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Germain Seed Company, 326-330 South Main St., Los Angeles, Cal. 
Double the Yield of Your Crops With 
NITROGEN CULTURE 
The Greatest Agricultural Discovery of the Century! 
The germs have been discovered, and are to be had in unlimited quantity, that enable legumi¬ 
nous plants to collect nitrogen from the air and give it to the earth, thereby replenishing poor and 
exhausted land with a copious supply of nitrogen, and also making good soil more productive. 
Does away with artificial manure; saves time and labor; is convenient to handle, effective in 
results, and at the minimum of cost. Don’t fail to try it and be convinced. 
The method of application is simplicity itself, consisting in inoculating the seed that is about 
to be planted as a crop to turn under as green manure. This is accomplished by using cotton as 
a carrier for the nitrogen-gathering bacteria and then allowed to dry, rendering the same dor¬ 
mant and inactive. Tn this way it is readily handled as an article of commerce. 
These dry cultures are accompanied with necessary packages of chemical foods, which, when 
mixed in a solution according to directions, produce vast numbers of bacteria. The seeds moist¬ 
ened with the solution before planting cause the germs to form abundant nodules on the roots, 
bringing profuse growth to the plants and adding nitrogen to the soil. 
The following list comprises all the pod-bearing family that are in general use throughout 
the United States, and we carry a special culture for each, and would specially call the attention of 
private parties, market-gardener^, etc., that we have always on hand packages of a size to suit 
either small or large gardens, and we strongly recommend their use in the home garden for such 
crops as garden peas, beans, alfalfa, white clover, sweet peas, peanuts, etc. 
Comparative Cost Per Acre 
Alfalfa. 
Red Clover. 
Crimson Clover. 
White Clover or Al.sfke. 
.lapan Clover. 
Ilur Clover. 
Vetch. 
Field Peas. 
Garden Peas . 
Sweet Pens. 
Cow Peas.. 
Garden Penns—String, Kidney, Wax, Lima and 
Soy Beans. 
Horse Beans. . . 
Velvet Beans. 
Peanuts . 
acre 
$1.50 
acre 
1.50 
acre 
1.50 
.per 
acre 
1.50 
acre 
1.50 
.per 
acre 
1.50 
acre 
1.50 
acre 
1.50 
.half- 
acre 
.75 
.half- 
■acre 
.75 
acre 
1.50 
Navy 
acre 
1.50 
acre 
1.50 
acre 
1.50 
acre 
1.50 
.one 
acre 
1.50 
Sample packages 25 cts., %-acre 50 cts., 5-acre $5, 10-acre 
$8, 20-acre $16, for above list of seeds. 
UNINOCULATED AND 
INOCULATED ALFALFA. 
Flower and Vegetable Garden 
A CONCISE CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE 
YEAR. ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 
JANUARY 
Flower Garden. —Continue to plant lilies. All 
kinds of evergreen and deciduous shrubs can 
now be planted. The planting of hyacinths, tu¬ 
lips, narcissi, etc., should be completed this 
month. Hardy annuals may be sown out-of- 
doors, and, where artificial heat is obtainable, 
half-hardy annuals may be sown. A hotbed of 
stable manure is easily prepared by piling it 4 
or 5 feet in height, well watered and trampled 
down, over which place a large box or frame, 
with glass sash, taking care to air and sweeten 
the bed well before using. 
Vegetable Garden. —For main crop sow broc¬ 
coli, carrot, chicory and parsnip. At the end of 
the month, in warm, sheltered situations. Early 
Pose potatoes may be planted. Plant asparagus, 
horse-radish and rhubarb roots. These all re¬ 
quire deeply worked ground. Dress beds al¬ 
ready planted with about 3 inches of well- 
rotted manure. Cucumbers, eggplant, melons, 
peppers, squashes and tomatoes may be sown 
under glass for after-planting. A safe plan 
is to sow about 5 seeds of each, variety on re¬ 
versed pieces of sod, about 4 inches square. On 
planting in the ground, insert the sod with the 
growing plants and firm the soil in the usual 
way. By this method the growing plants will 
suffer no injury. Stick and hill up peas and 
other crops requiring it, and attend strictly to 
cleanliness. 
