| Show I Inoculation o of Various Legumes Can Take Nitrogen From Air If PrA Proper o el Bacteria a aAre Are Present Prepared by th tb lb United States StAt D nt of or A Agriculture Legumes generally speaking are nrc those cultivated crops such crops such as ns peas beans beads vetches etches clovers and alfalfa alfalfa- which cau IU take tako nitrogen from ruin the air This fixation of ot atmospheric nitrogen en however can take place only If the proper bacteria are fire present in 10 the lira tl root nodules When not naturally present these bacteria can be added artificial artificial- I ly Non legumes on the other hand hand han such as ns small mall grains bruins potatoes and nod the tho like like cannot cannot take nitrogen from the theaIr theair theair air even en though Inoculated with hac- hac teria terin Cant Can't Inoculate Non Non legumes Speculative Investigators havo have tried repeatedly to Inoculate the roots of non non legumes mes with the dIe various arious kinds of ot I bacteria an and positive results have haye been announced Careful tests teits however how- how ever er says the tho United Sl States tes Depart Depar- Department ment of ot Agriculture have ha not confirmed confirmed con con- I firmed these claims and It Is highly Improbable that the original nature I of ot the non-legume non plants could be changed exp experimentally to such a n degree degree derce de de- de- de gree that they would be able to take nitrogen from thu thy air ait To 10 give every mariner farmer an opportunity to gain galu a clearer understanding of or orI the JUo most t Important facts relating to I tho inoculation of ot lb legumes and aud nonI non non- I legumes with nitrogen fixing and oth other l' l bacteria Farmers Farmers' I Bulletin F 1 has been prepared If It the bulletin does docs not answer answer all the questions that firl arise e further Information can cnn be he secured secured se se- se- se cured from the agricultural experiment experiment ment station of the state In 11 which the farmer lives or by writing to the tin bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau renu of ot plant In Industry United States Department of at Agriculture Washing Washing- ton D. D C. C Nodule Module Bacteria Necessary To get tet the fu full ful benefit from their gro growth legumes must either find the nodule bacteria In the lira u soil or must be supplied with them diem The plants usually usual usual- ly lr find And bacteria of ot the right kind In Inthe Inthe Inthe the soil if It the Ule same kind of or legume has tins been successfully grown gown on the Ule same soil previously On the other othel hand huud If It for the time fin first t time legumes are grown which ha have vc never been planted In that locality and whose bacteria are different from those occurring naturally In n the soil soH Inoculation I Is urgently needed So Soy Soybeans Soybeans beans benns hairy halry vetch etch and find alfalfa for Instance have hn frequently failed In first trials merely b because they were planted without being inoculated But even where the same legumes have ha been grown before Inoculation may sometimes be advisable ad The bulletin gh gives s complete directions directions for tor several methods of ot inoculating Inoculating ing lug legumes le ume Copies mo may be o obtained as ns long as ns the supply lasts lusts by wr writing tinI to the thc United States Department of ot Agriculture Wn Washington D. D C. C |
