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Making Finer Lawns
Fall usually is the ideal season to start a new lawn or improve an old one, grass specialists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture remind home owners. Many of the good perennial grasses of cool, humid regions have their dormant perjcd in midsummer, then start heavy growth in cool fall weather. If encouraged at this season, such grass has a headstart in the spring over the crabgrass and weeds. \
Befoi'e seeding or fertilizing this fall, home owners may well consider two of. the newer aids for the lawn. One is the, new practice of making the soil porous by machine, so that • it absorbs rain and fertilizer easily. A common cause of pomM^rf-is hard-paeked - soil, say specialists of the U. S.
Associ®tinny- working,i. with the Department. As much as 80 per cent of ong rainfall may run off and frequent watering is needed to keep grass alive. Aerification of the soil saves water, makes for efficiency in fertilizing as well as saving time. Though machines for aerification are too ex- .
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