The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-01-17
BETTER HOMES
For Farm And City
~ RUTH 4 CAIN


AMMH
The lawn l. the moss important
part a. the home Landscape picture
II furnishes Gre setting for the
house anc garden, prevents erasson.
eliminates ouSt and mud and aodg
C. the cool conafoYs Of the home and
grounds Although much progress
has been mace IL improving lawns
d Ma&Sisklpps. IL many cases the
foundation for successful lawn DE-
velQpuaens enc maintenance has
been overlooked Depeloane A
go1c iaNn and maintaining II ne
auirt4 careful grading, drainage
EeSc SCI proper fertilizer and xTN-
temattc MOVING.
Drainage Il necessary to adapt
ne So4l 10 the requirements Of The
tANzs grasses since most Of them Do
MOI thrive on ppoTiv-oralned soils
A Eoo1 sol l. also essential but
most auy sol u'eH prepared and
supplied with tar neceSsgrv uisuf
tOAnnaGun MAJ be aked successful
y II the sotl h sci prepared TIE
fertilizer should b. worked into The
upper four inches and the seeds
bruancaxiec o. the sod tranSplant-
ed In the cas- Of permanent lawn
grasses the seed should bn planted
~ TIE sprinE after danger Of frost
= passed ard then rolled with a
hRhs roller 70 insure q god stand
After sod Is used il may BE- trans
planted 81 most anytime az the year.
provided that here Is sufficient
moisture IL tse sol 70 insure
growth II should b covered with
sol 80 - to leave . smooth surface
Ter moving
Grasses which rzAx be uwed k,,o-
cezxfuliy IN South Mississippi arr
bermuaa-sun @ slight shade
Plants OF seed TWO e three uosfnds
O Rooc quality seed per 1000 SQUARE
feet z Carpet graSz-Sun OF slight
ahane 6eec O. plants Two az ts1res
pounds q sse1 per 100 sQaare feet
; 81 Adjusting 0rxNk-suu or
kaane Outlines & Centipede e4zss
Sun. DRY sandy soils. cuttings s
Lespeoeza Japanese Cioferb-san
thin scils VIII other Graz
seecg o9ae-hak pound Of Sec per
80 SQUARE feet 6 Italian pxe
0rass-sUn O. slight SHADE Winter
lawns Seed Three SOUNDS a $50
Pc i0N square feet
The nsosi common failure IA
maintaining : lawn Is ghe laok 81
proper fertilizer An anuas, gsrinr
ap7ncatton Of a good quality ferstl-
u<f such as SIS o. s-S-e. tntxrs1r~s
arc frequent right application az
nYuruEeneOW fertilizer during the
sfpSlae season arr found 70 b the
- FERTILIZER treatment for lawns
Ine complete fertilizer. II appl5~c
II TIE spring only should l. arn5s4s
a tae rate OF 20 u 60 pound ~
Thousand square FEET a Iaxn a.,
laNr& Already established the fertq-
~ Should Be simply b-Faaccasi4o
uYeT the surface
Commercial fertilizers are larrs,y
afaorgAnac salts Of high eonoenfra-
non snc capable @ burning TIE
grassex II improperly apulss.s
therefore e possible. soafser i.
ieftllizef lusl before q rain or foi-
ioR me Application hy 4 sho~os,eh
NaterfzE This q course VII nj
es necessary Z the fertilizer 4 ar
pied early r. the year bef5rr
growth has started
Moving the aWn Il also imuor.
n ~ keeping Il II 3 generous
state q growth II the arnmer a
1 vel &c keep the lsEn vrass A.
. Two inches AonE when the ~
AA4 gr0En an additional lnen a.
tso 4 i again ready fer moNlnr
watering during the Sumner q
PARTICULARLY beneficiary 10 MA
lawns When watering noak he
avn . q oepth O. SIX inches exerv
tHp Seek& Do not Sprinkle ilehtlr
e<T few GAYS because sfsls BRING
noSA q ne surface aB6 E1zil0E
reos ck quickly IN dry period