36 LAWNS 



lawn than the average turf that is offered 

 elsewhere, because the old and new soil con- 

 ditions would be nearly identical, and the 

 seeded-over portions would very quickly 

 develop a very similar grass to that which 

 was bought in the turf. 



On well kept larger, private estates it is 

 a common practice to grow turves in some out 

 of the way corner so as to have a supply avail- 

 able for patching up or repairing any worn 

 places that occur on the lawn in close prox- 

 imity to the residence. 



A COMPARISON OF COSTS 



The average workman can lay in a day and 

 do it perfectly about five or six hundred square 

 feet of sod, giving thorough attention to level- 

 ling and making complete union. An expert 

 can cover as much as eight hundred square 

 feet or more. This is not work that can 

 ordinarily be done by a common day 

 labourer, and will generally cost two dollars 

 a day. The cost for laying an acre at this 

 rate would therefore be about one hundred 

 and sixty dollars. Compare this with the 

 cost of seeding. To begin with lawn grass 



