HOW TO MAKE A LAWN ONCE FOR ALL I3 



contour of the land, this excavated earth is 

 used for the "fill," and in after years the 

 owner is consumed with wonderment as to 

 why this or that particular spot in his garden 

 is so unresponsive to cultivation. 



If the excavated matter be evenly spread 

 over the surface to a depth of only a 

 few inches, and, after having received a good 

 dressing of well rotted stable manure, the 

 whole is turned under by thorough and care- 

 ful trenching, the results will be satisfactory, 

 for the buried top soil is thus once more 

 brought to the surface. While this may be a 

 satisfactory method it is not the course that 

 is advised. Far better, indeed, is it to have 

 the dug out soil entirely removed. For a 

 good lawn you need, not a passably fertile 

 soil, but the richest that the district will 

 afford, and one that is in good tilth — ^just such 

 as you want for your vegetable garden. 



MAKING A GOOD SOIL 



It is impossible to get soil too good for 

 making a good lawn. A depth of one foot is 

 absolutely necessary, but two feet is immeas- 

 urably better. If the ground be naturally 



