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SHOWS 
HOW 
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AK-SAR-BEN 
LAWN 
GRASS 
GROWS 
THIS 
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Are You Proud of Your Lawn f 
Nothing adds more to the attractiveness of your 
home than a well kept lawn, beautiful, fragrant flow¬ 
ers and a few ornamental shrubs. You, too, can 
have a velvety, green carpet of grass, that will be 
the envy of the neighborhood. 
The first step in making a lawn, is the prepara¬ 
tion of the soil; if the ground is packed and bare, 
it will be necessary to spade it to a depth of about 
six inches. Should then be raked thoroughly, pul¬ 
verizing the soil, and VIGORO (the complete plant- 
food) should be mixed in the soil at the rate of 4 
lbs. per 100 square feet. Then the ground should 
be rolled to eliminate all air spaces, and to make 
a smooth, firm seed bed. 
Rerake the ground before seeding, and sow at 
least one pound of AK-SAR-BEN LAWN GRASS 
seed for each 200 square feet, then rake the ground 
again, covering the seed lightly and then reroll the 
ground, making it firm, compact around the seed. 
The ground should then be sprinkled and kept 
moist until the seed has a chance to germinate. Be 
careful not to allow washing and that a fine spray 
is used in keeping the soil moist. 
If your lawn is patchy and thin, but there is some 
grass, spading is not necessary but a good thorough 
raking is absolutely essential to loosen the soil, and 
all the old dead crab grass (commonly called water 
grass) should be removed. This should be done as 
soon as the frost is out of the ground. Then VIG¬ 
ORO should be applied, and the ground then soaked 
to allow the VIGORO to soak into the soil. A few 
days later AK-SAR-BEN LAWN GRASS seed should 
be sown at the rate of 1 pound on 200 to 300 square 
feet of ground, depending on the condition of your 
lawn. A thin layer of good rich, black soil scattered 
over the lawn will be very beneficial, and should be 
done before seeding. 
Then rerake the ground, covering the seed, and 
soak the ground and keep damp until seed sprouts. 
If your lawn is shaded, our special mixture of 
SHADY NOOK LAWN GRASS should be sown as 
above, and if you have a terrace, sow a mixture of 
TERRACE grass seed. 
All of these mixtures are prepared for their spe¬ 
cial uses, and it is acknowledged by lawn experts 
that high grade mixtures of grass seed give better 
results than blue grass seed sown alone. 
In order to keep your lawn looking fresh and 
green VIGORO must be applied, generally three 
times during the growing season. VIGORO makes 
your grass healthy, so it will withstand adverse con¬ 
ditions, much better than if no plantfood was ap¬ 
plied. 
If you do your seeding in the spring, start just 
as soon as the frost is out of the ground and work 
the ground as explained; if seeding in the fall, which 
is the best time, plan on doing it about the first 
week in September. Fall seeding has several advan¬ 
tages, and even though you fix up your lawn in the 
spring, it should be gone over again in the fall, 
which will assure a better lawn the following sum¬ 
mer. 
In the following pages of this booklet will be 
found many varieties of flower seeds, plants and 
flowering spring bulbs, which will beautify your 
home surroundings. 
THE NEBRASKA SEED CO. 
OMAHA NEBRASKA 
Wallace-Homestead Company, Horticultural Printers, Des Moines, Iowa 
