MASSACHUSETTS 

 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



BULLETIN NO. 322 JULY 1935 



The Effect of Fertilizers 



on the 



Longevity of Mowings 



By A. B. Beaumont, R. W. Donaldson, and M. E. Snell 



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Hay occupies about three fourths of the crop land of Massachusetts and 

 ranks very high in economic importance. This naturally results in an interest 

 in increasing the productiveness and prolonging the life of meadows. This 

 bulletin gives results from experiments in which fertilizers were used as top- 

 dressing on mowings for the purpose of maintaining or improving the yield and 

 quality of hay. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



