6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 31, 1959
Pre-Treatment of Legume
Seed Offers Labor Savings
A new process for inoculation of legume seed to elimi
nate this operation by individual farmers has been an
nounced by. Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis, in conjunc
tion with Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio.
The development offers farmers the option of buying
pi einoculaled legume seed with living Rhizobia bacteria,
which are forced into the seed where research shows they
will remain protected for many months
Preinoculated alfalfa seed
will be available for 1959
spring planting under trade
mark identification.
Developers of the process
point out that “.. . increased
yields of high quality hay
and elimination of time con
suming hand inoculation are
major benefits farmers will
deriye from it ”
The process involves four
basic steps. Seed is first pro
cessed to make the seed
more permeable. A liquid
suspension of selected bac-_
teria strains is then applied
to each seed. Then a vacuum
is created which forces these
bacteria into the seed. Fin
ally the seed is dried and
bagged ready for distribu
tion and farm use.
By eliminating the need for
inoculating seed just before
planting, this will save val
uable “rush-season” time It
also means farmers may ob
tain more evenly and effec
tive nodulated alfalfa stands
because the seed is preino
culated under controlled con
ditions, the developers claim
Inoculation with Rhizobia
provides the legume with ni
trogen-fixing bacteria to con
vert atmospheric nitrogen in
to forms usable by the plant
They function symbiotically
with the plant, stimulating
plant growth and helping
Churches To Aid
Soil Stewardship
The Pennsylvania Council
of Churches has again offer
ed cooperation m the obser
vance of Soil Stewardship
Week. May 3-10 Jewish and
Catholic leaders are being
asked by conservation offi
cials to participate in the
1959 program.
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build and maintain soil pro
ductivity.
The exact amount of nit
rogen fixed by Rhizobia var
ies, but has been estimated
at 120 lbs. or more.
The bacteria die within a
matter of hours after appli
cation by the usual methods.
Also, as wet, inoculated seed
dries in the planter it tends
to flow unevenly. The new
process is based on the prin
ciple of placing Rhizobia un
der the hard seed coat where
they are protected from harm
surviving heat and moisture
changes for months with
relative immunity.
Trial planting of 140,000
lbs of treated seed in the
mid-west has proven its
ability to compete with the
old methods.
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Program For Replacement Pullets
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Call Mt. Joy OL 3-2411 Today!
-WOLGEMUTH BROS., Inc.
I FLORIN, PA.
MUSSER
Leghorn Chicks
V bred for the poultryman
who is looking for de
pendability.
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we don't claim our birds are the
best we don't say that they will J
all live to 15 month of age.
we do say that they are for business
minded commercial egg producers
who want a dependable, sturdy chick
bred to make high, "honest" records.
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will lay 300 eggs or more
—or that they will lay 30
oz. eggs from' the start.
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reds of successful poul
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buy at a fair price.
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Surplus Food O
For Disaster Ar
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Stocks of USDA “ t
foods have been rele;
Pennsylvania, Ohio, ’
Missouri, New York,
chusetts and Connectu
zard-flood disaster ai-
'USDA officials said
plies of rice, cornmea]
blitter, cheese and noni
milk have donated '
public welfare group
through the Red Cros;
Officials in. o f her st;
by floods and blizzau
assured of the im.
availability of USDA
stocks if needed
Foods from the
ment’s stocks already
in local areas in the )
of distribution for j
use in school lunches,
table institutions and
edy families.
All
es are, as a standard ]
under the Direct Disti
Program made imnn
available to victims
ural disaster.
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