Show old timothy stand needs fertilizing early attention Is necessary if satisfactory results are obtained prepared by ohio state university agricultural service extension service it will pay to give the timothy sod some special attention this spring in the opinion of agronomists at tile the ohio state university who are recommending a special top dres dressing sing with a nitrogenous fertilizer because of the failure of 0 many new it is expected that Bc ce edings last year adny many meadows that ordinarily would be plowed this spring will be kept tor for another year the a agronomists say that additional hay way may be secured from these meadows when they are lar largely larely ely or entirely timothy by top dress dressing ing the field feld early with to pounds of sulfate of ammonia or sor nitrate of soda if calcium cyanamid is used the application at should lave been much earlier ohio experiments indicate that with normal rainfall in early spring such an application will raise the yield of timothy 1500 or 2000 pounds an acre nitrogenous fertilizers however should not be applied alone for more than one or two years for say the agronomists ono mists a stand of hay cannot be maintained unless phosphates and potash are also supplied A 1064 10 64 6 4 or similar analysis fertilizer rizer is recommended if these top dressings are continued into the third year nitrogenous top dressing dressen may be expected to increase timothy seed yield one to two bushels an a acre ere should farmers with sufficient forage desire to produce seed demand for timothy seed may be expected to continue to exceed the supply for at least another year according to the university specialists 11 ats timothy seed production in 1933 1939 was only half normal in 1934 1034 it was one seventh normal since many D s failed last yd year ar production in 1935 1035 will probably be less than normal |