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Show "TT 'FERTILIZER FOR ALMOST NOTHING SEEM ASSURED ROME, Mayi-2. Production of synthetic ifnmqnia' is announced an-nounced by Tfv. Casale. The v it-process it-process requiresmp material except ex-cept air and Abater and works automatically without expense for attention, energy or material. mate-rial. It forces atmixture of nitrogen ni-trogen and hydrogen through ' catalyzing tubes at a pressure of 250 atmospheres and transforms trans-forms the two gases into pure .ammonia. Dr. Casale expects soon to employ units that will enable Italy to have 300,000 tons of ammonia for fertilizer each year, besides surplus production for export. The undertaking, is financed by American capital and the j plant has been visjted by Alfred I Denis, an American commercial j attache, here, who has reported , to Washington. , . - |