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//. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
INOCULATE THE SEED 
And Help Your Crops Grow the Highest Price Plant Food 
That may be a new way of putting it. but ifs pretty close to facts. The 
most costly element of commercial fertilizers is nitrogen and is usually 
estimated as being worth about 17 cents per pound. Practically all of 
our soils are short of nitrogen. 
All the clovers, cowpeas, vetch, peas, beans, alfalfa, and the other le¬ 
guminous plants, have tlie power to draw plenty of nitrogen from the air 
—if the so-called nitrogen-gathering bacteria are present in the soil to 
attach themselves to the roots. These bacteria on the roots of this class 
of plants are necessary to enable the plant to do full work In nitrogen 
gathering. If they are not present the crop will be more or less a failure. 
Plenty of bacteria on the roots means rank growing crops, their absence 
means sickl.y looking plants. Where successful crops of any of these 
plants mentioned have been grown before, there are bacteria in the soil 
for them, but on new ground or where these crops have not been grown, 
the bacteria must be supplied before success can come. 
These bacteria are obtainable in commercial form and are very easily 
handled effectively by any one following the simple directions found on 
the bottles or packages. All you have to do is to add a small quantity of 
water, then moisten the seed and your soil then becomes thoroughly in¬ 
oculated at seed sowing time. It’s the easiest, quickest, cheapest way to 
improve your soil. 
This inoculation is not for direct use on crops like corn, cotton, oats, 
sorghum, millet, etc. When used on all kinds of clovers, cowpeas, soja 
beans, the crops accumulate a great store of nitrogen on the roots. These 
decay after a leguminous crop is cut off and the nitrogen is available in 
the soil for succeeding crops of cotton, corn, or grain, etc. In effect, it 
helps make your soil richer for succeeding crops, as well as making far 
better clover, alfalfa, vetches, cowpeas, soja beans or peanuts. 
Personally we have been watching very closely this matter of inocula¬ 
tion of the various leguminous crops ever since the attempt was made to 
put the bacteria in some form for safe distribution over twenty years ago 
in Germany. Various methods were tried in this country, both by the 
I'nited States Department of Agriculture and various firms and chemists. 
None of these methods proved satisfactory, and it was only by more recent 
discoveries that a safe and sure way of distributing these nitrogen-gathering 
bacteria was made possil)le. We have been furnishing these bacteria to 
our customers for the past ten years, and there has not been a case re¬ 
ported to us where it has failed to give satisfaction when properly used. 
Alfalfa plant on left not inoculated—Plant on right inoculated In these preparations of bacteria the bacteria can be kept in perfect con- 
with Mulford Culture for Alfalfa—All other conditions dition and vigor and sent to you by mail for use on your crops, 
the same—The contrast si)eaks for itself 
MAKES BETTER CROPS, SAVES FERTILIZER COST 
Making better crops at less cost for fertilizer ought to be the aim and object of every farmer and gardener. Inoculation will help do 
both. Kemember, however, that these bacteria only act directly on what are known as leguminous crops: this includes all kinds of clo¬ 
ver, beans, peas, alfalfa, vetches and peanuts. On these the bacteria can be applied with direct benefit—that is, it will make great deal 
larger crops per acre than you would otherwise get. 
Our illustration above shows how these bacteria act on the roots of leguminous plants such as we just mentioned. The knobs or “nod¬ 
ules,” as they are termed, are little storehouses of nitrogen, th.at costly element of plant food that these bacteria have gathered from 
the air. Some of this goes to feed the plant while growing, but the larger part remains stored in the roots. After the clover, peas, etc., 
have been harvested, these roots decay, leaving in the soil a store of nitrogen for succeeding crops. A good crop of any leguminous plant 
growing in soil deficient in nitrogen will, if the seed be inoculated, add to that soil available nitrogen equal to that found in 700 to 1000 
pounds of nitrate of soda per acre, worth anywhere from $2.0.00 to $30.00. What's more is that the nitrates added by a leguminous crop 
sta.v in the soil much l)etter than when applied in the form of nitrate of soda. 
The use of these bacteria on any leguminous crops means 50% to 100% more of that particular crop per acre, and it means a store of 
the highest priced element of plant food in your soil for succeeding crops. Isn't that worth while to you? It certainly is to us and 
these inoculating materials are used e.xtensively on the Hastings Farm every year. 
Special Leaflet Free Telling . You Ail About the Inoculation 
If you want to know more about tlie inoculation of seed of legruminous plants send for free booklet telling all about it. Ask for The 
Mulford Leaflet* which takes the subject up in detail and shows you exactly why you can’t afford not to inoculate your legume seeds. 
These preparations of the nitrogen-gathering bacteria are put up by the H. K. Mulford Company, of Philadelphia, a concern with a 
world-wide reputation. These bacteria are sent out in sealed bottles, which are not ventilated nor are the bacteria given air—insurance 
that no outside bacteria can get in. They are “DIFFERENT’^ from all others on the market, being supplied in a gray culture medium 
instead of the common light-yellow medium. This effects more prolific growth, increases vitality and vigor and lengthens the life of the 
bacteria. 
Mulford Cultures are low in cost and very easy to use. No experience is necessary, no special knowledge or implements are reQuired, 
and any one who can read can follow the simple directions on the bottles. 
NOTE—There is a different kind of culture for each kind of legume, and you must tell what “kind of crop” you want to use it on 
when ordering. Culture for alfalfa, for example, is not good for any other crop. 
We have Mulford Cultures for the inoculation of Alfalfa, Crimson Clover, Sweet Clover, White Clover, Red Clover, Alsike Clover, Bur 
Clover, Cowpeas, Soy Beans, Peanuts, Vetch, Velvet Beans, Beggarweed, Lesiiedeza or Japan Clover, Sweet Peas, Garden Peas, Garden 
Beans, Lima Beans. 
PRICE—One-acre size bottle, $1.50; 5-acre size bottle, $5.00; Garden or %-acre size bottle, 50 cents; postpaid. Specify the crop you 
want to use it on. 
