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stunted through lack of much food, and 
consequently better fits it for its purpose. 
Never buy grass seed by the bushel. 
Buy it by weight or stipulate that there 
shall be so many pounds to the bushel. It 
will cost you a high price, but it will be 
far cheaper in the end than to buy some¬ 
thing inexpensive that has more than a 
third of sweepings and useless bulk. You 
certainly lose nothing by buying the very 
best seed that your dealer can offer you. 
Don't be ashamed to ask for samples be¬ 
fore buying, and also get samples from a 
number of places and compare the differ¬ 
ent seeds. Spread them out in your hand 
and see if they are clean and without chaff. 
A seed with a large proportion of dust and 
chaff is not worth buying. It should be 
your consideration to see whether you are 
getting what you pay for. If you show 
evidences of knowing the proper goods you 
will receive a most respectful hearing from 
the tradesman. Don’t balk at the price of 
re-cleaned seed. It means that you are 
going to get something for your money. 
It is worth much more than the seed sold 
in bulk that is not re-cleaned. 
After you have succeeded in getting the 
right kind of seed don't think that this 
means that the preparation of the soil to 
receive it can be slighted. Have your soil 
as deep and rich as possible, and keep in 
mind the fact that a roller is a most useful 
implement to have about the place and to 
use frequently on the lawn. Good seed, 
good soil and a good roller are a combina¬ 
tion that will produce results that will last. 
If you want a lawn you must work for it. 
Watch for the weeds, and when they 
appear dig them out and sprinkle grass 
seed on the spot they were dug from. 
Watch particularly for crab grass. It 
keeps so close to the ground that the lawn- 
mower does not touch it. Before it goes 
to seed take a rake and tear it out. If you 
wait until it seeds, the crop for the next 
year will have been already planted. It is 
a terrible pest in the lawn and must be 
fought hard. In the fall it leaves great 
patches of bare ground where it has grown. 
In removing dandelions go down deep for 
them, otherwise you make many where 
there was only one. 
A lawn should be cut just as often as it 
needs it. You cannot make a hard-and- 
fast rule for this. Cut and roll the lawn 
often. In extremely hot periods don’t set 
the knives of the mower too low. Raise 
them a little to avoid exposing the roots 
of the grass too much. Let your first cut¬ 
ting be early, and the last one so that the 
grass will not be left too long for the win¬ 
ter. And don't forget that the roller is a 
good thing to push over the grass fre¬ 
quently. 
When a lawn needs moisture it should 
be given in a practical way, so that you 
neither fool yourself nor the lawn as to 
the efficiency of the operation. Ordinary 
sprinkling will not do, for the simple rea¬ 
son that the water will have evaporated be¬ 
fore it has had a chance to get near the 
roots of the grass. Hours with a sprin¬ 
kler doing its prettiest will not answer. On 
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