The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-03-04

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used in seeding field crops. The
amount seeded per acre liz .HsN0lly
about sixty pounds of such var
ieties as the. Red Top and KEN
lucky Blue Grass. A somewhat
heavier seeding than this will give
equally as good If not better re-
results. For general lawn pur-
poses we consider a mixture OF
Blue Grass and Red Top as good
as anything that can be used.
Where the lawn cannot be water
ed from the first it is we'll to put
in generous sprfnkling Of Tim
othy. For. an acre of ground one
would want in this case twenty
five or thirty pounds each of Blue
grass and Red Top and about six
pounds of Timothy. White clover
can also be added if one desires.
1t is common practice to gov the
seed broadcast and drag it in by
going over the ground two OF
three times SO that the seed will
be thoroughly incorporated with
the soil. After this the ground
should be rolled so as to hasten
termination. If there is danger
of the soil drifting it can be COW
cred with straw or fresh stray ma
nure after seeding. This should
be removed just as soon as the
seed begins to terminate.
1t frequently happens that the
first years stand is not good over
the entire area; there will be thin
patches and one will be tempted
to pillow it up and start over again.
III is much better in this case to
simply rake in more grass seed in
the early fall or late i'm the spring
and keep this up until it has a
good turf over the whole surface.
The question often comes up
whether or not to start tame
grass upon the native prairie sod.
This can be done very readily and
ii the native sod has about the
right elevation and the slope of
the required lawn it should not be
disturbed. Instead Blue grass seed
should be scattered over the sur
face in the fall and at the same
time about one inch of good gar
den soil applied raking it into the
grass and leveling it down with
the back Of the rake. The blue
grass will start here and there and
eventually will take possession of
the entire lawn, as all of the turf
making grasses will sooner or la
ter drive out the bunch grasses.
1T is not advisable to clip the grass
too soon the first season, nor to
keep it cut too short. Unless one
is very particular about the ap-
pearance of his lawn it is just as
we'll to leave the first years seed
ing without any cutting at all.
This will strengthen the grass
and will tend to keep annual
weeds from starting.
Walks in the lawn should be
so arranged so there will be no
temptation to tramp across the
lawn. 1t is impossible for a lawn
to have rich, neat appearance if
there are bare spots here and
there across the surface.
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good lawn in the back yard as in
the front. Because of the temp
tatlon to tramp promiscuously ov-
er the back yard and let it run in
sensibly in the barn yard there is
often need of better stand of
grass in that place. The farm
yard should be cut off from the
door yard and the part toward ;if>
house should be provided with
sufficient walks SO there will be
no necessity of keeping the lawn
tramped to death. Around the
farm buildings or places where
there is from necessity consider
able tramping it is better to use
bronze grass. This holds it's own
against weeds of almost any de-
scription and keeps the farm yard
and the region Immediately about
the buildings green and attrac-
tive throughout the growing sea-
son.
There is one element that adds
so much to the richness and tide
ness of a place as thrifty lawn
and any one who makes an eff
fort to establish it and keep it in
good shape will be amply repaid.