REPORT 
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Department of Bacteriology. 
H. A. Harvine, Bacteriologist. 
M. J. Prucua, Associate Bacteriologist. 
JAMES K. WILSON, Assistant Bacteriologist. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. — 
I. Inoculation and lime as factors in growing alfalfa. 
II. Milking machines: Effect of method of handling on the 
germ content of the milk. 
III. The bacterial soft rots of certain vegetables : 
I. The mutual relationships of the causal organisms. 
II. Pectinase, the cytolitic ferment of Bacillus 
carotovorus, and certain other soft rot organisms. 
