Show Illinois Experimenting for Sod Sad for Gridirons The football gridiron Is to be put under the scientific microscope The college colleg of agriculture of the time Uni of Illinois is seeking to solve for the athletic association the problem lem iem of maintaining a satisfactory turf for tor football fields The experiments are to be conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted on 00 no miniature gridirons arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged like n a checkerboard Into one re regulation field Nine r different grasses ras e eor or turf plants are to be sown In strips running crosswise of the gridiron These strips are then to be he crossed at rl right ht an angles les with ten different amounts and combinations of fertilizers fertilizers running the len length th of the fields Thus there will wilt be 00 90 different grass crass and soil soli treatments for study The experimental gridiron will he used b by the Illinois squad for practice practice tice next nest fall to subject it to the same treatment it would receive under under under un un- der actual playing conditions |