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 prepara¬ 
tion of the soil. The soil should be smooth and the seed 
bed should be level or graded and made smooth. Prac¬ 
tically 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. Decay¬ 
ing alfalfa meal will also produce some fertilizer in the 
soil. 
To insure an early start and to protect lawns from fail¬ 
ure by starvation, apply four pounds of Yigoro to each 
100 square feet and work it into the soil, or soak it in 
before applying lawn seed. The Vigoro spreaders described 
on page 92 sow grass seed and fertilizer evenly and ac¬ 
curately. See page 92 for Yigoro. 
After the seed bed is prepared, sow lawn grass seed 
at the rate of five pounds per 1,000 square feet. In re¬ 
seeding 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 
1 V 2 inches. Cutting to this length will require more fre¬ 
quent 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., 40c; 3 lbs., 95c. By freight: Lb., 35c; 
5 lbs., $1.60; 10 lbs., $3.00; 100 lbs., $26.00. 
WISCONSIN SHADY MIXTURE 
A new mixture recommended by Prof. Aust. Rough 
Stalked Meadow, a fine grass that has proven wonder¬ 
fully successful in dense shade, is very largely used in 
this mixture. This mixture also contains other high 
priced grasses that are specially adapted to shaded loca¬ 
tions. There is an increasing demand for a lawn grass 
that will really do well in the shade. We recommend this. 
By mail: Lb., 45c; 3 lbs., $1.10. By freight: Lb., 40c; 
5 lbs., $1.80; 10 lbs., $3.50; 100 lbs., $31.00. 
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 com¬ 
posed of heavy seed of the highest germination but con¬ 
tains no White Clover. 
By mail: Lb., 35c; 3 lbs., 80c. By freight: Lb., 30c; 
5 lbs. $1.30; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $21.00. 
LAKES’ LAWN 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., 30c; 3 lbs., 70c. By freight: Lb., 25c; 
5 lbs., $1.10; 10 lbs., $2.20; 100 lbs., $18.00. 
