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Show r i k THE CITIZEN 8. s IFaunaMiag HUms (5i Dim ENGLISH AUTHORITIES ADVISE ON LAWN CARE i 4 When should a newly seeded lawn he eut? Thats a problem that is bothering some of the Salt Lake City farmers who are beginning to gel results from their seeding. Authorities on grass, especially English experts famous for their wonderful lawns, insist that the first cutting should be made when the new grass is six inches high and that the first cutting should be made with a scythe. Unfortunately, there isnt one man in a thousand nowadays competent to act as chauffeur for a scythe. Mowing with the scythe is a lost art for practical inpurposes and unless an ancient habitant is available the fact must be faced that it cant be cut this Other English authorities indorsed by Americans say that the grass should not be cut at all the first year, but none of us want to raise a hay crop. So the scythe and all-seas- on growth may be eliminated and the practical circumstance of the lawn mower faced. The new grass should be mowed e s as soon as it needs it, 'which is when it is between two and three inches tall. The mower should be thoroughly sharp for this first cutting to make a clean cut and not pull the grass out by the roots, as it has not fastened itself firmly in the soil. With a sharp mower the scythe theory may be followed in effect. Cut it as soon as it is high enough. The cutting encourages the grass to stool out and cover the soil tjiickly and develop an extensive root system. After the first cutting sprinkle the lawn thoroughly should dry weather set in. Find skilled operator of the scythe if you can, for the first mow- ir.g. But if that cant be. done, be sure the mower is as sharp as it can be made. The main reason for the scythe is that it has to be sharp or it wont cut at all, and there is no danger of pulling up the new grass. It a planting time. Dot be in too 'much of a hurry with them. Youve got all June to get is canna them going. It ITS A FUNNY WORLD Its a funny world. Heres a Make succession sowings of beets, lettuce, late peas, beans and rad ishes this week. gas station going up where the Salt Lake theatre used to be. The station is built like a giant monoplane, and the pumps are fixed under its wings. Now, the station will sell the same kind of gas thats sold in a score of other stations in the city, and yet Ill wager that 'from the opening day it will enjoy record business because it gives motorists the kick of driving under the wings for a tankful of gas. . . way. TDne Maim Aflmott ToWflil (S)foG0ffV23 An attractive entrance for a small home. Notice how the shrubs soften the squareness of the approach. Save a few gladiolus bulbs, those that have the shortest sprouts, for mid-Jun- e planting. Late' May and early June are busy transplanting times in the well organized vegetable garden. Celery, tomatoes, peppers, egg plants onions and leeks all can be on the move now from frame and. seedbed to the garden. A combination of lime and sulphur dusted over cucumbers, melons and squashes every ten days steers the bugs elsewhere effectively. It is easy to prepare and handle. Use hydrated lime. In transplanting any of the onion tribe, snip off half the leaves. Scatter pulverized sheep manure over your flower beds as the June perennials come into bloom. It will show in the extra size and vigor of the plants. Use this same dust on cabbage plants and start as soon as the seedlings make two leaves. They are big enough for a young cabbage worm to roost and breakfast. Stake the tomatoes when you set them out. They can go in until the middle of June. , Try some the new strains of delphiniums. Seed is now on the mar- And a new apartment is being filled simply because it has a water softener! A road house on Highland Drive capitalizes in vivid colors and in letting its customers walk in through the grinning mouth of a 25 foot negros head. Yes, its a darn funny world. And the girls going down the streets barelegged with furs around their necks. In winter its galoshes downstairs and nothing at the throat. Ill have to hand it to the more jazzy fellows. They manage to go bareheaded from summer to summer. . Graduation season, with apple blossoms, soft nights, romance tak- ing hold of the younger generation and the older one as well. White moons, the right kind of breezes leaves and rustling the newly-bor- n creating night magic. Lil old New . York, Southern Californias palms and soft greens of perpetual summer have nothing to compare with the enchantment of a spring night up here in the Rockies. Robert Sauer, the veteran musician who directs the famed band at the Brigham Young University, has written a little tune of spring that has become national in its appeal. It is called When Its Springtime in the Rockies, and is one of the seasons popular numbers. ket, and many dealers sell fresh See where the Springville high seed in midsummer which germinschool added two more paintings to ' ates much more readily than last its growing collection. There are not a half dozen finer high school years crop. collections in the United States than Give the big fruiting peppers down there, and I predict that in another few years the collection in plenty of room. , Expert growers allow them two and a half feet in the the town from which Cvrus Dallin row. Give them plenty of water. and manv more of Utahs famous They are hot and thirsty. artists and sculptors got their start Continued on page 11 ,.g Continued on pajrc 15 , |