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Excerpt from Economic Analysis of Alfalfa Yield Responses to Phosphate Fertilizer at Three Locations in the West The question of the most profitableirate of fertilizer to use on irrigated fields is becoming increasingly important, Both experimental results and farmers' experiences indicate a good response from.fertilizer_in many areas where water for irrigation is adequateo These findings are reflected in the increased_use of fertilizer in the irrigated'west, From.l9h3 to 1950, for ex ample, consumption of nitrogen and phosphate in western States increased threefolde g/' As more fertilizer is used it will become a larger and larger item in cost of production of crops and there fore of greater consequence to farmerso Farmers who use fertilizer for the first time and those who have used it for some time will be increasingly concerned with its efficient use. 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.