Show MULCH TO RETAIN MOISTURE bowings from the lawn make excellent covering but should be allowed to become dry where mulches can be used in thit th garden they will be found a great help in peeping down weeds and retaining moisture the bowings from the latan lan make a good mulch but should be allowed to become dry bo be torn fore being applied as a mulch it II they tire are applied as soon as cut they will quickly rot and this necessitates the applying ot of more mulch it if the grass Is well dried it will resist rotting 4 for a long time lime A mulch will save a great deal of 0 work with the hoe boe and will serve the same purpose as repeated cultivation mulches may 0 consist of 0 anything that will let rain i pass through anil and which will at tho in I 1 arme uwe ume keep out the ligpit |