The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-03-10
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| A good many farmers of Lewis
Icounty are planning on sowing
Ipeas, clover and other legumes this
tspring on ground that has never
Ibeen sowed to any kind of legume
before. 1t will be necessary III
these cases to innoculate the seed
before sowing in order that maxi
mum growth be obtained. The
following. letter received from
Prof w. M. Gibbs, Bacteriologist
at the Idaho Experiment Station
will be OF interest to those who
will be in need of innoculating
material:
HThe Department of Bacterial
ogy, Idaho Agricultural Expert
ment Station prepares cultures
for the innoculation of all legu-
minous crops. These cultures are
prepared in bottles containing
sufficient inoculum for three
acres, selling at rs cents per bot
tie post paid. which is 25 cents
per acre. Only fresh cultures
prepared by thoroughly trained
men in the department. are sent
to the farmer. Full directions
for use accompany each culture.
Those. desiring cultures should
notify the department about ten
days in advance of seeding time
in order that it may be prepared
and sent in time to treat the seed
before sowing. The culture
should not be held longer than is
absolutely necessary for treating
the seed as the bacteria will not
live long on the seed and gradu-
ally decrease in numbers In the
bottles after a definite period. |
Fresh cultures of tested value are
sent, of such an age that one or
two weeks delay will not cause
loss. Never treat the seed before
you are ready to sow.
Last year the Department of
Bacteriology sent out cultures
for the incubation of 1921
acres. Many farmers have writ
ten to the Department commend
ing the culture and desiring more
for the next year. Estimates OF
benefits from its use are 25%o to
75@o in the majority of cases, and
one farmer wrote that his beans
aud peas were not good except
X here inoculated and there tlcv
were fine. Commercial firms
d al.are these cultures at a cost to
he farmer of $100 per acre up.
Certain companies through their
agents. sold a large acreage in
SG,l;llerl Idaho last year at $2J0
Der acre, making extravagant
claims for their cultures. 1t is
to bear in mind that
,ur culture is just as efficient asl
hat. prepared by commercial
inns, and probably more SO, and
Il; t we sell the culture at cost of
salaries of the de-
coming from other
ources. The 1921 acres serit
,ut by us last year brought
g, ,302.75 approximate cost of ma
erials and preparation. This ac
cage at $500 per acre amounts
o $26,422, which shows a net
aving of $23,119.25 to the farm
rs securing the culture from the
Station.
Innoculation is not necessary
n all fields being seeded to le-
.umes. In case the same legume
vas grown from three to five
ears previous on the same field,
is unnecessary. Ir-
igated sections in general are
OF benefited by innoculation, !
ue to the fact that the water
arries the bacteria from the in
culated fields to those not in
culated, thus making inocula-
Ion unnecessary. Alfalfa re- ]
uires no incubation if grown OH +,
elds previously in sweet clover. !
If you are planning ON sowing. +
ny legumes this spring see your,
ounty agent and he will ORDER 7
ne necessary amount of inocu-
I'm for you.
C. RI RahuIye Counfv gent