GRASS GROWING FOR PROFIT 5 
Nitrate can sometimes be used alone for a season 
or two and at very great profit, but a full grass ra- 
tion is better in the long run for both the soil and 
crop. Generally speaking, 100 pounds of Nitrate, if 
used under proper conditions, will produce an in- 
crease of from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds of barn-cured, 
clean timothy hay. It pays well to use Nitrate liber- 
ally on grass lands. 
A reliable, heavy Top-Dressing formula for 
Grass Lands per acre: 
100 lbs. Nitrate of Soda alone 
or preferably 
150 lbs. Nitrate of Soda. 
150 lbs. Acid Phosphate. 
50 lbs. Sulphate of Potash every other year. 
What Percentage of Water Does Hay Lose During 
Storage? 
Hay which had been stored during the summer 
was removed from the mow the following February, 
and found to’ contain 12.21 per cent. of water. A 
careful comparison of other moisture determinations 
of hay leads to the conclusion that 12.21 is a fair 
general average of the percentage of water in the 
best quality of barn-cured hay. When hay is first 
stored it usually contains from 20 to 28 per cent. of 
moisture. The loss in storage may be said to be 
about 12 to 16 per cent. 
It may not be out of place here to 
eae oe q mention the fact that Mr. Clark’s suc- 
in Clark’s cess in obtaining remarkably large 
Coe. yields of hay for a number of years, 
ultivation. 
an average of nine tons of cured hay 
per acre for eleven years in succession, has been 
