From Dorchester, Massachusetts—‘“‘I just have to write to tell you how pleased we are with our new lawn. Several neigh- 
bors have already asked me what kind of seed we got (our yard has been neglected for 25 years) and to actually see it 
now is almost a miracle. We strive for a perfect lawn to the extent of having ‘grass fever.’ We now have it from G&0.” 
We, ourselves, can 
hardly credit these 
PRICE REDUCTIONS 
AND WE MEAN IT! 
These 1955 formulas 
are 25% BETTER than 
1954 and yet our prices 
average nearly 10% 
LESS--MATCH THAT ONE 
Skillman = SUN 
Kentucky Blue Grass 48.00% Germination 85/80% 
Colonial Bent 9.80% “ 98/90% 
Chewing Fescue 29.40% as 98/90% 
Perennial Rye Grass 4.90% = 98/90% 
White Clover 4.90% Co 98/90% 
Inert 1.90% Crop 0.85% Weeds 0.25% 
where 
THREE CHEERS — The “PET” lawn seed of ALL lawn seeds — 
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS — is back in the market in greater abun- 
dance but still not normally abundant for 1955. 
We have been pounding our SEED CREED for years. “We will 
throw the whole seed line out of our business UNLESS WE CAN 
BUY AND SELL THE BEST SEED MONEY CAN BUY.” 
The whole G&O line has too much at stake to risk its popularity 
or its 45 year management to market questionable formulas for a 
saving of 5¢ to 35¢ a pound that might reflect a $3.00 to $4.00 sav- 
ing to our patrons for their whole lawn and then wind up with a 
FAIR or AVERAGE or POOR LAWN. Such a saving for such a 
result is just ridiculous and in fact WE DON’T WANT THAT KIND 
OF BUSINESS. 
Consequently we OPENLY PRINT OUR ANALYSIS. You then 
can take such analysis with you when shopping neighborhood stores, 
make comparisons and purchase accordingly, 
Depend on one thing and don’t be out-talked on it, the HIGHER 
the Kentucky Blue Grass content (with proper regard for the percent- 
ages of other lawn seed Grasses in the formula) THE BETTER, by 
far, will be the formula itself, naturally a little more costly per pound 
but in reality far LESS COSTLY per pound (considering labor, fer- 
tilizer, etc., investment) with a 10 to] assurance of getting a stand of 
grass that cannot be had with a seed that is low in formula and price. 
This is true of anything. Particularly is it true in buying LAWN 
or GRASS SEED. Forget all the pretty advertising you read and see 
on television, handsome cartons, etc., and stick to one cardinal FACT 
(1) THE FORMULA (2) the prices of the different kinds of seeds 
Skillman = SHADE 
Kentucky Blue Grass 28.80% Germination 85/80% 
Highland Bent Grass 9.80% se 98/90% 
Creeping Red Fescue 19.60% ss 98/90% 
Poa Trivialis 22.50% “ 90/90% 
Chewing Feseue 14.70% “ 98/90% 
Inert 3.60% Crop 0.75% Weeds 0.25% 
(Avg. well over 2,123,917 seeds per lb. for both grades) 
(3) the germination and purity guarantees of those seeds (4) the 
seller’s reputation. 
Surely, there is nothing difficult about doing this and if you truly 
want to hear remarks like this, “Isn’t that a swell looking lawn,” you 
must regard this advice and remember you got it from this .F.S.B. 
Making a NEW Lawn 
Spade up or disc the earth and while the ground is rough and 
fallow, apply a 10 quart pailful of Peat Moss to 50 sq. ft. (or sec- 
tions of 5’x 10’) and add 3 lbs. of TOBACCO POWDER on the same 
50 sq. ft. Now begin raking out sticks and stones and roughly level 
off. At this point broadcast % lb. of Plant Food to every 100 sq. ft. 
Sprinkle well. Two (2) days later apply 42 of a pound of seed to 
100 sq. ft., lightly rake it in and roll down. 
Some seeding directions recommend using so little seed that it is 
obvious a real stand of grass would be impossible, but nevertheless 
the expense would be little, which is the usual propaganda. A GOOD 
LAWN COMES HIGH in comparison with other gardening effort. 
When new seeding is well established in 30 to 60 days, apply a 
second top-dressing of fertilizer at the rate of 10 lbs. to 1000 sq. ft. 
(20'x 50’) and sprinkle it and add any seed needed for backward 
spots remembering the thicker the good grass the less weeds and 
crabgrass, every time. : 
At the beginning of each spring, in late March, feed this new 
seeding. 
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(BOTH FORMULAS) 
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12 
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