The Kind of Turf Olds* Lawn Grass Mixtures Produce. 
Ol^s' SlawH Giass Ihixiuies 
Good seed is the first requisite for a beautiful lawn. Regardless of the 
effort and money spent on a lawn, inferior seed will make an inferior 
lawn. Olds’ Lawn Grass Seed has won a reputation for producing fine 
lawns. Critical landscape gardeners use our mixtures. WTiy ? 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 70. 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 starva¬ 
tion, apply four pounds of Vigoro 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 70 sow grass seed and fertilizer evenly 
and accurately. See page 70 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 1 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 mix¬ 
ture 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: 5 lbs., $2.05. By freight: 5 lbs., $1.85; 19 lbs., 
$3.50; 100 lbs., $26.00. 
WISCONSIN SHADV MIXTURE 
Rough Stalked Meadow, a fine grass that has proven wonderfully 
successful in dense shade, is very largely used in this mixture. This 
mixture also contains other high priced grasses that are specially adapt¬ 
ed 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; 5 lbs., $2.30. By freight: 5 lbs., $2.10; 10 lbs., 
$4.00; 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 composed of heavy seed of the highest germination but contains 
no White Clover. 
By mail: Lb., 40c: 5 lbs., $1.80. By freight: 5 lbs., $1.60; 10 lbs., 
$3.00; 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., 35c; 5 lbs., $1.55. By freight: 6 lbs., $1.35; 10 Ihs., 
$2.50; 100 lbs., $18.00. 
