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Show Ammonium Nitrate Will Boost Yield of May Or Brines Pasture to Grazincr Stacre Earlier mal load, Ihe nllrngcu-t rented grass will have exceeded II by 7IK) lo 1.000 pounds of herbage containing 175 to 1!M) pounds of protein per acre, llg-iired llg-iired on a dry basis. II. The Inclusion of 1!0 lo :I0 pounds of nitroKOU with phosphorus or phos-phiiniK phos-phiiniK and potash In n llr.it treatment treat-ment fur general pasture Improve-nieiil, Improve-nieiil, may hr expected lo Increaw the returns the llrst year by .Ml to 7:i per cenl Instead of li.'i per cent, which Is a leastiiinhli- expectation for the llr.il year for the mineral without nlti OKIMI. The use of nitrogen as a menus of Increasing vitally needed hay and pasliue production to meet warlimc feet! reiiiii'emeiil.i, was recommended recommend-ed hy Dr. I). II. Ilodd oT the Ohio Slate university, Summarizing the results of a aeries ae-ries of experiments, Dr. Dodd declared de-clared thai: I, Sixty pounds of nitrogen, equivalent equiv-alent lo 17.') pound per acre of ammonium am-monium nitrate applied lo a good sod of timothy or other hay lytic grass by April 1, will on the average aver-age produce an extra Ion of (I lo II protein liny if cut at Ihe proper early lit ages. 2. A similar application of nitrogen nitro-gen applied to a good grass pasliue soil will bring Ihe herbage lo Ihe grazing Hinge I wo In three weeks earlier than without the nitrogen. Ity the lime mill i-ali'd pasture Is making mak-ing siiniclciil growth lo eai i .v lis nor- |