SEEDS REQUIRED "TO SOW AS ACRE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 April 1915, Page 4

SEEDS REQUIRED "TO SOW AS ACRE.

liarloy, 2} to :>.± bu.;iKis; bcttu>. - u> 2 J bushoU; bavk«iu-..t, »i burn.., i, ; to wasisphiul, 1 lb; canary, J p >-£>*>; curl ot m drills, is to ill lbs; c!o\ei', l-l to Li lbs; lurze or ior Jccd, 20 to -t lis; do. tor sinylo-lino n.-iiiiuy, to .sow 0110 mile, 3 to 4 1 ocs ; k.jiii raui (tuimprootod cabbage), to transplant, 1 io; do., drilled, -1 lus ; ior tlas, -i butiiiois; linseed. ior bcc-.J, 1J bwshols, liiceriie, broaueast., -'0 lus; do., drilled, l.j U,s; iniis.ii.ird. while. 1 pkt; mangold n urUci, 5 I bo; u# -J bushes; parsnip, K) 10.-,; rape or cole, 1 put; rye Lo 3 basin. ;.s; rye y;rasa (il drilled, one-iourlit -■ to I'.'j bushels ; sainfoin, giant. 5 bitslii-Is; la ruts, winter, -i bwslicla; <io., l»' •J! bushels; l riiiiliina inear na ui in. 2 1 itiis; turnip, 2 to .'3 lbs ; turnip stubble. •1 lbs; wheat, -i id 2i ousliels. LAYING DUW:-: A LAWN. Wfieii it is desired lo iorni a la.vn, Iho ground should be trenched as diroei.it! tor U.o v.'gvi »»>»««• garden any tiiiio during tiie aiiiu.un. Ji the plot can bo prepared in .March, a season li ay be gained by (.owing the grass -ecd during thai month ; ill.; siirlace must lie thoroughly pulverised .and trodden dnivi! Ii: mly. the iellou i:ig IS a Ilo'.d mixture, il procurable : — Crested I log-tail. -Mir-; r estuca ienu;lolia. -libs ; Kesiuca duruscula, lilb:-. ; Lolium tenllii olipcr-'ttm*. — <H' ■.-- ; White clover ,2!bs; Trifoliuiu minor, ; I'ou >ii.'morai is and Sempervirens llh.s til' oacli. This mixture will ■ uxliee lor half an aero, and will form a very goud lawn, ami it kept cut closj aiisu'eiv; ino-t sods. Special mixtures •'or laying down lawns may also be nad from any seedsman. iSome of our native poa.s and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. !i the ground is oi a retentive nature, sowing tlio se'-d« should lie deferred till August. - Commence to cut n.s soon as the maeliine will act. Some ;jreler the scythe fur ihe iirst time ol cutting. T'oll pre',-ions to .'nou iii;.!: : 'h : - . iv. knives oi the nunvor.