Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic elementaryagricu00hatc Year: 1907 52 ELEMEN TARY AGRICULTURE thev do not seem to tlirive without the lei2'umes and the lei2'umes do not thrive without the £>enns. Sometimes clover refuses to grow on certain soils. The reason is that there are no o-erms in the soil. Such soils should be 'inoculated,' i. e., the germs should be planted there, and then the clover will grow. These germs are sent out by the United States Department of Agricul- ture in little cakes, somewhat resembling yeast cakes, which may be dissolved in water and sprayed on t
Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic elementaryagricu00hatc Year: 1907 52 ELEMEN TARY AGRICULTURE thev do not seem to tlirive without the lei2'umes and the lei2'umes do not thrive without the £>enns. Sometimes clover refuses to grow on certain soils. The reason is that there are no o-erms in the soil. Such soils should be 'inoculated,' i. e., the germs should be planted there, and then the clover will grow. These germs are sent out by the United States Department of Agricul- ture in little cakes, somewhat resembling yeast cakes, which may be dissolved in water and sprayed on the land. ALFALFA FIELD, ONE-HALF OF WUICU HAD BEEN INOCULATED. Clover Restores Nitrogen to the Soil.—In order to restore nitrogen to worn-out soil it is only necessary to seed with clover or some other legume. The germs found in the tubercles on the roots of the legume will feed upon the nitrogen of the air and store it up in the
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