The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-19


premiums according 10 the following
scale OF points:
SmoothneSs ..... 10 points
{: :radlng ...-.......... 10 points
Texture ............ 20 points
Freedom from weeds ~ % points
trimmed edges 10 noiDts
N1luS OF grass .-.............. lV poinf"
Landscape features ......,. 70 points
Total ........ 100 points
The first prize was awarded ID Mr>
G. Royster for = fine blue grass
lawn next 10 the lot on which ih.. new
Women'S (1ub building is being bliit
prize was awarded 10 Mrs. Joseph
Weathers of Cameron PARK Tor front
and back lawns \ prize to Mrs Car
roll Mann Of West Raleigh for her
l'eautiful back yard. The committee
is planning TO hold future contest and
hopes TO be able to arouse a lively in
terest in the making and care Of lawns
throughout the city.
For the benefit Of those who wish
| to make new lawns or improve thos.s
| they already have, the following sue-
| sessions arc offered by the civic Dc
| partment:
In preparing a lawn have an ne
|
! there will be no washing Of the land
| or settling of water in low places. The
| land should he broken as deeply az
| possible and all roots. stones and other
ObStructiOnS removed. Care should be
taken to see that the surface soil il
kept on top and not covered Win the
subsoil. The surface should be care
fully raked and leveled SO that il Will
stand at a proper grade in relation
>,,;1 Il ctr 30
land should be made rich by quantities
Of thoroughly decayed manure work
cd into the soil Most soils for lawns
are benefited by copious applications
OF lime. In addition to the manure.
it is a good plan to apply nigh grad de
numerical fertilizers, especially bone
meal.
Lawns can be seeded at almost any
| season of the year. provided. there -
plenty of water available for keeping s
the ground moist while the grass ls
| petting tabliShed. Where there -
plenty Of shade from trees and build
, ings, it is possible to have the finest
blue grass sod. Blue grass. however.
does not last long where il is not pro-
tected from our hot sun. In sunny
locations in the South. the most s;tis-
factory lawns are obtained by using
the common Bermuda Or wire grass
so much despised by farmers ana
truck growers The character silica
that make this vigorous growing grass
| disliked on the farm are the verg
/ things that make it valuable IS d lawn
5 grass. A Bermuda grass lawn be
y comes brown at the first frost but the
e roots hold the sod from washing dur
8 ing the winter Next spring a. ths
e approach Of warm weather. i Is read '
I TO make a solid green cover for ths
: entire growing season.
s "To secure smooth. even surface
lawns should be rolled occa sionallS
with a heavy hand roller, espe all'
l. after rains when the soil is sofT
/, Lawns should be cut frequently s,
II that the grass will not get 50 hlgf
e that it has 70 be raked off. If C4
|: frequently. the clippings VII orol
y down and form q cover for the root
: and viii make the grass rich and In"
, The worst weed pests in lawns II
the South are broad and narrow tef
+ plantain. dandelions, Wild onions, ~
Z. I. grass and b coarse grass known 2
- Paspalum Weeds such as the plan
!, tain and dandelions can best - -
- moved by cutting below the cr"H
- With a narrow bladed knife NJ
- grass can be avoided ~ thor"Ig
- srading and raking before the @raA
= is sourn so as to remove all nuts fToT
the soil. on new lawns. Wild onion
n can be removed by lifting out plu
% ot earth by means Of A garden trow'
IL and removing the little bulbs whtc
~ usually lie four 70 six inches belo
the surface.
"By following these directions, x
ad ncssible without TOO much trouble
IS. keep a lawn IN q condition that VI
90 be a JOY to the owners and . Gehg'