WHY INOCULATION OF LUCERNE OFTEN FAIL.
For years dairy farmers have heard (he oft repeated remark: "Sunlight is the greatest bacteria destroyer known," remarks Hoard's Dairyman. Then they will get some soil from an old alfalfa field for inoculation and forget all about the effect of the sunlight on those precious bacteria. It is well to remember that the razor that cuts your beard will cut your throat with equal facility. It all depends how you hold it and your purpose in holding it. Many of the failures in inoculation are because of allowing the sunlight to shine on the alaflfa dirt when dug and afterwards when distributed on the field. Consequently this work should always be done on a cloudy day. The dirt should be put in bags as soon as dug and kept in the dark till used.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 551, 19 March 1913, Page 3
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140WHY INOCULATION OF LUCERNE OFTEN FAIL. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 551, 19 March 1913, Page 3
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