Preparation of the Land 43 



RESEEDING THE LAWN 



Fertilizing-materials alone will not keep the lawn in per- 

 fect condition, but grass-seed should be frequently sown 

 and raked in with the compost or fertilizers. Perhaps the 

 best time to sow this seed is in August, nature's natural 

 seeding-time, and in the early spring just as the frost is 

 working out of the ground. 



The quantity to be used may vary from one to two bushels 

 of seed per acre, scattering it most freely where the soil 

 is the poorest or where weeds are most likely to come into 

 the lawn. If a heavy roller is run over the established lawn 

 surface after the seed and fertilizers have been sown, the seed 

 will germinate more quickly and there cannot be any injury 

 from its use as there would be on land newly seeded. 



