32 Making a Lawn 



to it, but there is no question as to the 

 fact that you will be fully repaid when you 

 find the necessity for some real loam. 



Near cities loam of very inferior quality 

 will cost at least $2 per cubic yard, and 

 if one has a quantity of leaf-mould, made 

 as suggested, and will mix it with this 

 loam, a very desirable quality can be pro- 

 duced. The leaf-mould is the life of the 

 soil and absolutely essential to satisfac- 

 tory results. 



SPEING TOP-DRESSING 



A lawn that has been properly made 

 will not suffer if it is not given a yearly 

 dressing, for it will have sufficient food 

 supply in the ground to keep it going for 

 years. 



Strange as it may seem, many good 

 lawns have been ruined by being given a 

 heavy application of manure year after 



