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to select the turf carefully. Too often this is 

 intrusted to ignorant laborers who use no 

 judgment but take whatever is closest at hand 

 and easiest to obtain, regardless of whether it 

 is overgrown with weeds or spotted with un- 

 desirable grasses. Once satisfactory turf is 

 obtained, laid evenly and closely and the unions 



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are filled with loose earth, it is necessary to beat 

 it. This is essential in order to insure intimate 

 contact with the underlying soil, and if this is 

 not secured the planter of the turf will have 

 gained nothing. The roots will refuse to take 

 hold of the under-soil, and the grass after a few 

 daj's will die. "Watering, of course, will tend 



