More immigrantsâ11.7 millionâcame to the United States between 1871 and 1901 than had arrived in the United States and the British North American colonies during the preceding three centuries combined. (The U.S. population was 76.2 million in 1900.) Between 1900 and 1914, 12.9 million new immigrants arrived. These turn-of-the-century immigrants came primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe, and were largely Italians, Jews, and Poles.
A burned or scorched lawn is grass that has become brown or withered, but it can be treated. 1  Consistently water your lawn. Sounds simple enough but most often, a lawn goes bad due to simple missteps such as not watering your lawn. 2  Don't overuse fertilizer of pesticides.
Straw protects grass seed from the environment. If a hot, dry summer has left your lawn scorched and prickly, buy a bag of grass seed and a bale of straw. Grass seed is much less expensive than sod and can produce a lush lawn if you plan carefully.lace the bale of straw on top and break it up with a pitchfork. Grab a handful at a time and loosely shake it over the grass seed. You want the straw to barely cover the ground -- no more than 1/4 inch deep.