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Facts By The Yard ' i From an article by Vena Eaton, Sun Media l - The cylinder mower was invented in 1830 r by an English engineer. 0 50,000 mowers a year were being produced in the US. by 1885. l 0 The first gas engine mower hit the greens in 1902. o 2.7 million Canadians mow their lawn every summer weekend. l - It takes approximately 40 million gallons of r gasoline each year to do so. i 0 There are more than 3 million I two--stroke gas mowers/ trimmers being used today, ' which produces the same . ' amount of smog in onehour 5 as driving a new car 550 K. ' - Four-stroke gas engines are 70 percent more emmission efficient. - Electric mowers reduce pollution by 90 percent. 0 Garden equipment accounts . for 3--5 percent of Canada's air pollution. " Aleida Nyenkamp July 1, 1934 -- May 3, 2012