6o LAWNS 



during the winter. An excellent plan is to 

 wait until the ground is frozen and partially 

 covered with snow when a horse and wagon 

 may be drawn across its surface without 

 any permanent injury accruing. At other 

 times of the year there is danger of furrowing 

 the lawn by the wheels of the wagon ; should 

 this happen during the winter it is of no great 

 moment, as the damage can be easily repaired 

 in the early spring by filling in with top soil 

 and reseeding as necessary. 



When stable manure is used it must be 

 what is spoken of as "well rotted." Fresh 

 manure will always import weed seeds. The 

 damage that thus may be done to the lawn 

 in one season may take two or three years of 

 constant vigilance to reduce. If assured that 

 there are no live weed seeds contained in it 

 stable manure is the best sort of top dressing 

 that can be put on to the lawn — aside from 

 its ugliness! If spread over in the early winter 

 and left until the grass begins to grow vig- 

 orously in the spring it will have served a dual 

 purpose. Not only has the lawn received 

 the benefit of its fertilising qualities, but the 

 service of the mulch in modifying the effects 

 of the alternate freezing and thawing will 



