Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-02-13
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LII ABOUT 10 form new lawn, % IL
large or small, it will pay you to make
q good job Of it. Whether prepared by
pillow or spade, the land should be SUBJ
soiled and care be taken to keep the
good, or surface soil ut the top, and the
subsoil in the bottom, as before. A
good dressing of well-rotted manure is
highly beneficial. It should be turned
under, but kept within a few inches of
the surface, SO as to be of immediate as
sistance to the young grass. When pre-
pairing the ground, it is we'll to remove
what rocks and stumps may be within a
foot of the surface. This subsoiling
will not only be of lasting benefit to the
grass, but also to whatever trees
or shrubs are to be grown upon the
space. twill likewise lessen the severity
of Summers drought. To make really
good job, the ground should be prepared
in Fall and left unfinished till Spring,
/ by which time reins, frost and snow
will have settled it so that all unevenouss
is readily discovered and then easily
mended. But if we have to prepare our
ground in Spring to be laid down to
at once, wherever stumps or stones
have been removed the soil should be
firmly packed from the bottom up; then
tho whole surface Of the lot should be
properly leveled, trod or rolled.
Whether We SOW or sod our lawns, it
should be done as early in Spring as the
ground is in mellow, working order, so
as to give the grass good
chance to get established before
the dry, warm Summer sets in.
Whether level, rolling, or sloping, the
surface Of the lawn should be smooth
and even, without any Fuckers, bumps
or hollows, and so disposed that in Sum-
mer or Winter, water will not lodge in
pools in any part of it. Good drainage
is very important, not only for the well
fare of the grass, but also for that OF the
trees, shrubs, roses and other plants.
If possible, banks such as those around
the house, also o IL or 20-inch wide strip
along the edge of the walks or roadways,
should be sodded rather than sown, but
broad, open spaces, as the body Of the
lawn, may as we'll be seeded down as sod
detA. An old COW pasture yields excel
Care Of an Asparagus Bed.
Samuel Hartwel said, in the course
Of his remarks before the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society, that he had a
bed of asparagus of an acre and a-quar-
ter, which had been planted 10 or II
years, and which had yielded netpro-
fit of $500 in one year. He usually man
ures in Spring, though the Fall might
be preferable, but the Spring is more
convenient because he collects most of
his manure in the Winter. It will take
all the manure one can afford to give it,
and the finer it is the better. The bed
can only he plowed shallow. on account
Of the danger ofinjuring the roots. He
plows as early as the. weather
will permit, and harrows week
or fortnight later, and as
late as possible without injuring the
shoots, goes over it with bush harrow,
to make the soil fine. He cuts from
about the Goth of May to the goth of
June, though some cut until the 4th OF
July. The time depends somewhat on
how it sells, but too late cutting will IN
jure the roots. In an old bed, the rows
spread and make more work hand weed
ing. He weeds only once until after
ceasing to cut, and then goes over it
with shares harrow. He does not like
tohave Seeding plants come up between
the rows; they are as bad as weeds.
Seed bearing exhausts the ground, just
rs cucumbers allowed to go to seed ex-
haust the ground more than if cut for
pickles. He used three or four barrels
Of fish salt on his asparagus bed, but
could not say whether it did any good.
simple Tests For Pure Water.
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