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CARTERS TESTED GRASS SEED 
Gun ran teal for Purity and Germination . 
Mr. Francis Ouiniet , Harry Vardcti , and Edward Ray in the play-off of the tie for the United States Open Golf 
Championship , at the Country Club , Brookline , Mass. Carters Tested Grass Seeds used exclusively on this course. 
HINTS WHEN ORDERING GRASS SEED. 
We would respectfully ask our customers when ordering grass seeds to give as much 
information as possible on the following questions; this will assist us in supplying the most 
suitable mixture for the particular purpose for which the seed is required. 
What is the nature of the soil : heavy, medium, or light ? Purpose for which the lawn 
is required. 
Is the seed required for a new lawn ? If so, send a sample of soil. 
Is the seed required for renovating an old lawn ? If so, send a sample of existing turf. 
Is the ground in good heart ? 
I)o you intend to manure the ground ? If so, can you procure any well-rotted farm or 
stable manure ? 
Is the ground well drained ? Is water laid on ? Quality of seed required. 
SOWING GRASS SEED (Quantity of Seed required). 
In sowing a new lawn use 6 to 8 bushels, or 200 lb.,' per acre Figure a small lawn at the 
rate of 1 oz. per square yard. Use half the above quantities for renovation purposes. 
One bushel of seeds weighs 25 lb. A putting green should be divided into squares of 
4 yards each way. or 16 square yards, and the seed required for that area should not be less 
than 2 lb., which is at the rate of 2 bushels, or 50 lb., to an area of 20 yards each way, or 
400 square yards. 
For renovating purposes, about one half the above quantity would be required, according 
to the state of the existing turf, for an area of 20 yards square, or 400 square yards. 
Golf fair greens 'diould be sown at the rate of from 6 to 12 bushels per acre. 
A SIMPLE GROUND PLAN. 
20 yards 
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4 yards. 
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20 yards - 
Jen acres of new Tennis anil oilier Lawns at Parnham. Sown willi Carters Tested Grass Seeds May, 11)12 ; 
photographed September, 11)12. 
20 yards 
