. These 
bacteria are grown in a jelly, or food, in 
which they remain active for long 
periods of time, and sent out in a bottle 
which admits the necessary supply of 
pure air, yet keeps out destructive con- 
taminations. If alfalfa can be grown 
on hot, sandy land of South New Jersey 
why can’t you grow it? 
What Farmogerm Will Do 
Unless the soil is very acid or wet, 
Farmogerm will: 
1. Increase the yield and quality of 
legume crops, giving quicker growth 
and earlier maturity. 
2. Increase the food value of 
legumes. 
3. Make legumes grow in new locali- 
ties where they cannot otherwise be 
grown successfully. 
4. Supply nitrates to other crops 
growing with the inoculated legume 
crop. 
5. Enrich the soil for future crops, 
thereby increasing the permanent value 
of the farm. Better crops — better soil 
— less fertilizer — less labor. 
Increased Crops are a well-established certainty in all instances where 
inoculations are used together with proper culture methods. Not only is the 
crop increased in weight, but in its richness. The United States Department 
of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 71, substantiates these statements. Why not 
increase your farm yields without extra labor and at practically no extra cost? 
Fertilizer Values of well-inoculated legumes have long been determined. 
It is shown in Bulletin No. 71, issued by the United States Department of 
agriculture that tests covering a large part of the country prove that legumes 
will deposit 1,000 lbs. of nitrates per acre. This means that your most expen- 
sive commercial fertilizer is absolutely unnecessary when you plant legumes, 
perfectly inoculated, sown and planted in properly prepared land. 
Peas, Beans and Sweet Peas will yield earlier, longer, and better when 
treated with Farmogerm. Farmogerm is endorsed by Farmers, Federal and 
State Agricultural Departments, and private estate ownersand superintendents. 
It is delivered to you in bottles, ready for use. You can inoculate the seed 
for ten acres in ten minutes. 
PRICES 
5 acre bottles, 9.00. 1 acre bottles, 2.00. Garden bottles, .50. 
“I have been recommended to you by the Massachusetts Agricultural 
Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass., the use of your culture to inoculate the 
soil for alfalfa, instead of soil that has grown alfalfa.” — R. Gillespie, I lopkin- 
ton, Mass. 
When ordering Farmogerm state clearly if it is required either for Alfalfa, 
Garden Beans, Garden Peas, Sweet Peas, Clovers, Vetches, Soya Beans, 
Cow Peas or all crops. 
HOW FARMOGERM IS USED 
The best way to use Farmogerm is by inoculating the 
seed before planting. It comes to you ready for use, and 
all you have to do is to mix the Farmogerm with a little 
water and sprinkle it on the seed and mix the seed until 
all are moist. Then plant in the usual manner as soon as 
possible after the seeds are dry enough to handle. Any 
long delay means loss of bacteria and poorer inoculation. 
The bottles of Farmogerm are intentionally only about 
one-third full. Full directions for use accompany each 
bottle. 
While the operation of inoculating the seeds with 
Farmogerm is very simple, yet a reasonable amount of 
care should be taken, and the directions given should 
be carefully followed to secure the best results. 
If the crop has already been planted and inocula- 
tion is desirable, Farmogerm may be used by diluting it 
with water and mixing it with some soil taken from the 
planted field, and then distributing the inoculated soil 
on the field. By using soil from the planted field, all 
danger of introducing weeds and plant diseases is avoided, 
as by this plan new soil is not spread on the field. 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc., 102-iob CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLDG.. BOSTON. MASS. 
