Excerpt from The Macdonald College Journal, Vol. 3: June 1943 It will also be noted that the highest yield of grass was obtained with the formulae 8-12-6 but attention is called to the fact that all plots receiving nitrates produced an abundance of grasses in early spring and less in mid summer which is an objection in this section of the province. The reader should also note that numerous fertilizer formulae have produced very similar results and that on the whole the formulae with superphosphate only or superphosphate with potash or the same plus lime stand rather high. But above all the farmer will be interested in using fertilizers to improve his pastures if the cost of the increased grass growth is economical and the following table gives the cost per ton green weight increased over the check. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.