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Photograph of our Systems of Outdoor Tests. Lawns and the Special Wheel of Grasses in front of out 
THE TREATMENT 
WHY! 
Why do lawns look so dull, ragged, and dirty in the winter? 
Why are they ;o soft, muddy, and unpleasant to walk on ? 
Why do they give off such an offensive, dank, earthy odour? 
Why do weeds thrive and increase so abundantly ? 
The above questions can be answered by the one word— 
WORMS. 
An average lawn on medium to heavy soil may contain up to 
*1.000 worms to a square yard, or the incredible number of about four 
millions to an acre. 
The worms work and breed from September to May. only stop- 
ping when the ground is frozen, consequently they cover the turf 
with their slimy, filthy, noxious casts, which soils the herbage, | 
blunts the mowing machine, makes the surface soft and muddy, 
gives off that unpleasant dank, earthy odour, and makes really first- 
class seed beds for plantains, dandelions, daisies, and weeds in 
general. 
Many are under the impression that because worms are natural 
to the soil they must be beneficial to the turf ; but is this so? 
The more one studies turf the more apparent it becomes that 
worms are its worst enemy, and that where they are conspicuous by 
their absence the turf is fine in quality, clean and bright in colour, 
firm under foot, and more or less free from weeds, whereas where 
they abound the turf is coarse, dull in colour, soft and muddy under 
foot, smells evilly during the breeding season, and always contains 
weeds in abundance. 
It follows, therefore, that the worms must be exterminated before 
a lawn can be worked up to a high state of perfection and look its 
best all the year round. 
We will now explain in short detail how a lawn can be worked 
Up to a high state of perfection. 
HOW TO DESTROY THE WORMS. 
(1) Leave the ground unrolled for several days so as to allow the 
worms to open up their runs. 
(2) Select a mild day when the earth is moist and the worms are 
aCtl (3) Cover the Lawn or Green with Carters Worm Killer at the rate j 
of half a pound per square yard. 
(4) Water the Worm Killer in immediately with a hose water cart, 
or can. and use as much water as possible. 
Seedsmen to H.M. the King, 
The effect is instantaneous. The worms, large and small 
struggle to the surface in thousands and die. 
Carters Worm Killer is absolutely infallible, provided that 
it comes into contact with the Worms. 
If it does not touch the worms it cannot kill them ; therefore use 
plenty of water. 
Try one pound first before applying bulk. This will tell you if 
the worms are about. 
Carters Worm Killer is a powder and is ngt poisonous to animal 
and bird life. 
WHEN TO USE 
CARTERS WORM KILLER. 
The best time of the year to kill worms is during the breeding 
seasons, that is, roughly speaking, from the end of August to the 
beginning of December, and from the end of March to the end of 
If water is laid on to a lawn or green, the Worm Killer should be 
applied during a spell of warm, dull, muggy weather, and watered in 
the usual manner. 
If water is not laid on to the lawn or green, but a fair supply is 
available, greater care should be taken in choosing the time of 
application, that is to say. the Worm Killer should be applied 
towards the evening during a continuous spell of warm, moist, dull, 
muggy weather. , . .. . 
If no water is available, the Worm Killer should be applied 
during a settled spell of very wet weather, whilst it is actually raining 
hard. 
The Amount to Use. 
For a regulation tennis court. 
For a full-sized tennis court. 
For a full-sized croquet lawn, 
For a bowling green. 
For a football field, 
26 x 12 yds. 
40 x 20 ,. 
35 X 28 .. 
40 x 40 .. 
110 X 75 ., 
1$ cwt. 
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Packets for trial, post free, 1/6 
PRICE OF CARTERS WORM KILLER. -14 lb. 4/6: 28 lb. 8/3: 
A cwt. IS/-: 1 cwt. 27/6 ; 5 cwt. (!? 26/3; 10 cwt. <8 25/- ; 15 cwt. @ 
23/9 ; 20 cwt. @ 22/6 
HAYNES PARK, LONDON, S.H'. 20. 
