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walks is when the frost is just working out of the ground. 

 At this time the gravel will settle into the low wet 

 places, and it soon becomes well compacted. Where 

 there is a good road-bed only a narrow bed of gravel or 

 broken stone should be put in the middle not more 

 than one-half of the width of the road-bed, as it will work 

 out toward the edges from the travel over it. 



Look out for the gutters and bars, as the soft soil or 



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FIG. 94 Sugar Orchard Scene in Vermont : Gathering the Sap. March. 



road material is more easily washed at this time than at 

 any other season of the year. 



The Lawn. Early in the spring is the best time to 

 sow seed on the old lawn or make a new one. If manure 

 was put on last fall, all of the coarse material should be 

 raked off and some good lawn-grass seed be sown, raked 

 in, and rolled. If there are many perennial weeds like 

 dandelion, chickweed, speedwell, etc., in the lawn, they 

 should be dug out before the raking and seeding. If 

 there was a long growth on the lawn last fall it would 



