plat in 1900 and in the next two years it nearly tripled the Food for 

 yield. The average increase over the 150 pound plat was one Plan1 

 and three-tenths tons and over the plat without Nitrogen was 

 two and five-eighths tons. 



Effect on Quality of Hay. 



Almost as marked, and certainly more 

 surprising and unexpected, was the effect 

 of the Nitrate upon the quality of the hay 

 produced. 



The hay from the plats during the first 

 season was of such diverse character that different ton values 

 had to be placed upon it in estimating the profit from the 



How Nitrate 

 Improves the 

 Quality of the 

 Hay. 



Same Rock Shattered by the Explosion of Dynamite. 



use of fertilizers. That from the no-Nitrate plat, since it 

 contained so much clover at both cuttings, was considered 

 worth only $9.00 a ton; the first cutting on the small Nitro- 

 gen ration was valued at $12.00 and the second cutting at 

 $10.00; while $16.00 and $12.00 were the values given to the 

 first and second cuttings respectively on the plat receiving 

 the full ration of Nitrate. 



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