SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW ACRE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 April 1915, Page 4

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW ACRE.

iiarloy, t<> '.\i buuliels ; bi'iu.n, 2 In 2 J bushels: buckwheat, or hrank, 1-} bushels; cabbage 111ulieu<JJ, to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; carrot iii thills, 8 to 12 lbs; elovw, 1-1 to 17 lbs; lurze or gorse, lor feed, 20 to 24 'bs; do. lor single-line fencing, to sow one mile, a to 4 ibs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2£ bushels; linseed, for seed, li bushels, lucerne, broadcast, 20 ibs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzcl, 5 lbs; oats, t) to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pkt; rye, 2} to 3 bushels; rye grass (U drilled, onol'ourth leas), 2 to 2J bushels; sainfoin, giant-. 5 bushels: tares, winter, 2} bushels; do., .spring, 2 to 2J bushels; Irifoliuiu incarnation, 21 lbs; turnip. 2 to .'3 lbs; turnip stubble, 1 lbs; wheat, 21 to 2i onshels. LA YING DOWN A LAWN. \\Tien it is desired to form a lawn, I lie ground should be trenched as directed lor the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season may be gained by sowing the grass seed during that-mouth ; flu; surface must, be thoroughly pulverised and trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, il procurable

Crested Dog-tail. I'Vstitca tonuifolia, libs; Kestuca duniseula, 21hs l.olium teuuil'olia perenuo. 201 bs ; White clover .21bs: Tri I<j]inin minor. 811.is ; I'oa Xemoi'alis and Seni pervireiis libs ol eacTi. This mixture will -11ilice for hall' an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and ii kept cut elose answers most soils. Special mixtures for lav ing down law lis may also lie nad Irom any seedsman. Some of our native jioas and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. 11 the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should lie deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some ,)reler the scythe for the iir.xt- lime of culling. l!olI previous to mowing: this will save the knives ol the nutivcr.