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Show Utile Fertilizing Mutter In Snow. It has been tho popular belief that suow Is valuable to tho land from tho fertilizing elements contained iu It, Scientific investigation has shown that thero Is little foundation for thltttcltcr, From careful examination it is estimated esti-mated that tho to til mount of ammonia ammo-nia brought do in rain, dew and snow In the wht ar H only 'about eight pounds to an sue of surfitC", and but u small part even of this quantity is in tho snow. But a Luverlng of snow upon tho ground doubtless nets ! boncflclMly, protecting tho rootR ot gralcs, grasses nnd other vegetatlot. frcim t)io effects of cxtrema cold. Hart j fed (Conn.) Farmer. |