. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE SOIL PREPARATION ON A LARGE AREA Where an extensive lawn is to be made and where durability is a prime requisite, more time must be allowed in the prepa- ration of soil, and a more complete treatment given, the essentials of which are here outUned. After plowing under the manure, and harrowing in the lime as before (which in this case should be done in August) the area should be sown with Rye, using one and one-half bushels to an acre, with twenty pounds of Hairy Vetch added for Winter' cover. In the Sprin
. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE SOIL PREPARATION ON A LARGE AREA Where an extensive lawn is to be made and where durability is a prime requisite, more time must be allowed in the prepa- ration of soil, and a more complete treatment given, the essentials of which are here outUned. After plowing under the manure, and harrowing in the lime as before (which in this case should be done in August) the area should be sown with Rye, using one and one-half bushels to an acre, with twenty pounds of Hairy Vetch added for Winter' cover. In the Spring, just as soon as the ground is dry enough to work, plow under the Rye and Vetch and apply a good fertilizer at the rate of about eight hundred pounds to an acre. The following mixture contains all the desirable properties: 300 lbs. acid phosphate. 200 lbs. cottonseed meal. 100 lbs. bonemeal. 50 lbs. nitrate of soda. 50 lbs. kainite. Harrow this mbcture in thoroughly, then sow Soy Beans or Cow Peas at the rate of two bush- els to one acre. This crop will be in bloom during July, when it should be turned under. Then cultivate the ground lightly for a month or more. By this time the soil is settled, and should then be raked repeatedly, as recommended previously, preparatory to sowing the lawn grass seed. The best time for sowing is early May or. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jennings, Arthur J; Johnson, Leonard H. New York, A. T. De La Mare
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