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the roots of the new lawn in proper condition 

 over the first winter as for any food value it 

 may have. In parts of the country where 

 tobacco stems are easily obtainable from 

 factories, they should be used in preference. 

 They are cleaner, they cannot carry weed 

 seeds, and the insecticidal properties of the 

 tobacco juices are of some importance. 



Sheep manure, using about one ton to the 

 acre, will be found thoroughly satisfactory, 

 and will not cause damage by bringing in 

 weeds. For my own part I object to dis- 

 figuring the lawn with this sort of material, 

 unless it be needed as a mulch. If for feed- 

 ing, I would rely upon chemical fertilisers. 

 The manures give nitrogen, which is more 

 conveniently applied in the form of soda 

 nitrate at the rate of 200 pounds to the acre. 

 It must be scattered just in advance of a rain, 

 or applied in liquid form, using one pound 

 to forty gallons of water. 



If the beginning has been throughly and 

 conscientiously done, that is, if the soil is 

 properly prepared in the first place and prop- 

 erly enriched at the rate of twenty-five 

 hundred pounds of well rotted stable manure 

 to the acre or an equivalent in ground bone 



