
Look at the soy bean plants being held in 
either hand of the man shown above. The 
small, run-of-the-mill plants were from seed 
not inoculated. The big, healthy plants with 
deep, nodule-studded roots are from the 
same seed INOCULATED! 
Effects of inoculant on alfalfa show gains 
of one-half ton per acre repeatedly. 
Proper inoculation of each legume 
seed you sow can add the equivalent 
of 500 to 800 Ibs. nitrate of soda to 
every acre! 
Caring for the 
Dry Cow 

The following program has been suggested 
in caring for the dry cow: Provide at least 
a six-week dry period; feed legume hay, the 
best available; feed at least three to five 
pounds of a grain mixture per day; at three 
weeks before freshening take all corn out of 
the grain mixture, substituting an oats, bran 
and protein supplement in the ratio of 2-2-1; 
two days before calving feed nothing but hay 
and two to three pounds of bran mixed in a 
gallon of hot water; take the calf from the 
cow no later than the third day; never milk 
a cow dry for three to four days after éalving. 
Does it pay to apply nitrogen for oats? 
Nitrogen does not pay for oats or 
other small grains. 
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Alfalfa to Control Weeds 
Many cases are on record where Canada 
thistles have been eradicated by keeping the 
field in alfalfa for a few years. A good, thick 
stand is necessary; a thin stand will not 
serve. Few weeds can stand the frequent 
cutting, the competition, and the drying out 
of the soil in a good alfalfa field. With some 
preliminary clean culture or a smother crop 
of soy beans most weeds can be controlled, 
if not eradicated, by the alfalfa method. 
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GROW YOUR OWN NITROGEN 
33 per cent more Soy Beans—40 per cent more Clover— 
67 per cent more Alfalfa at a cost of less than 20 cents an 
acre! These increases were actual measured yields of inocu- 
lated plants in the same Wisconsin field with plants not 
treated. Where else can you get $20 to $40 back so readily 
for an investment of 10 cents to 20 cents an acre? 
It all nets down to this simple proposition. All legume 
plants are nitrogen users. If the seeds for them are treated 
with this Hoffman Inoculant they are much better able to 
get nitrogen from the air, and put it into the ground. And 
they put more in than they take out! If you don’t inoculate, 
some legumes pull nitrogen from the soil—that is, if your 
soil is rich in nitrogen. If it isn’t, the plants just don’t produce 
well. Inoculate! For every 1¥2 lbs. of nitrogen the uninocu- 
lated plant takes from the soil, the inoculated plant puts 3 
Ibs. into your ground. What's that get you? Bigger crops 
from your legume seed. Better ground for the next crop in 
your rotation. 
Oats following inoculated Red Clover have done twice as 
well as Oats following Timothy, for instance—because of 
that nitrogen-catching inoculant. 
BE SURE YOU GET THE RIGHT INOCULANT. A special 
study has been made of just how each legume will react to 
all forms of inoculation. What's good for Red Clover won't 
do for Soy Beans. You have to have the right inoculant to 
get results. Hoffman has a special inoculant for Red Clover, 
Mammoth, Alsike, White Clover. ... Another for Alfalfa and 
Sweet Clover. . . . Another for Soy Beans. . . . Others for 
Vetch and Canada Peas and others for Cow Peas and 
Lespedeza. 
AMAZING RETURN FOR LOW COST 
15 cents’ worth of the Alfalfa Inoculant has returned 1,680 
more lbs. of hay in one cutting. 9 cents’ worth of Red Clover 
Inoculant has produced 460 more lbs. of hay to the acre. 
Hoffman Inoculant is GUARANTEED to be a pure, live, fresh 
culture—and to produce the nitrogen-catching nodules. Its 
quality and efficiency have always shown up well—when 
checked by authoritative laboratories. 
In this war year and the years right ahead, your farm has 
a big job to do, and these Hoffman Inoculants can help tre- 
mendously. When you send us your seed order for any 
legumes, be sure to order inoculant to treat same. It’s easy 
to handle. One man can treat several bushels of seed in 
a half hour. Look at the Price List and see just how little you 
pay for the results you get. 
Agricultural authorities everywhere insist that every 
grower inoculate all plantings of legume seeds... 
for his own benefit, and that of the nation. 
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EXTRA ACRE of yielding power... you get as much 
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In every bushel of Funk G Hybrid Seed there’s an 
corn from 7 acres as you formerly got from 8! 


