O. M. Scott & Sons Co., Marysville, Ohio 



mined by market conditions. Satisfaction and economy are 

 both served by buying the pure seed and mixing as may 

 be required. 



SOIL-TESTING 



Z'he suggestion is sometimes made that samples of soil 

 be submitted for analysis, so that a suitable mixture of 

 seed may be recommended. The advantage of such a prac- 

 tice is largely fanciful. 



Soil analyses are of two kinds, mechanical and chemical. 

 Mechanical analysis determines merely the character of the 

 soil texture, describing its constituents as gravel, sand, silt 

 or clay. This analysis is quite unnecessary as these soils are 

 easily recognizable. Chemical analysis determines the chem- 

 ical constituents of the soil but does not ascertain if these 

 elements are in a form available for plant-food. Soil-testin,g 

 is thus of little value. 



Furthermore, the important turf varieties have much the 

 same range of soil adaptation, and analysis indicates little 

 as to their proper selection. 



SEED QUALITY 



CT^HE quality of seed is of great importance. The points 

 J. to be considered are: Amount of weed seeds, amount of 

 waste matter, and strength of germination. Cheap seed is 

 usually the most expensive. Cost cannot be determined by 

 price. If the impurity is made up largely of weeds, the cost 

 of seed may be measured only in endless labor and dissatis- 

 faction. 



SEEDING 



Z'he time of sowing is determined by preparation of the 

 seed bed, degree of winter severity of the locality and, 

 perhaps unfortunately, by the urgency with which the club 



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