e method of insuring soil inoculation at
slight cost. County agents in Illinois have found ordinary furniture
glue effective in holding particles of inoculated soil to the seeds.
This method gives each individual seed some of the particles of
inoculated soil, which it carries with it when it is planted. The scheme
requires but a small amount of inoculated soil and costs but a few cents
an acre. The method is described in Farmers' Bulletin 704 of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.

Dissolve two handfuls of furniture glue for every gallon of boiling
water and allow the solution to cool. Put the seed in a washtub and then
sprinkle enough of the solution on the seed to moisten but not to wet it
(one quart per bushel is sufficient) and stir the mixture thoroughly
until all the seed are moistened.

Secure the inoculated soil from a place where the same kind of plants as
the seed are growing, making sure that the roots have a vigorous
development of nodules. Dry the soil in the shade, preferably in the
barn or basement, and pulverize it thoroughly into a dust. Scatter this
dust over the moistened seed, using from one half to one gallon of dirt
for each bushel of seed, mixing thoroughly until the seed no longer
stick together. The seed are then ready to sow.

The Flower Garden.

(AN EXERCISE LED BY G. C. HAWKINS, FLORIST, MINNEAPOLIS, AT THE 1915
ANNUAL MEETING.)

Mr. Hawkins: We have a question box and I would be glad to have any one
use it or rise and state their question. I will answer, giving my
experience.

The first question I will read is--"What would you advise about covering
in the garden in a season like this?" There are now two questions to be
answered. First, what kind of covering? Second, how much?

The first question can be answered this way. Every garden is benefited
by a good covering of well decayed manure. Second. Any light covering of
straw or horse manure with plenty of straw in it is very good. Leaves
make a good covering if they can be kept dry, but leaves when not
covered get wet, pack down over a plant and too often do more damage
than good. The advantage of covering, or mulching, is to prevent thawing
and freezing. To keep plants frozen from fall until spring would be
ideal. The ideal winter is one when the snow falls early and stays on
during the winter. We should cover lightly the plants that need
protection, and when the snow falls, as a warm blanket, the plants will
come through th