4 Making a Lawn 



If, however, you should find that the 

 r ground shows patches of moss and sorrel, 

 the treatment just suggested will not ap- 

 ply. The land is probably sour, and 

 should be plowed up, limed, and allowed 

 to lay rough all winter. Use about a 

 bushel and a half of air-slaked lime to 

 every thousand square feet. 



When the object is to make a lawn 

 where there never has been one, the plow 

 or the spade is the most effective weapon. 



It must be kept in mind that grass on 



a lawn is a great feeder, and no soil can 

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be made too rich to supply its food re- 

 quirements. A lawn is a permanent 

 planting, not something that is to last 

 merely for a season. 



Start this work of preparation for a 

 new lawn in the fall. Spade the land to 

 the depth of two feet, or, better still, 

 run a plow through it, if the size of 



