6 GRASS GROWING FOR PROFIT 
heralded throughout the United States. He attrib- 
utes his success largely to the liberal dressings of 
Nitrate of Soda which he invariably applies to his 
fields early in the spring, and which start the grass 
off with such a vigorous growth as to shade and 
crowd out all noxious weeds before they get fairly 
Types of Characteristic Rock Shattering (1). 
Preparing Land for Seeding. 
started and which result in a large crop of clean and 
high-priced hay. 
It is also known that many who 
How Careful have tested his methods have met 
Cultivation with failure chiefly because they ne- 
May Aid in : 
the Profitable glected to supply the young grass 
Use of Nitrate. plants with a sufficient amount of 
readily available food for their use 
early in the spring when it is most needed, before 
