MAGICAL CROP PRODUCER.
i'.vo Liny heaps of a white chemical siiOitiuice and v piece of .cotton wooi v-iih some s'pccKs upon it constiuileu one of the scicntiiic marvels oxhibiteu ;tt the JXoyai Society's conversazione
iast June. 'iho tiiree things weighed an ounce and a half, yet were capable of increasing by a third the produce of two acres ot land. True, their iniluenee wa; limited to certain crops, but on those crops they would act very much like Mr H. G. Wclls's "Food of the Gods." Professor W. JJ. Bottomley explained the properties of this wonderful ounce and a half qi; matter. "It is an inoculating material,'' he said, " beneficial only for pod-bearing plants. The two little heaps of white stuff aro food material, while the cotton-wool contains bacilli, the bacillus radiciola. It is the latter which, operating at the roots of the crop,, takes the free nitrogen from the air." To demonstrate the effects of the treatment, Professor Bottomley exhibited two bunches of lucerne, one. of which was twice as long and bulky as the other. The large bunch had been treated with the preparation ; the small one had not.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7251, 9 August 1907, Page 4
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191MAGICAL CROP PRODUCER. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7251, 9 August 1907, Page 4
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