THE SEED BED (Continued) 
Since most soils are deficient in organic matter a good 
source of organic matter should be applied at a rate of 
two hundred pounds per thousand square feet. Barn- 
yard manure is an excellent source but unsatisfactory 
because of the inevitable weed content. Dehydrated 
manures, humus, compost, and spent mushroom soil are 
good sources. 
Twenty to twenty-five pounds of FAITH SOIL 
FOOD with INSECT CONTROL per thousand square 
feet of area will nourish the new seedlings and prevent 
insect damage. Twenty-five pounds of super-phosphate 
to each thousand square feet of area will promote rapid 
germination of the new seeds. 
The ground can be worked with a spading fork, or, 
better, by means of a rototiller. Most gardeners and 
nurserymen will rototill your soil at a reasonable hourly 
rate. This will not only save labor, but will assure an 
excellent seed bed. 
The surface of the seed bed must be carefully raked 
to remove stones, sticks, and clumps of dirt. Go over it 
often to firm and fine the soil. Since the seeds in FAITH 
LAWN GRASS SEED are small in size, no surface 
particle should be larger than a grain of wheat at the 
time of sowing the seed. 
If a week or two can elapse between the time that 
the seed bed is prepared and the seeding—so much the 
better. This will give the added ingredients time to blend 
with the soil, and the dormant weed seeds time to germi- 
nate. The weeds can then be hoed from the surface of 
the seed bed prior to seeding. 
SEEDS 
It is often expensive to purchase cheap seeds. Cheaper 
blends of grass seed introduce into the soil species of 
grasses which have no place in a fine turf. And these 
grasses are often harder to displace than weeds. It is a 
fallacy to believe that cheap grass mixtures introduce 
weeds and crab-grass. Grass and lawn seed mixtures 
blended by reputable concerns are crab-grass-free and the 
weed content is as low as modern cleaning methods will 
allow, regardless of the price paid for the mixture. The 
difference stems from the fact that the fine turf grasses 
in the better grade mixtures, if properly maintained, will 
resist the invasion of weeds and crab-grass while the 
cheaper blends, compounded of annual and _ bi-annual 
grasses, will not. 
FAITH LAWN GRASS SEED contains from two 
and one-half to three million seeds per pound while 
cheaper mixtures seldom contain half this quantity. Five 
pounds of FAITH LAWN GRASS SEED will sow one 
thousand square feet of area with excellent coverage. Five 
pounds of most cheap mixtures will barely cover half this 
area. 
FAITH LAWN GRASS SEED contains Kentucky 
Blue Grass, Colonial Bent Grass, Red-top, and Perennial 
Rye Grass. 
Kentucky Blue Grass is the ideal turf grass for the 
-northern United States. It is slow in starting but makes 
an excellent turf when fully developed. In most cases 
it will not make a good, thick turf in less than two or 
three years, thus the necessity of using the nurse grasses, 
Red-top and Perennial Rye Grass to assure complete cov- 
erage until the Kentucky Blue Grass is fully developed. 
Colonial Bent Grass has been added to the mixture 
for the purpose of reinforcing the sod. Colonial Bent 
spreads by underground root-stocks resulting in a well- 
knit sod formation. 
The Red-top and Perennial Rye Grass are nurse 
grasses. They are quick to germinate and give ground 
coverage within ten days of planting. They fill in the 
bare spots and help to prevent weed growth while the 
slow-germinating Kentucky Blue Grass is getting under- 
way. The Perennial Rye Grass is deep-rooted and serves 
to prevent physical damage to the lawn until the perma- 
nent sod and turf of the Kentucky Blue Grass and 
Colonial Bent Grass is fully established. — 

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