Show Ii 1 RENOVATING THE LAWN 11 Everybody ha has a lawn but very few people have good ones Now ro Is a good time to start a real one The first requisite Is good seed from a reliable seed seed seed house that will contain good perennial grass grasses s free freo from weed seeds which will take hold and make a velvety surface to tei Increase In n with each year Much of ot the difficulty with lawns may b be bo traced to poor cheap seed which contains a large proportion of or annual grasses which will make mako a tine fine showing the first year and then will leave a thin and bedraggled stand or perennial grasses which will wilt need to V giO for some ome time to cover the bare spots Sots where tho the annual grasses have died out Lawn seed is now prepared and mixed to suit various soils solis and situations situations sit sit- and a description of the character of ot your yard will bring you the proper mixture for best results Many Man seed houses Tn i you ou a 1 grass them prescrIption it if you o ask There are grass seen seea mixtures for shady lawns WB- WB for r sunny lawns for soil f for r heavy soil soil f for r sweet we nu r soil soli for sour soil see seed i that will give sod to stand hard usage and for every purpose and and situation likely to aris arise It ls is a matter of a catalog or a dealer of f recognized standing to get Ct th the right sort of seed sed A A lawn i Is a I. I garden for for- grass Th The i soil oil needs fertilizing ing just a as much li It i not n nOre ore than the garden proper I for It must support a heavier and denser plant life Ute Fertilize the lawn Jawn Use pulverized sheep manure shredded cow manure nitrate of soda or the balanced commercial J lawn wn fertilizers There will be bare spots this spring owing to the coating of ice c I which covered such a large part of the country Be ready to seed these spots as ae soon as the Ice has I melted I Roll the lawn as SOOn eoon as frost Ja Jt well ell o cu-o out out-ct iho ground |