Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1918 — Building Lawns. [ARTICLE]

Building Lawns.

Lawns that are patchy or spotted may have bad spots filled with new soil and sown or planted with sod taken from elsewhere and well fitted and battered down. The hitter is the better way. If the lawn is to be made anew, please remember it cannot be too heavily stirred, too heavily fertilized nor can the fertilizer be too thoroughly mixed with the soil. Then settle thoroughly with water before seek* Ing to makesit smooth.