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



THE SEED-BED 



cr'nE top-soil thus formed must be raked and rolled until 

 ^ the upper inch in which the young plant will get its 

 start is as fine as ashes. It should be mellow, but made firm 

 by rolling. Rolling both ways reveals inequalities of the sur- 

 face easily adjusted by use of the rake. This rolling makes a 

 firm seed bed and allows the soil solution, containing avail- 

 able plant foods, to be brought up by capillary action. If 

 capillarity is lacking, plant foods are carried down by the 

 rains and cannot be brought back to the surface. 



Frequent raking before seeding ventilates and warms the 

 soil and, more important still, kills the young weeds as they 

 sprout. The very fine soil acts as a blanket for the coarser 

 soil beneath, prevents the escape of moisture through cracks, 

 and assures quick germination. 



In case the original soil of the putting-green is sandy and 

 it is impracticable to build an entirely new soil, the condi- 

 tion maybe remedied by adding enough pulverized clay and 

 humous material to cover the surface three or four inches 

 deep. The three elements mixed will form a satisfactory 

 sandy loam. 



SEED FOR THE GREEN 



/N selectmg seed t-fle~general prmciples named- under 

 ^Making-the-Eaimsfay^" sho uld be r-rroted. The needs of 

 the putting-green are peculiar and more exacting than those 

 of the fairway. The cost of seed is small as compared with 

 the whole expense of preparing the green, and on these lim- 

 ited areas at least, one can afford to 

 sow only the best, giving particular 

 attention to freedom from weeds. 



The grasses required differ from 

 those used on the fairway. The turf 



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