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and wood ashes, there should be no necessity 

 for adding fertihser to the lawn for, perhaps, 

 ten years after its establishment — unless the 

 land is extremely porous. Where this has not 

 been done, however, feeding will have to 

 begin possibly the very first year. It should 

 never be forgotten that grass is feeding on 

 the ground continuously and that it is being 

 continuously cut. 



After the lawn is made. It is impossible, of 

 course, to treat it in the same way as you treat 

 the tilled area of the garden or the borders. 

 In both these cases when fertility is to be 

 increased it can be accomplished by spread- 

 ing over the surface a dressing of organic 

 manure and spading it under. In the very 

 nature of things such a course is out of the 

 question as regards the lawn. There top 

 dressings of easily soluble fertilisers are 

 necessary. Even the surface of the grass 

 must not be interfered with, it must not be 

 buried, and the lawn must remain in service. 



MANURING IN WINTER 



If stable manure is to be used at all it should 

 preferably be carried on to the lawn some time 



