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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 
NITRO-CULTURE s °».'Bactlria" by . 
All the Culturee that we offer are prepared under the personal supervision of Dr. George T. Moore, the dis¬ 
coverer of the (jtrrn Theory, and formerly with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
It has recently been discovered that cer¬ 
tain bacteria in the soil are necessary for the 
full and complete assimilation of leguminous 
(t. e., pod-bearing) crops, such as peas, beans, 
clovers, vetch, cow peas, etc. For the past 
twenty years it has been known that legumin¬ 
ous plants have the power to acquire atmos¬ 
pheric nitrogen through enlargements upon 
the roots, called root tubercles, which are 
caused by bacteria. It has been found that 
different kinds of bacteria are necessary to pro¬ 
duce root tubercles upon different kinds of 
leguminous plants. When soils are lacking 
in the proper bacteria for the crops which 
are grown upon them, it is absolutely es¬ 
sential that these bacteria should be sup¬ 
plied, and this we can now do with Nitro- 
Culture, which.is sent out in cakes resembling 
the ordinary compressed yeast cake. By put¬ 
ting these in water, to which is added the 
proper mineral nutriments, they will speedily 
grow in such quantities that even a small 
package is enough to inoculate seed sufficient 
for considerable quantity of ground. 
The point for the farmer to decide is 
whether or not his soil is lacking in the proper 
bacteria. If they are already in the soil it is 
useless to add more, as no increase in results 
would be obtained. If you have difficulty in 
getting a proper stand of Clover or Alfalfa, or if 
it turns yellow and does not do well after once 
coining up ; if your peas do not fill out well and 
make successful crops; if you cannot grow lima 
beans; if you cannot grow cow peas, then you can 
take it for granted that Nitro-Culture will be of 
assistance to you. You want to be suro also that your soil is not sour or acid. To remedy this, a coating 
of lime is an excellent preventive, putting it on at the rate of 50 bushels fresh slacked lime to the acre. 
During the past season we sent out large quantities of Nitro-Culture, we believe to our customers’ 
very general satisfaction, many cases reporting that wonderful results had been obtained from its use. 
Others have written us that they could see no improvement. In these cases we believe the Nitro- 
Culture wus not used according to directions, or was put on Boil in which the bacteria already existed. 
Nitro-Culture is put up in a small package of compressed cotton. When diluted according to direc¬ 
tions, which come with each package, the seed which is to be treated is thoroughly wet with the solu¬ 
tion. It is then put aside to dry in the shade. It should then be sown and harrowed in at once before 
the direct rays of the sun striko the treated seed. 
Nitro-Culture is especially prepared for the following crops. In ordering, state what crop it is 
wanted for: 
I.1MA IIKA.NK— WITH NITItO-CUI.TUIIE AND WITHOUT. 
Alfalfa, or JLtioorno. 
Kod Olovor. 
Alsiko Olovor, 'Wlilto Clover. 
OrlniHon Clover. 
Burr Clover. 
Japan Clover. 
Field Fean (Canada Field 1*0118). 
Those curried out on the same line require the sumo bacteria. 
Garden Peas. 
Sweet Peas. 
Cow Peas, Whip O' Will Peas and 
Clay Pons. 
Garden Beans, including Kidney, 
Wax, String, Lima and Pea Beans. 
Soy Beans. 
Velvet Beans. 
Vetch. 
Peanuts. 
Beggar Weed. 
Price List: Trial package, 50c., i to J acre; acre package, $1.50; 5-acre package, $.5.00. 
Special Carden Size, for Sweet I’cas, Garden Peas or Garden Beans, 25c. each. 
If your noighbor or your local paper call Nitro-Culture a fraud, it is because they jump at conclu¬ 
sions or do not know what they are talking about. Read the following : 
The lending physician of Moorcstowh, N. *J., Dr. Joseph 
Stoickh, writes, October 11, 1905: 
Johnson & Stokes: 
Gentlemen :—My experience with Nitro-Culture has made 
ine uti enthusiast. In my garden I have never been nblo to 
raiMO late pons. They would germinate, some come through 
the ground, mnlco a straggling growth, turn yellow, a few 
bloom, but none perfect pens. I had decided to stop raising 
them, hut concluded to givo them ono more chance and hco 
if Nitro-Oulturo would do any good. To my surprise they 
showed great vigor from the start and developed strong, 
healthy plants, which bore a great profusion of large pods, 
filled with seven, oight and nine peas. 
With the exception of the application of the Nitro- 
Culture, the treatment received by them was exactly the 
same as in the previous years of failure, so I can only attri¬ 
bute the result to it and shall certainly use it in the future. 
F. A. Emmons, East Canaan, Conn., September 25, 1905,. 
writes: "In some of the papers of late, I have noticed that 
Nitro-Culture is called a fraud or to that effect. We tried 
Nitro-Culture on four quarts of peas and it did not give good, 
satisfaction ; but in this section it is considered almost im¬ 
possible to grow lima benns, and the lima bean Nitro- 
Culture proved a great success. I used no fertilizer at all, 
but have the limns on sod or corn ground. We never had 
so ninny or so good limns ns this year. On 150 poles we have 
already sold $25.00 worth (12 bushels) and there are some 
three or four bushels to pick yet.” 
