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are great time savers, and if a horse is kept at 

 all the purchase of a horse mower should be 

 decided on at once. It takes very little time 

 to hitch up the horse of an evening and run 

 over the lawn. For the average garden 

 there is no neccessity to buy a mower which 

 can be set very close to the ground; in fact, 

 the possibility of being able to shave the sur- 

 face is a dangerous feature, in the majority 

 of cases. 



For putting greens, where as low clean-cut 

 and even a surface as possible is essential, a spec- 

 ial type of mower is used, and it can be taken 

 over the ground after the cutting with a ma- 

 chine of the regular type. In general a lawn 

 should not be cut closer than two inches. 



Some mowers combine rollers with the 

 knives. These are most useful on narrow 

 strips of grass bordering walks or flower beds 

 where it is impossible to use the heavier type 

 of roller. But the light weight of the machine 

 that is involved with ease of manipulation, 

 for the average purpose, renders the roller 

 useless as a factor in the maintenance of the 

 lawn. It is only in the larger type of ma- 

 chine, which is drawn by a horse and which 

 carries the driver upon it, that the rollers be- 



