42 LAWNS 



less than four bushels to the acre. For 

 smaller areas allow one quart of seed to three- 

 hundred square feet. 



Select a quiet day for the work of seeding. 

 Don't be tempted to hurry, and, if the day 

 selected should turn out to be windy, postpone 

 the operation. The grass seed is so fine and 

 so easily caught by the wind that an even 

 distribution becomes impossible if the day 

 be not quiet. A very slight wind will do no 

 harm, but there must not be enough movement 

 to carry the fine seed away from the area 

 directly under the hand; otherwise the mix- 

 tures will be separated. 



When sowing keep the hand low, stoop 

 down and taking a handful of seed with the 

 fingers of the hands lightly bent and slightly 

 separated let the arm swing freely in a semi- 

 circle so as to scatter the seed well and evenly. 

 A reference to Plate vi will enable the 

 reader to form some idea of the correct and 

 incorrect methods of seeding. 



THICK OR THIN SEEDING ? 



It is better to sow thickly than to be sparing 

 of the seed for the simple reason that the 

 weeds have less chance to take hold of the 



