HEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A ACRE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 April 1915, Page 4

HEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A ACRE.

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lA busiieU ; buckwheat, or bi'uiik, 1 i lj:i;Jicls; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pktjs; carrot in drills, 6 to 12 Jbs; clover, 14 bo 17 lbs; lurzo or gorse, lor iced, 20 to 24 bs; do. lor single-lino l dicing, to sow one mile, ii to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage;, to transplant, 1 lb; do.j drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, lor flax, 2i bushels; linseed, ior heed, li bushels, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mii.stard, white. 1 pkt; mangold uurizel, o lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lba; rape or cole, 1 pkt; rye, 'li to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled,- oiie-iourth leas), 2 to 2i bushels; sainfoin, giant. 0 bushels; tares, winter, 2J bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2!} bushels; trifoliuni incariiattini. 24 Ibcs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbs; wheat, 2 r j to 2£ oushels. LAVLNG DOW'.' A LAWN. WTieii it is desired to form a lawn, the ground slioukl be trenched as directed lor the vegetable garden any time- during the autumn. It' the plot can be prepared in Xlareh, a season iray be gained by sowing the grass xeed during that mouth; the. surface niii.st be thoroughly pulvei'ised and trodden down firmly. J'lie following is a good mixture, il procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 2lli« ; i-'estuea tenuifolia, 41 bs; Kestuea duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuii'olia perenne, 201 bs: White clover ,'2l bs; Trifoliuni minor, Hllim; Poa Nenioralis and Senipervirens libs of eacTi. ' This mixture will "uflice for half an acre, and ivill form a very good lawn, and it kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad I roin ruiy seedsman. iSonio of our native poa.s and other grasses would answer admirably ior Ijnvn purposes. II the ground is of a 7'efentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some oroI'l.'i- the scythe for ilie lirst time of putting. T? oil previous to mowing: this will s;ive the knives ol the mower.