North of Auburn the country flattens out around Cato — corn, hay, hedgerow, and the shine of Cross Lake off west when the light is right. J.Bolton & Company, LLC mows the lawns set in among all that farming: village lots, long farmhouse yards, and the ditch banks and roadsides that never stop pushing. The cut stays even, the trimming stays neat around posts, plantings and outbuildings, and the clippings get blown off the drive so a finished yard reads as finished. Spring opens with the first pass and the last of the winter mess carried off; autumn closes with the leaf work once the maples give up. Meridian, Weedsport, Ira and Victory are all a short drive down the road.