Food for applied just at the time the vines commence growth in the 

 ^^^°^^ spring. A better plan perhaps is to apply the Nitrate in 

 96 two doses, one when the vines start growth in the spring, 

 the second some time three weeks later. 



Lawns and Golf Links. 



Lawns and Golf Links. Good lawns are simply a 

 • matter of care and rational treatment. If the soil is very 

 light, top-dress liberally with clay and work into the sand. 

 In all cases the soil must be thoroughly fined and made 

 smooth, as the seed, being very small, require a fine seed 

 bed. In the South seed to Bermuda grass or Kentucky 

 blue grass; in the North the latter is also a good lawn grass, 

 but perhaps a little less desirable than Rhode Island bent 

 grass (Agrostis canina). Avoid mixtures, as they give an 

 irregularly colored lawn under stress of drouth or early 

 frosts or maturity. For Rhode Island bent grass use 50 

 pounds of seed per acre, Kentucky blue grass 40 to 45 

 pounds, and for Bermuda grass 15 pounds. If for any 

 reason the soil cannot be properly prepared, pulverize the 

 fertilizer very fine indeed. The grass should be mowed 

 regularly and the clippings removed until nearly mid- 

 summer when they are best left on the soil as a mulch. 

 For a good lawn, broadcast per acre in the spring enough 

 of a fertilizer to supply 100 pounds of actual potash and 

 50 pounds of available phosphoric acid; also, use at the 

 same time and in the same manner a top-dressing of 300 

 pounds per acre of Nitrate of Soda. By the end of June 

 repeat the Nitrate top-dressing, using only 100 pounds 

 of the material. At any time through the growing season, 

 yellow spots or lands should be given a light top-dressing 

 of Nitrate, and thoroughly wet down if possible. Lawns 

 are very different from field crops as they are not called 

 upon to mature growth in the line of seed productions, and 

 they may safely be given applications of Nitrate whenever 

 the sickly green color of the grass appears, which shows 

 that digestible or Nitrated ammonia is the plant food 

 needed. These applications of plant food must be continued 

 each year without fail, and all bare or partly bare spots well 

 raked down and reseeded. If absolutely bare, these spots 

 should be deeply spaded. On very heavy clay soils, and 

 in low situations, a drainage system must be established. 



