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Show Irrigation, Fertilizer Equal Bigger Crops Fertilizer pays under irrigation in the Panhandle, according to F. B. Hunt of Hale county, Texas. With 200 pounds of ammonium nitrate an acre applied in the fall before sowing-over land that had been summer -fallowed, he increased in-creased his wheat yield from 45 to 55 bushels; on land in continuous con-tinuous wheat, 200 pounds of ammonium am-monium nitrate per acre raised the yield from 15 to 30 bushels. Mr. Hunt is one of hundreds of Panhandle farmers using well irrigation. ir-rigation. With water, which permits per-mits the growing of legumes, they are starting crop-rotation systems to hold the soil at high-production levels. |