La Junta tribune., 1916-03-18
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best results from their lawns shoM1o
begin 70 work on them eariy -
March. according 70 the lawn sDecial-
lists Of the department. Too nazy
people delay giving any attentica -
their grass plots until the weather
becomes warm. and thus lose - ~
portunity to take advantage Of malt
Ing snow and the alternate night
freezing and tha~inE Of the xroun1.
II the lawn has not already beea
fertilized. some form Of commercial
fertilizer should be used at once. na-
nure applied this late Will not Be- 81
fective In most cases. Ground bcoo
il probably the best fertilizer 10 use.
although tankage and fish scraps.
some OF which. however. have IN un-
pleasant smell. also give good re-
suits. Prepared sheep manure 10 ~
excellent fertilizer for use At thia
season. Cottonseed meal. where OBJ
,ainabIe ut a low enough price. may
be used 10 advantage. In connection
with these fertilizers. however. II u
desirable 10 use some wood ashes or
other fertilizer containing potash. A.
fertilizers with this element are un-
usually high priced this year. the nat
ural inclination will be TO use mini
mum quantities. With soils that
have been well fertilized in the past.
failure TO use normal amount Of
potash will probably not affect the
lawn badly in one season. These fer
tilixers should be applied at the very
earliest possible moment.
Temptation to get on the lawn and
clean II up is strong as soon as the
snow IL gone and the weather begins
TO settle. lmpatience. however.
should be curbed until the ground h
settled fairly well. SO that footmarks
will not show In the turf. Where Z
lawn has been trampled down during
the winter or played upon when Il
was soft In winter or early spring.
the owner should take steps TO COM
pact its surface at the earliest poasi-
Bile moment. This compacting. how
ever. should not be done until all
trash has been removed. As soon as
the ground II sufficiently settled -
that a rake does not dig into the turf.
the owner should rake Il gently With
n wooden-toothcd rake Frequently.
however, all that Il necessary Is to
pick off the litter. II lawn has
been covered with manure In the fall.
Il viii be necessary 10 break the ma
nure up with rake In the spring
aud remove some OF the coarser por-
tlone. A wooden rake is bes, ior this
purpose. as II will leave 50 much
more Of the fine material upon the
ground. po not rake 80 much OF the
manure that the lawn viii have n
thoroughly clean appearance. All OF
the fine manure that the summer
growth OF grass can possibly hide
should bc left II is surprising how
much litter the grass will obscure In
a lawn. as one or two heavy rains
viii beat down a quantity OF such
material.
Before freezing weather Is entire
ly over. fresh grass seed should be
sown. for Il must be remembered
that only by repeated applications Of
grass seed can = good lawn b. pro.
duced. The ordinary seeding Of
grass on . n~w Lawn h one pound Of
seed 10 every zoo square feet--that
Il. 10 . piece twenty feet square. For
re-seeding . Lawn. one-tenth 10 one
half Of this amount should b. used.
according TO the condition Of the
lawn at the time. FOR the northern
part Of the United States kensuckv