
HOW TO HAVE A BETTER LAWN AT LOWER COST 
HOSE who have tried for several years to achieve 
a “show place” lawn know that the greatest cost 
of lawn maintenance is repeated rebuilding. These 
costs can usually be avoided if correct methods are 
followed and high-grade perennial grass seed is used. 
If you build a lawn in properly prepared soil with 
perennial DRUMCLIFF lawn grass seed you can avoid 
the cost and labor of annual repair and replacement 
that are almost certain to result from improper methods 
and the use of low-grade seed or annual grasses. 
Deep-rooted perennial grasses are better able to 
survive long periods of hot, dry weather. Perennial 
grasses live through the winter and make early growth 
in the spring as soon as the ground warms up. New 
plants spring up as the roots spread, forming a dense 
carpet of green. 
Building a good lawn of DRUMCLIFF quality seed 
costs little more than using inferior seed, but the small 
added expense is saved many times in succeeding 
years through lower cost of maintenance. Thousands 
of lawn failures can be traced to the use of cheap 
annual grasses which make a fine early showing but 
die at the end of the season. (See next page.) 
INHIBITS WEEDS AND CRABGRASS 
Almost all soil where weeds and crabgrass have 
grown contains the seed of these pests which will 
germinate when favorable conditions prevail. A thick, 
heavy, deep-rooted turf inhibits the development of 
these pests by depriving the weed seeds of the sun- 
light they need to cause germination. 
A poor, weak, undernourished lawn encourages 
weed growth while a thick, deep-rooted lawn is its own 
best insurance against the encroachment of lawn pests. 
SAVE ON MAINTENANCE COSTS 
It is a waste of money to fertilize or topdress a poor 
Plant 
food applied to such a lawn benefits the weeds as 
much or more than it does the grass. The same fertilizer 
applied in late winter or early fall to a fine, heavy turf 
will stimulate the growth of the grass and build up its 
resistance to weed growth. 
lawn struggling for existence against weeds. 
REQUIREMENTS OF A GOOD LAWN 
To acquire a good lawn we must progressively fol- 
low through these six essential and fundamental steps: 
1. PLANT GOOD SEED; 
2. IN GOOD SOIL; 
3. FEED AND TOP-DRESS IT; 
4. WATER IT; 
5. WEED IT; 
6. MOW IT. 
Thousands of home-owners in recent years have 
achieved better lawns and lowered maintenance costs 
by following this simple, six-point program. 

The DRUMCLIFF COMPANY, TOWSON 4, MARYLAND 


