Care of the Lawn and Garden 
ARE OF THE LAWN. A rich, deep velvety-green lawn invar¬ 
iably attracts the eye and is the envy oi those who pass by. 
Such a lawn is comparable to the frame that surrounds a 
valuable painting, sets it off and enriches the whole. A well 
kept lawn adds many dollars to the appearance and value 
of the home. It is a continuing delight to those who dwell 
therein. It is neither difficult nor expensive to have a neatly groomed 
lawn which is sure to be “a thing of beauty and a joy forever.” The 
expenditure of just a little time and money can be found to work wonders 
but, in planning for lawn building or lawn improvement, it should be 
gone about in the right manner rather than in a haphazard way. 
In making a new lawn the soil should be well enriched with a good 
organic manure, well spaded, then seeded and rolled. Where the lawn is 
small and no roller available the soil may be tamped down lightly with 
the rake or hoe head after the seed has been sown. Two ideal months for 
making a new lawn are March and October. Only the very best grass seed 
should be used and this should be sown at the rate of one pound of seed 
to each 250 sq. ft. of lawn. 
In either making a new or repairing an old lawn, if the soil has be¬ 
come acid, evidenced by caking or lumping, or by bare spots or a thin 
stand of grass, it will be well to make an application of AGRICULTURAL 
LIME in order to sweeten and alkalinize the soil. Broadcast the Lime 
liberally enough to show a good white color. 
An excellent and inexpensive method of repairing bare spots on the 
lawn is to remove an inch or two of the old soil and replace this with 
a mixture of three parts of good TOP SOIL to one part of LEAF MOULD. 
Then seed and lightly rake the spots and tamp or roll down firmly. This 
should give a quick stand of new grass. 
Few of us escape the worry of summer grass springing up in our 
lawns. This grass dies down with the first frost and leaves unsightly 
spots. To control this situation, as well as the weed problem, we suggest 
the use of PREPARED LAWN SAND which is ordinary sand with a chemical 
mixture. Scatter the sand on the lawn at the rate of six pounds to each 
100 sq. ft. Apply when the dew is on the grass and, while it may temp¬ 
orarily discolor the grass it will do no permanent damage to the finer 
lawn grasses but discourages and helps to eliminate weeds and summer 
grasses. 
Sick lawns are often in need of a stimulant as well as food. Such a 
stimulant is AMMONIUM SULPHATE. If the grass is thin, lacking in 
color and well sprinkled with weeds, this treatment is surely in order and 
this is the right “medicine.” Apply at the rate of two pounds to each 
100 sq. ft. and then use the hose to wash the chemical off the grass blades 
and down to the roots where it belongs. Analyzing about 25 per cent 
ammonia a stimulation of grass growth may be noted almost at once. 
Every lawn should be fertilized or fed not less than once yearly and 
an application of FARGO-POULTO, a dry pulverized Poultry Manure, is ex¬ 
cellent for this purpose, both because this is the richest of all farm 
manures as well as quite inexpensive. A little goes a long way. It may 
be applied either spring or fall and a 50-lb. bag will be sufficient to treat 
750 to 1,000 sq. ft. of lawn. 
Lawns should be regularly mowed but not. clipped too close. It is 
an excellent idea to set the back wooden roller down as far as it will go. 
A height of 1 inches after mowing the lawn is ideal. This allows 
enough grass to gather and store up in the roots the nourishment which 
is so essential to proper growth. 
An occasional light application of DUTCH WHITE CLOVER will help 
to further enhance and beautify the lawn and to add that rich velvety- 
green appearance so much desired. There are also scientifically blended 
grass seed mixtures especially designed for use in shaded locations where 
ordinary mixtures do not do well. In shade where grass will not grow at 
all, as we sometimes find to be the case under trees and in other places, 
the best solution we can offer, and an excellent one, is to plant CREPE 
MYRTLE, setting the plants four or five inches apart each way. These 
soon spread and create an evergreen carpet that requires no care what¬ 
soever. In the summer these bear small lilac colored single flowers like 
stars on the lawn. Excellent too for embankments, terraces and other 
spots difficult or impossible to mow. 
ROSES, PEONIES, EVERGREENS 
Yes, and your Hardy Borders too; Rock Gardens and all Annual 
Flo wers should receive annual liberal applications of well rotted COW 
MANURE. It is the ideal natural fertilizer for it is gentle, quick in its 
action, rich in quality and most effective. When well rotted this material 
is almost without odor and may be obtained shredded for more convenient 
use and sold at a price within the reach of flower lovers generally. 
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