HOW TO FEED A LAWN 67 

 TOBACCO STEMS 



Tobacco leaf stems and tobacco stalks are 

 used as a mulch for winter in districts where 

 they are readily available. Spread over the 

 lawn they serve to protect it from the action 

 of frost and have some slight influence in 

 controlling insects. They cannot be said to 

 act greatly as a fertiliser although there is 

 a common belief to that eflFect. If spread 

 over in the fall they will usually have rotted 

 by spring, and there is little coarse material to 

 be gathered up. 



