12 Making a Lawn 



into a lawn. The remedy is found by 

 draining, and this is done by digging 

 ditches or laying tiles under ground at 

 varying distances apart, all tending to- 

 wards the lowest part of the land, to 

 which the water must be induced to flow. 

 The number of drains is to be determined 

 by existing conditions. 



Land that could not be used before 

 will, after a system of drainage has been 

 installed, be so benefited that most any- 

 thing can be grown upon it. Lawns made 

 on such land are always luxuriant and 

 resist the effect of drought even of long 

 duration, drawing upon the supply of 

 water that extends deep down below the 

 surface. 



