The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
vAccrNArING THE son.

We referred some time ago to
newly discovered method of fertilizing
land by incubation, or Vaccination"
creased at small cost. The Agricul-
tural Department has taken the mat
ter up, made many experiments of a
highly successful nature and is now
supplying farmers with the fertiifz-
ing germs. The basic idea in vac
chatting" the land is to provide for
a restoration of the supply of nitro
gen in the soil, exhausted by sue
cessive crops. The bacteria supplied
by the government, In dried form,
have the power of drawing nitrogen
from the air and secreting it in the
soil, where it will do the most good
In an article in the October number
of the Century Magazine Mr.. Gilbert
H. Grosvenor describes exhaustively
the new process, how 1t Is applied and
the results that are obtained from it.
He says that an inoculated crop of
crimson clover will add to the soil sSk
times as much nitrogen as a non-in-
oculated crop Of crimson clover. OF
the inoculating material and the pro-
cess he says:
A portion of inoculating material as
it is mailed to the farmer by the gov
eminent consists OF three different
| packages. Package No. contains
the cotton with its millions of dried
germs. Packages and are the media
or food by means of which the farmer
| can multiply the germs. The depart
| ment ineloses explicit Instructions how
to use the bacteria, as follows:
method patented in order to guar
antee the privilege of use by the pub
lie Letters Patent No. 755,519 granted
March %. 1000.
Put one gallon of clean water (pre-
| ferably rain water) in a clean tub or
bucket and add No. 1 of the inclosed
1 package of salts Containing granu-
lated sugar, potassium phosphate and
magnesium sulphate). Stir occasional
| ly until all is dissolved.
| Carefully open package No. 2 con-
taining bacteria and drop the inclosed
| cotton into the solution. Cover the
tub with paper to protect from dust
and set aside In a warm place for
| twenty-four hours. Do not heat the
solution or you will kill the bacteria
II should never be warmer than blood
heat.
After twenty-four hours add the con-
tents of package No. 3 Containing
ammonium phosphate). Within TWEEN
ty hours more the solution will have q
cloudy appearance, and is ready fol-
use. To inoculate Seed:
Take just enough OF the solution ia
thoroughly moisten the seed. Stir
thoroughly 80 that all the seeds are
| touched by the solution. Spread out
the seeds IN a shady place until they
are perfectly dry, and plant at the
usual time just as YOU would untreat-
ed seed. The dry cultures as sent from
the laboratory will keep for several
months. DO not prepare the LIQUID
culture more than two or three DAYS
previous to the time when the seeds
are to be treated, as the solution once
made up must usually be used at the
end OF forty-eight hours.
To Inoculate Soil--Take enough dry
earth 80 that the solution Will merely
moisten 1t. Mix thoroughly so that
all the particles of soil are noistened
Thoroughly mix this earth with -four
or Ave times ais much, say half 4
wagonload. Spread this inoculated sol
thinly and evenly over the field az.
actly as n spreading fertilizer. Thl,
should be done Just before blowing, OF
else the iinoculated soil should be mar.
owed IN Immediately.
Either OF the above methods mas
be used, az may be most convenient
Enough germs are sent IN each lit.
tie package 10 inoculate seeds for from