OLDS’ LAWN GRASS 
Good seed is the first requisite for a beautiful lawn. Regardless of the effort and money spent on a lawn, in¬ 
ferior seed will make an inferior lawn. Olds’ Lawn Grass seed has won a reputation for producing fine lawns. 
Critical landscape gardeners use our mixtures. Why? Because all our mixtures are made of high-quality seed. 
Heavy seed is used that is free from chaff and none of our mixtures contain timothy or cheap seeds. 
Culture: Early spring and early fall is the best time to make new lawns and to improve old ones. The first 
thing to consider in starting a lawn is the proper preparation of the soil. The soil should be smooth and the seed 
bed should be level or graded and made smooth. Practically all soils need organic matter. If your soil is heavy 
clay or loose sand, use our peat moss. This is listed on page 92. It will hold the moisture which is so necessary 
in producing good grass and will break up and make heavy clay soil loose. Alfalfa meal, which is primarily used for 
feed, is also very fine to use. Decaying alfalfa meal will also produce some fertilizer in the soil. 
To insure an early start and to protect lawns from failure by starvation, apply four pounds of Vigoro to each 
100 square feet and work it into the soil, or soak it in four or five days before applying lawn seed. The Vigoro 
spreaders described on page 89 sow grass seed and fertilizer evenly and accurately. See page 92 for Vigoro. 
After the seed bed is prepared, sow lawn grass seed at the rate of five pounds per 1,000 square feet. In reseeding 
old lawns, sow three pounds for the same area. If your lawn is very shady, use our Wisconsin Shady Place lawn 
grass. If the lawn will be sunny part of the day, we would recommend Madison Parks lawn grass seed. Rolling the 
lawn immediately after seeding, presses the seed into the soil hastening germination. 
MOWING THE LAWN : Improper mowing will injure your lawn. We advise not cutting the grass shorter than 
IV 2 inches. Cutting to this length will require more frequent mowings. We advise leaving the grass about three 
inches long in the fall to leave for a winter cover. 
If you sprinkle your lawn, be sure to soak it thoroughly in the evening. Just wetting the soil is sure to cause 
injury to the lawn. 
MADISON PARKS LAWN GRASS 
Olds’ Madison Parks Lawn Grass is a very carefully prepared mixture of high grade, heavy seed, that has been 
used extensively for several years in the parks about Madison. The seed is composed of White Dutch Clover, 
Creeping Bent, Rough Stalked Meadow, Chewings* Fescue, Fancy Red Top, Fancy Kentucky Blue Grass and 
others mixed in proper proportion. We recommend Madison Parks Lawn Grass as our best lawn mixture. 
By mail: Lb., 45c; 3 lbs., $1.25. By freight: Lb., 40c; 5 lbs., $1.85; 10 lbs., $3.50; 100 lbs., $32.00. 
WISCONSIN SHADY MIXTURE 
A new mixture recommended by Prof. Aust. Rough Stalked Meadow, a fine grass that has proven wonderfully 
successful in dense shade, is very largely used m this mixture. This mixture also contains other high priced 
grasses that are specially adapted to shaded locations. There is an increasing demand for a lawn grass that 
will really do well in the shade. We recommend this. 
By mail: Lb., 50c; 3 lbs., $1.40. By freight: Lb., 45c; 5 lbs., $1.95; 10 lbs., $3.60; 100 lbs., $33.00. 
CAPITAL LAWN GRASS 
Olds’ Capital Lawn Grass is made up of substantially the same grasses and the same grades of seed that 
were used to make the beautiful lawn surrounding Wisconsin’s magnificent Capitol building here at Madison. 
It is composed of heavy seed of the highest germination but contains no White Clover. 
By mail: Lb., 40c; 3 lbs., $1.10. By freight: Lb., 35c; 5 lbs., $1.60; 10 lbs., $3.10; 100 lbs., $28.00. 
LAKES LAN GRASS 
A good mixture at a low price. We have been making it for years and it has given general satisfaction. 
This mixture will probably make a better showing the first year than any of the others. 
By mail: Lb., 35c; 3 lbs., 95c. By freight: Lb., 33c; 5 lbs., $1.50; 10 lbs., $2.80; 100 lbs., $26.00. 
