Show Ammonium Nitrate Will Boost Yield of Hay Or Or B Brings i gs Pasture to Grazing Sta Stare e Earlier I vine Lne use 01 or nitrogen as a means of increasing vitally needed hay and pasture production to meet wartime feed requirements was recommended recommend recommend- ed by Dr D. D D H. H Dodd of the Ohio State university Summarizing the results of a series series se see se- se ries of experiments Dr Dodd declared declared de de- de- de dared that 1 Sixty pounds of ot nitrogen equivalent equivalent equiv equiv- equivalent alent to pound pounds per acre of ammonIum ammonium am ama- nitrate applied to a g good od sod of tim timothy or other type hay grass by April 1 will on the average average aver aver- age produce an extra ton of 6 to D 9 protein hay if cut at the proper early j I stages 2 A similar application of nitrogen nitrogen nitro nitro- gen applied to a good grass pasture sod will bring the herbage to the thc grazing stage two to three weeks earlier than without the nitrogen By the time untreated pasture is making makIng mak mak- ing lag sufficient growth to carry its nor nor- mal load the treated nitrogen grass will have exceeded it by to 1000 pounds of herbage containing to pounds of protein per acre figured figured fig fig- on a dry basis 3 The Inclusion of 20 to 30 pounds of nitrogen with phosphorus or phosphorus and potash in a first treatment treat treat- ment meat for general pasture improvement improve improve- ment meat may be expected to increase the returns the first year by 50 to 75 per cent instead of ot 25 per per- percent cent which is a reasonable expectation for the first year for the mineral without nitrogen |