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be soft on top, so that the sod can be well pounded 

 into it. If the sod is not well pounded down, it 

 will settle unevenly and present a bad surface, 

 and will also dry out, and perhaps not live through 

 a dry spell. It is almost impossible to pound 

 down sod too firm. If the land is freshly plowed, 

 it is important that the borders which are sodded 

 be an inch or two lower than the adjacent land, 

 because that land will settle in the course of a 



177. Cutting sod. 



few weeks. If it is necessary to do sodding in 

 a dry time, the sod may be covered from a half 

 inch to an inch deep with fine, mellow soil as a 

 mulch, to prevent it from drying out. The grass 

 will grow through this soil without difficulty. 

 Upon terraces and steep banks, the sod may be 

 held in place by driving wooden pegs through it. 



Lawns may be sown with pieces of sods rather 

 than with seeds. Sods may be cut up into bits 

 an inch or two square and these can be scattered 



