GRASS SODS 



sown. The obviously right method of preparing 

 for planting is to use only a surface harrow for a 

 few weeks previous to seeding time, stirring the 

 ground after every rain to the depth of three 

 inches, or near that, and destroying the plants 

 soon after germination of the seed. The process 

 which is right for holding moisture is right for 

 cleansing the ground. 



Summer Grasses. One of the worst pests is 

 the annual grasses, springing up in June, July, 

 and August. They are responsible for many 

 failures to obtain stands of alfalfa, clover, and the 

 valuable grasses. The delay in seeding until 

 August is due largely to this pest. When seedings 

 are made in the spring, or in June, failure is invited 

 where these grasses have a fast hold. The only 

 effective way of combating them is to make the 

 ground firm enough to encourage germination, 

 and to stir the surface whenever a growth starts. 

 The late seeding is the one means of escape, and 

 if there be fertility and moisture, the newly seeded 

 crop becomes well rooted by winter and takes 

 the ground so completely that there is little room 

 for weeds to start the next year. 



Sowing the Seed. Partial failure with August 

 seeding is due to faulty methods. We are ac- 



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