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animals for which it is intended. Mole traps 

 are the safest and surest devices for ridding 

 the lawn of the intruders. 



RENOVATING OLD LAWNS 



Old lawns are quite as often problems as new 

 lawns. Where one person is inquiring how he 

 may establish a close soft turf for his yard, 

 nine are asking what to do to renovate their 

 old lawns. In many instances renovation is 

 impossible and where such is the case the only 

 sure method to pursue is to iDroceed as though 

 no lawn had ever existed on the area under 

 consideration. In short, renovate the old lawn 

 by plowing it up and planting a new one. It is 

 not meant, of course, to advise any one to pro- 

 ceed on such a radical course without due 

 thought, but to warn him against wasting time 

 and energy in work that will poorly reward him 

 in the end. When a lawn is overrun liy weeds 

 — dandelions, plantains, docks or weed grasses 

 — and it appears that the eradication of these 

 will practically destroy the lawn surface, it is 

 best to begin by using at once the spade or the 

 plow. 



But if the grass is not attacked by these 

 weeds and the soil appears to be in a good state 



