40 Making a Lawn 



phony of colors. A good mower means 

 that your lawn will look well after being 

 cut with it, and it also means that the 

 first seemingly high cost will be all that 

 you will be called upon to expend in years 

 to come. Such a mower is practically 

 indestructible. 



Once or twice during the season, give 

 it an overhauling. Grass and grit will 

 creep in, and unless it is removed the 

 efficiency of the machine will be greatly 

 reduced. 



It sounds like automobile parlance to 

 say " Use good oil," but this really ap- 

 plies equally as strongly to a lawn-mower. 

 Cheap oil is expensive in the long run, as 

 it thickens up and clogs the bearings, and 

 makes it impossible for the mower to do 

 its best work. 



This may seem like straining a point 

 to get down to such trivial details, but it 



