Includes: Making New Lawns (Clearing and Grading; The Soil (Physical Characteristics; Soil Classes; Chemical Characteristics; All Soils Complex; The Ideal Soil; Improving Soil; and Organic Matter (Humus vs. Commercial Humus; Source of Humus-Making Materials; Barnyard Manure; Spent Mushroom Soil; Peat and Muck; Leaves, Leaf Mold; and Green Manure Crops)); Moisture Supply and Drainage (Drainage; and Mechanics of Drainage); Grass Varieties and Seed (Special Purpose Grasses; Nurse Grasses; Filler Grasses; Why Seed Mixtures; Seed Quality; and Southern Grasses); Preparing the Seed Bed (Fertilizing the Seed Bed); and Seeding); and Maintenance of Lawns (General Lawn Maintenance; Feeding Lawns (The Proper Grass Fertilizer; Kinds of Fertilizing Materials; Best Fertilizer for Established Lawns; When to Fertilize; and Fertilizer Applications); Weed Control (Control Methods; Chemical Weed Destroyers (Sodium Chlorate; Iron Sulphate; Sulphuric, Hydrochloric and Nitric Acids; Gasoline and Coal Oil; Common Salt; and Arsenite of Soda); and Common Turf Weeds); Pests and Diseases (Moles; Gophers; Ground Squirrels; Beetles and Grubs (Classification of Beetles; and Control of Beetles and Grubs); Earthworms; Ants; Crawfish; Skunks; Snails; Sod Web Worms; Brown Patch; Snow Mold; Algae; Fairy Rings; Slime Mold; and Toadstools); and Renovating Established Lawns (Renovating Lawns; Preparation; Fertilizing; Shady Places; Re-Seeding; Subsequent Treatment; and Re-Making Lawns)); Scott's Turf Products; Scott Publications; and Index.
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