Bernyssi (NodulelGerm} 
The GUARANTEED Inoculant — 
What is Inoculation? 
Strong healthy vigorous legume plants will 
have little lumps or nodules on the roots as 
shown in the four pictures below. These nodules 
are full of a certain kind of bacteria. It is only 
when they are present that a plant can take 
nitrogen out of the air for its own growth. If 
you look closely you will see that on different 
erops these nodtiles take different shapes. The 
bacteria in them are different. All soils do not 
contain all kinds of these bacteria. In Berry’s 
Nodule Germ these live bacteria are taken from 
these healthy roots, bred in a laboratory, packed 
in a special soil. You put it on your seed. That’s 
the way you get the bacteria into your soil. 
Why it is so important 
Legume plants include all clovers, alfalfas, peas, 
beans, vetches, lespedeza, ete. We generally look upon 
them as soil building plants. They are supposed to 
put nitrogen in the soil. 
only if, they have certain kinds of bacteria growing 
on their roots as explained in the opposite column. 
These plants use a lot of nitrogen themselves. That 
is why mother nature gave them the power to take 
free nitrogen from the air. Remember this—If these 
_Plants do not have these bacteria on their roots they 
will use what nitrogen they can find in the soil and 
then they will turn yellow, get sick and probably die. 
You can make sure they have the right kind of bac- 
teria if you will put Berry’s Nodule Germ on your 
seed. 
They can and will if, and. 
Our Guarantee 
We guarantee that Berry’s 
Nodule Germ will make nod- 
ules on the roots of your leg- 
ume plants if you apply the 
material according to simple 
directions given below. If it 
doesn’t make the nodules on 
growing plants we will re- 
fund the price you paid for it. 
How Berry’s Nodule Germ Works in the Roots of Legume Plants 
Pictures show the nodules on roots which give the plant nitrogen gathering power 
LESPEDEZA 
-Note how the nodules are bunched 
and crowded. All of the four plants 
shown here contain different strains 
of bacteria, 
RED CLOVER 
These nodules like those on alfalfa 
are generally more pear shaped. We 
can combine Red Clover and Alfalfa 
bacteria but not the others. 
The Effect of Inoculation on Plant Growth 
A properly inoculated legume growing on favorable soil manufactures its own nitrogen 
fertilizer by taking it out of the air. The effect is about the same as if you had applied . 
commercial nitrogen fertilizer. The plants grow faster and taller. They have a darker 
green. color. The yield may be 8 to 4 times as much as from not inoculated seed. The pic- 
tures here shown give you an idea of what the difference can be. In fact sometimes you 
can have a failure just because the proper bacteria were not in your soil. 
BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL 
Notice that these nodules are prac- 
tically round and scattered up and 
down the roots. 
SOYBEANS 
Soybean nodules generally are quite 
large, and liberally formed on main 
and side roots. 
Easy to Apply—Low in Cost—Enormous Benefits. 
: We are sometimes asked whether Gro-Coat treatment is the same as inocula- 
te m% tion. No it is not, You should inoculate Gro-Coated legume seed. Apply the nod- 
ule Germ by sprinkling it dry, just as it comes out of the can. Stir it so as to 
get some dust on every seed if possible. Sow seed within three hours after apply- 
ing it. If you are delayed in seeding after inoculating it in, recommend re-in- 
oculating when you do sow. 
Prices on Berrys Guaranteed Nodule Germ 
We have a combination Inoculant for Alfalfa and Red Clover, 
oculates alsike, Ladino and Crimson Clover. Others need special inoculants as 
priced. Alfalfa and Clover 1 bu. 55e; 2% bu. size $1.10. Birdsfoot Trefoil % bu. 
35e; 1 bu. 65e. Lespedeza and Vetch, 100 lbs. size 55e. Soybeans, 2 bu. 40e; 5 bu. 
60ec; 25 bu. $2.70. Field and Garden Peas, 1 bu. 30e. 
“NITRAGIN” Prices. Another nationally Known Inoculant. Alfalfa—Clovers 1 bu. 55e; 2 bu. 95e. 
Peas and Vetches 100 lb. size 50c. Lespedeza 100 lbs. 55e. Soy Beans, 2 bu. 40e; 5 bu. 60e; 25 bu. $2.70 
Red Clover Growth 
F which also in- 
The above shows difference in 
production in red clover from the 
same number of seeds. Part in- 
oculated, part not. Note the differ- 
ence in alfalfa-on the right side of 
page. 
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