Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-03

,.,r,.pt ,a,yr grasses per,pud, grass
sead is no, rorntna,cially grown in he
In;,.d c,,,.e ,,1 bnc,use ~ tho ex-
nous. n, ,ba Austr,1,,n nroduct the
only erono,ni.al means of propueating
his .-t.4ss is nv 1ivis;ou of he roof
stnrks In thosa Soc,iops ,.i,,,e seed
so,vin, il a.nnr5o, ,,nnn , cory finely
CONNECTED ur,n.r stratun of soil is es-
sentf.l
In order 20 secura uniform distrihu-
tion OF the sae ,hn sending shoull he
done in two dir,.,io,s The see1 should
ba divided inn, ,vo lois one Of thu.
lots being scattered iu ono direction
across, iha iarJ ana tho other scattered
at ,,rnt ,up,les I'm tho Grs, This is
lone in order. to obji,.rate as far as
uossiblr h,lks and s,ra,ks in scattar.
,rr m. Sod
since grass s...d is very small everv
prer,ufiou sb,uli no ,,ke, ,n brin, IN.
seed I'm Close. contact viii tho coil E,-
trr.. does This In an ide,l ca hy yen,i.
showers. II T., th.,ofore desir, hla unun
small areas to sow th. seed in,nediata
iy before 4, shov.r ~ tho cbo,vor ;s ,
gentle one of some 5nr.,ion n ;s more
I.s;r.hIa " W.. "
ial rains. il TN. surface of III. lawn is
sloping. usually cause damage. which
must he repaired.
In the case of establishing lawns. if
the grasses which grow from seed can
not b. used. it is necessary to resort to
or. or tho other of the following meth
obs: - The establishment of tho
lawn by TIL use of small tufts Of grass
or pieces of turf planted at iui,ry,is
sufficiently close to allow the natural
spreading of tn, plant TO soon take
possession Ut tn. entir. area m. -,
covering the entire area with turf. In
the southern states. where tn, Her.
mula aud ST. Augustus rr,ssss aro
depended upon fo,. lawn n,1,noses tho
common practice is TO cut the t,,rc nm
into small fr,r1nents abo,lt ,w, inches
square. or To take small iufts of root 9
aud stalks of the grass as much ,s
can be easily grasped in the hand. and
insert Them i'm tho soi, AZ i,ter,.,Is or
about ten or twelve inches In s,rh a.
rartion. When not nI,ntsd IN ch..,.
rows In this fashion tho roots ,ra us,,.i
IL set In row ~. drills 4, ar !, innhns
apart in one dircction win ~. t,,s,s
of grass six to ten ipche. anart i'm tho
row. Slight cul,iyat,on 10 th.n 49,
tlced these rows. n ,,.an ana,,
weeds until tbe roots,ocL, -, ~ 49,
have gained nossassinn az ~ p nm,;.S
area. S''"e
rpon tcr,, an,
can not hs ,.ai,,,. 'a,.Hs we" grass
seed a.. ~ ns eS'an''snen from
~. w ~ p"'n,''s. as neI"re indicated.
so,na ~ ~ usua',y nov from
esta h,ishoa 49, u..". grass IS well
tire s,rsan. ""' "sesl =" cover the en-
co,n,,,1r ,ns nanN or terrace. n
10 tn n,,, ,.' e,"i'loSe" IN ms work
~, nv sou INTO pieces a foot
thick 1.his u'u .M" or 'hree inches
areas ~ ,hn Ia wen upon small
th,c,.,as u. :" IN cut 10 a UNIFORM
ia mad. 49,, ~. !. rae .ne ground
is m,nr, ~ s"',u.n, o'nerwise. there
squares OF sod adjusted evcniv sn q ~
produce a smooth surface. Consider-
ahie ratnming or pounding is necessary
IN order to establish the desired smooth
ness. unless great care is exercised in
cutting the turf to a uniform thickness
aha m "roviding a smooth surface to
iay 1T upon. In order tn overcome this
di1hcuIty when extensive sodding opera
lions are to be- undertaken. n device
which in its action is simialr to an or
ordinary carpenters plane is used. This
dovice is used to cut long strips OF turf,
Nlter the strips of turf have been cut
ny horsepower with this implement
they arc rolled into rolls OF
convenient size for handling and the
sodhtng is accomplished by unroilin.
the turf V the area to be rrosscd
After placing the sod in position n is
thoroughly rammed down with :, heavy
wooden maui ~ pressed down with a
lawn roller in orier to produce a uni.
FORM ana smooth surface.
Ipoh steep banks which are of n
Y nns - .aaule. n under conditions
;n,. ~ u.ili'"i. 10 use 500. a pleas
tbc ,,sn 90 I. oa" % produced by
cs,, ;.no "ar"''a ~, ho~neNsuckle uoni-
~ 'apu.Mal. rms p.aht is capable
und.,. ,d,.nr.e n.H. nuhl'talning itself
a v,n5 sa;, III ,n'.i'..o''S. ana IL makes
tase NJ t.irn a.u mas the advan-
When to Plant a Lawn.
There liz ii legitimate difference of
oIinl"n m TeSard To the season at
"hirn IL IS best To plant = lawn. There
are 'hose VINO are very successful in
.a"n making who depend almost en-
eireiy UPON fall planting. and there are
otnevs "hn are equally successful who
N PIactlce OF spring plant
~. ,'"'n 81 these systems are Sue
80. !" .ne PROSPECTIVE lawn
s,i,s ,is !. ~ hhe'nod whlch hest
10 :" Ills convenience III the seeding
tar nart ~ ~. .ue autumn. the lat
paI. Oh august OF the month OF
comniisbirs ~, ."e pest period Tor &C
tween W-s.hina+" WIN "a 'a.l.unes De
the southcrm nnrt,nn ~ .,'s.on. IN
work NAV ~. d.f.n. - .un zone the
The pren, ra tior "r III ul cc'"nef
work should ha y" .a"" ."i ,his
bed should no n,.aa ,...s II seed
cry prerau i'm t.Lar ", NV anu eN-
az, W give Iuedl con-