SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 May 1915, Page 4

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE.

Hai-ley. L'i i-.) L.l;-ii* is , bv.-..». 2 m •±\ bushel*: In;. K a n(-;;L, m , b:aii«;, !i ivi.'.-.iiL'L-,; cabbage ijiiu-ud,-, tu-Uahs-pUinL, 1 Hi; eauury. '■> piig.s ; a.ijl :u j drilU, a lo 12 Ib*: clover. 14. u< L 7 lbs; j turzo or gorse, lor leed, 20 Ui 21 Ijs ; I do. for single-liuc leiiuiug, to sow oho I mile, ;i to i 11)6; kohl nibi (turnip- ' rooted cabbage;, Lti transplant, 1 Ib; do., drilled. 4 lbs; linseed, lor ikx, 2| burihols; linseed'. U>v li busbols , lucerne, bro;uie;>.->i, -0 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; muhuiiil. v. inte, 1 pkt; iiiuugold ivurtzel, o Ib.s; oais, 3 1.0 1 biishfls; parsnip, 10 lU>; rape «r cole, 1 pkt; rye, 2i to ;i biibiiels: rye grass (ii drilled, oiie-loiu-ih -' to '-U b'.ial:el.s; .liiiiil'uin, jjiaul, ") buaiieU; tai'ejs, winter. 2i biihljel.s; <i<>.. .'-iiring, 2 U> Mi busliel.s; uitoliu.n; ineavnatuni. 24 lbs; tr.rjiip. 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbs; uJieat, 2i Lo 2i uuslicls. IitIVING DOW:; A LAWN. WTieti ii is defiled to loiin a ljuvii, 11 u > ground should bu treiiehecl as directed l-or Llie \egel;Uile maiden any time diiriny; tin- autumn. if the plot can be prepared in .March, a ,-iea.soli ii ay be gained by mowing the gru.-ss .M.-ed dining that inontli; tlio snriace mii.st be thoieiiglily ■ pulverised. .Hid tn>(ltl"ii liowii iirinly. V'he i'ellowing is a good mixture, il procurable: — Crested Di.ii-Liil. L 2ll»t, ; l''.-.ituea tenuilolia. -libs; Kesiuea duiusciiia, i'lbs; lioliuiu teiiuirolia pereime, 'iOIIiST White clover .'Jibs: Tiifolium minor, (Slbs ; i'oa Ncmoraii.-, nn<l Scnipervireiis llb.s (il eacTi. Thin mixture will iiilice lor hall an acre, ami will form a verv good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most .soilt*. Special mixtures im laying ildivii lawns may also be nad Ironi any soeil.snian. iSoino of mr native |inas an-rl other grasses would answer admirably ior lawn purpo.seti. II tlie ground i.s oi a iiteiilive nature, sowing the seed.s slnniW i*e deferred till .\ugiisl Coimneiici> ui cut as soon as the machine will act. Some jreI'er the scythe i'or i 11.- iirst time. of cutting. Mi ill [irevioMs to mowing: tin's will save- the knives oi the- moiver.