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ing in it many seeds of weeds, if they rake 

 this off in the spring and then put the lawn- 

 mower to work, regardless of dry weather, or 

 whether the lawn may be so burned by 

 drought that there is really no grass to mow, 

 they have done all that is needed. We have, 

 all of us, I fancy, seen men mowing sun- 

 burned lawns, and wondered why they were 

 doing so and also watering the grass at a 

 time and in ways which were more harmful 

 than not. It requires a great deal of water 

 to wet sod even one inch in depth; and, when 

 only the top of the earth is wet, the roots of 

 the grass, instead of sinking deeper, as they 

 should, come to the surface to find the moist- 

 ure, with the result that any grass so treated 

 will eventually become burned. 



The lawn that has been properly put down 

 in the first instance is not difficult to keep in 

 excellent condition, and with even slight care 

 its yearly improvement should be great and 

 continuous. Early in the spring the ground 

 should be gone over carefully and every 



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