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would be much increased. The surface would also 

 gradually assume a level form. 



Blue Grass in Lawns. — Wherever Kentucky blue 

 grass can be grown successfully it is a favorite grass for 

 lawns. The dense, iine, almost velvety sward it makes 

 pre-eminently fits it for such a use. Its crowding habit 

 of growth enables it to keep at bay almost all forms of 

 weed life when it has once become set; that is to say, 

 well established. Cessation of growth and" turning 

 brown for a time in summer when unirrigated, are the 

 weakest points in this grass as a lawn grass. 



In making lawns on the farm the ground should be 

 first cleaned on the surface, as by summer fallowing for 

 the whole or even for a part of the season. It should 

 then be well-levelled. The seed ought then to be sown, 

 preferably in the early autumn and covered with a rake 

 or a light harrow. It may be sown unmixed or mixed 

 with white clover, and with or without a nurse crop of 

 grain sown thinly, according as conditions may call for 

 the same. The nurse crop and weeds if present should 

 be cut back occasionally the first season. If the farm 

 house lawn can be cut with the field mower much labor is 

 saved in keeping it in order. 



In making blue grass lawns in cities substantially the 

 same process may be followed, with the difference that 

 these being small it may be necessary to do much of the 

 labor by hand, and the seed may be sown any tirae 

 between spring and early fall when the ground can be 

 watered. It is important with all lawns that the earth 

 shall all have evenly settled before the seed is sown, and 

 it should be thickly sown to promote quick setting. 



