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before seeding. The cultipacker is an excellent 

 tool to use in preparing for seeding, as it firms 

 the soil without destroying the surface mulch. 

 Finally, before seeding, use a smoothing harrow, 

 or better yet, a Meeker harrow. This last tool 

 consists of four series of straight discs set in a 



frame, and is excellent for fining and smoothing the surface. 

 It will be well during these final operations to provide 



special boots for the horses in order to avoid deep hoof 



tracks. 



SANDY FAIRWAYS 



yf SANDY loam soil will make a satisfactory fairway, but 

 -/jT the preparation of either coarse or fine sand is a diffi- 

 cult and expensive process. Such a course should be sur- 

 faced with three parts of clay and one part of manure to a 

 depth of about two inches. If peat or muck is available, it 

 is suitable for this purpose. Lacking this, a humus-forming 

 crop of vetch, cowpeas or soy beans, which do well on sandy 

 soils, should be grown and plowed under. Of the three, vetch 

 grows on sand most luxuriantly. In any case, pulverized 

 clay should be added. 



SELECTING THE SEED 



Z'HE various species of grasses suitable for turf are dis- 

 cussed in a following section. Kentucky Blue-grass may 

 be described as the ideal grass for the Northern fairway. It 

 should be sown together with Redtop, which is an excellent 

 fairway grass and complements Blue-grass effectively. Five 

 parts of Blue-grass to one of Redtop is about the right pro- 

 portion. When Blue-grass is scarce and costly we recom- 

 mend a larger percentage of Redtop. 



Blue-grass, while showing a predilection for lime, has a 



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