BEST LAWN TOOLS AND THEIR USE I23 



smaller-sized rollers which are adapted for 

 general use will cover a track of twenty 

 inches. 



An ingenious improvement is the water 

 ballast roller in which the cylinder is ballasted 

 with water or sand so as to increase its weight 

 by which means a three hundred pound 

 machine can have its efficiency actually 

 doubled. 



It is important to buy a sectional roller for 

 lawns. The smaller sizes are made in two 

 sections and thelargerhorse-power rollers will 

 run up to six sections. The great advantage 

 of this arrangement is in the ease with which 

 the tool can be turned without tearing or 

 dragging the surface of the lawn. 



For cleaning up grass clippings or fallen 

 leave.s, sweeping machines are made but 

 generally the work is done by hand rakes. 

 These are of light construction, very wide, 

 and are either wood or steel wire made in a 

 series or arched teeth. For scarifying the 

 surface of the lawn, as for instance when it is 

 necessary to haul up crab grass or for seeding, 

 an ordinary sharp-pronged steel garden rake 

 is much better. 



