_awn~<br > North America<br > Regionalized for the Midwest and Northeast，<br > Answers to the most frequently asked questions<br > about lawns.<br >We think this book will be more useful regional and practical，" they said. Many to thank<br >to you than any other book about Their most common questions are dis- Without the Cooperative Extension<br >lawns. Why? The chapter heading cussed in the section， "Questions... Service offices of each state and tl-v=，ir<br >above tells part of the reason， par- questions... " beginning on page 4. helpful workers， a book of thi; "-cop，:，<br >ticularly the word regionalized. It<br >means that no matter where in the The lawn survey told us， to no great would not have been possibl? For<br >Midwest or Northeast you live， surprise， that people care about their reference， we ve listed their .4<br >Wichita， Duluth， Cincinnati， or Boston， lawns. Many homeowners projected dresses on pages 80 to 89<br >there is something in this book for you. an unabashed pride in being able to Without the help of ackno，.;l~ ， :<br > grow a handsome lawn. We dis- authorities， we could not gu ~， :， t.:<br > The most extensive regional infor- covered that， for most， the lawn is not our information as up-lo d-~lv : : i<br >mation is in the section， "Lawns in just a hobby. Lawns are different factual. Numerous indivi，:， ，I ，，<br >your area，" beginning on page 80. things to different people -- a soft nursery， tuff， and lawn m :.，nh n :<br >These pages include the comments<br >of lawn experts that live in the Mid- playground for the kids， or a pleasant business guided us to，，~，.~，， {q， <br >west and North. Who knows more backdrop for the landscape. Maybe answers to everyday qu. n.，n: ，<br >about the finer points of lawn growing it s the soothing color or the uniform problems that are comm.t:r o， :，，<br >in Iflinois， for example， than an texture thai induces a lawn s appeal， to them.<br >experienced individual living there? Whatever the attraction， a well-kept To these many profes:~ n :i .<br > lawn does possess a certain mystique， express our appreciatio~<br > Your climate is the single greatest<br >factor to influence lawn growth， You don t have to tell kids about the pleasures o! going bareloot，<br >Climate determines whether especially when it comes to playing lawn games.<br >Kentucky bluegrass or bermuda- .<br >grass (or both) will thrive in your<br >front yard. It dictates the right ~<!: !:(~<br >times to fertilize， water， and when ~.<br >crabgrass germinates. Diseases ~" ""m<br >and weeds that are rampant in ~，<br >one climate are rare or nonexistent i，<br > in another. It becomes easy to<br > understand that climate is a very<br > important reason why the infor-<br > mation in this book is<br > regionalized.<br > National lawn survey<br > To find out just what kind of informa-<br > tion people wanted in a book on lawns，<br > we conducted an extensive survey of<br > lawn growers and nurserymen in<br > every part of the country. They told us<br > of the importance of knowing the "how<br > and when" of lawn g rowing，"Be i[.!~<br >