MULCHING A LAW. 
Vegetable organic matter should be used as a mulch on all 
lawns. If a sufficient quantity of organic matter was mixed with the 
soil when the lawn was built moro should be used as a mulch to main¬ 
tain the supply. If. nonl, was used in the soil, and there is no in¬ 
tention of rebuilding the lawn, vegetable organic matter should be 
regularly used as a mulch in order to build up a favorable medium on 
top of. the unfavorable soil. 
Sand and loam may profitably be used with the organic 
matter as a mulch in the proportion of l/3 of each, provided good 
material can be obtained, but it should *be remembered that good loam 
is hard to find and poor loam is worse than useless* If organic 
matter and sand and loam are used they should be thoroughly mixed 
and sifted through a l/8 inch screem. If soft loam is not obtainabl 
2/3 organic matter and l/3 sand may be used. But the one absolutely 
essential item of a mulch is organic matter, and you will make # no 
mistake if you use nothing else. 
A lawn mulch should be very thin, not enough to smother 
the grass, just enough to settle between the plants — to keep the 
roots cool and moist, and to gradually build up a soil plentifully 
supplied with organic matter. 
No other form of vegetable organic matter is equal to 
German peat moss as a mulch. It is the. purest so.il organic matter 
known — almost 100$ pure. It will hold more moisture than any 
other known form of vegetable organic matter — from 10 to 15 times 
its own weight in moisture. And it is well known that German peat 
moss will continue to perform its many useful functions in the soil 
many years after ordinary forms of soil orgronic matter have entirely 
disappeared, 
A bale of German peat moss used as a mulch will cover 800 
square feet — or more if other material is mixed with it. Spread 
it evenly over the grass and immediately after it has been applied 
use a stationary sprinkler to settle it thor®ughiy between the grass 
plants. Use it not less than twice each year. ( The best golg greens 
are sometimes mulched once a month.) Use it anytime of the year you 
wish — spring and fall is good. 
Using a mulch on your lawn will not take the place of 
watering in dry weather, but it will make the dost of the water 
which you apply. And as you continue to build up an organic soil 
the amount of water required will be reduced so that, before /bong, 
your lawn should remain as green as spring-time the year around, 
while your water bill is cut in two. 
