THE LAWN 



Most soils will need the addition of consider- 

 able manure, and poor ones will need a good deal. 

 To secure a strong, luxuriant stand of grass it is 

 very essential that it should be fed well. While 

 grass will grow almost anywhere, it is only on 

 rich soils that you see it in perfection, and the 

 ideal lawn demands a sward as nearly perfect as 

 possible. 



But I would not advise the use of barnyard 

 manure, for this reason: It contains the seeds of 

 the very weeds you must keep out of your lawn 

 if you would have it what it ought to be, — ^weeds 

 that will eventually ruin everything if not got 

 rid of, like Dandelion, Burdock, and Thistle, to 

 say nothing of the smaller plants that are harder 

 to fight than those I have made mention of. We 

 cannot be too careful in guarding against these 

 trespassers which can be kept out much easier 

 than they can be put to rout after they have 

 secured a foothold. Therefore I would urge the 

 substitution of a commercial fertilizer for barn- 

 yard manure in every instance. Scatter it liber- 

 ally over the soil as soon as spaded, or ploughed, 

 and work it in with the harrow or the hoe or rake, 

 when you are doing the work of pulverization. 



If you do not understand just what kind of 

 fertilizer to make use of, tell the dealer as nearly 



