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Show MAKINu PASTURES AND LAWNS. There Is much wnsted effort In tho tnntter of seeding ground lo pastures and lawns In Utah The mistake most commonly noticed Is In endeavoring to seed the land without proper preparation prepara-tion In a great majority of Instances the ground Intended for lawns requires leveling This Involves the taking of soil from the higher spots nnd filling the low places Almost Invariably tho spot that were high lose nil the humus matter, or live soil In the process of leveling At the sime time the spots filled In ore liable to settle consldera-I consldera-I ly nfter the work Is done Tor these reasons It la manifest!) il waste of time anl seed to attempt to get a stand nf grass the first season nfter leveling tho ground The lifeless spots where tho f.o!l has been scraped off will not permit per-mit of the seed germinating w title the low places that were filled In will still be low nt the end of the first season The more rational plan nnd one that will be sure to give satisfactory results Is to level the ground ver) early In the fall or In August nnd seed It to oats or ro or, treforahl), to one of the legumlntious crops, such as cow peas, foja beans or vetch I Ither of these crops will havo made a fair growth by November 15th The growth should then be ploughed un ler and the ground left rough ns possible lo gather moisture moist-ure and to 'vventher' during the winter win-ter The I ist of rebruary or early In March the disc harrow should bo put nn the giound, running nt least twice In each direction nnd It will be better to nlso run the disc nlong the four diagonals diag-onals This thorough discing will put the soil In excellent tilth and one hnr-rowlng hnr-rowlng with a common harrow will mnke a bed ready for the grass seed, No time should be lost In sowing the seed so as to get the benefit ot the Mnich and April rains The seed may be sown broadcast or put In with n drill set very shallow After sowing, the giound should bo rolled to llrm the roll about the seed nnd then the sur-faie sur-faie should bn nt once harrowed ns lhJitly ns possible to form a dust mulch for conserving the sol! molstuie It Is not advisable to sow an) 'nurse crop," for suih things t,encrn!l) rrove a robber rob-ber crop Instead of a protection to tho )ouiig gmss The above directions have been frequent!) fre-quent!) followed hero In Utah with most grntlf)lng results, while lnstnnces of tontriry practice are at hand tn prove that It Is a waste of time Beed anl labor to attempt tn level lind In the spring, sow the seed In Mny nnJ expect to have a lawn or pasture during dur-ing that summer or during nny other summer, In fnct for such a lawn will alvvn)B show birren spots that will remain as monuments to the Ignorance of the persons who attempted to do Mmiething without knowing how |
