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than Rhode Island bent grass (Agrostis canina). 

 Avoid mixtures, as they give an irregularly colored 

 lawn under stress of drouth, or early frosts, or 

 maturity. For Rhode Island bent grass use 50 

 pounds of seed per acre, Kentucky blue grass 40 to 

 45 pounds, and for Bermuda grass 15 pounds. If for 

 any reason the soil cannot be properly prepared, pul- 

 verize the fertilizer very fine indeed. The grass 

 should be mowed regularly and the clippings removed 

 until nearly mid-summer when they are best left on 

 the soil as a mulch. For a good lawn, broadcast per 

 acre in the spring 50 pounds of sulphate or muriate of 

 potash, 200 pounds of acid phosphate and 200 pounds 

 of Nitrate of Soda. Lawns are very different from 

 field crops as they are not called upon to mature 

 growth in the line of seed productions, and they may 

 safely be given applications of Nitrate whenever the 

 sickly green color of the grass appears, which shows 

 that digestible or nitrated ammonia is the plant food 

 needed. These applications of plant food must be 

 continued each year without fail, and all bare or 

 partly bare spots well raked down and reseeded. If 

 absolutely bare, these spots should be deeply spaded. 

 On very heavy clay soils, and in low situations, a 

 drainage system must be established. 



Instructions for Using Nitrate of Soda on Meadows, 

 Lawns and Golf Links. 



As soon as the frost leaves the ground in the spring, 

 apply the Nitrate of Soda by broadcasting it evenly, 

 by hand, or by machine, over the entire surface of 

 the lawn, or meadow you are fertilizing, at the rate 

 of 100 pounds per acre. 



