SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 July 1915, Page 4

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE.

. - I • tarle.v, 2{ U> 'J-i hu«h«l.->; beiuui, - to ■Jjj bushels; buckwheat, or brauk, li bushels; cabbage, (drumhead), to I'-anf-l>lanL, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; u~yrol in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, *..■-</ 17 lbs; IiMViO or gorse, lor Iced, 20 to 21 bs; do. lor single-lino leucine, to bow oho mile, a to 1 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, '1 lbs, linseed, for flax, -'J bushels; linseed, lor seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, ID lbs; mustard, wliite. J pkt; mangold wurtzei, 5 lbs; oats, B (o I bushels; parsnip, IU„lbs; rapt 1 or coin, 1 pmt; l'.Ye, 2j U) <i bushels; r.vo grass (if drilled, one-fourth let*), \i to 2i bu.s----l:ol,s ; sainfoin, giant', o bushels: lares, winter, 2J bushels; do., spring, - to ■2 J bnshelh; Irilolium iiicariiafuiu, 21 Ibi;; turnip, li l-o :i lbs; turnip stubble, 1 lbs; wheat, 21 to 2} oushelo. LAYINU DOWN A I,AWN. When it iii desired lo form a la.v u. Ihe ground should be trenched a." directed lor the vonetalilo garden any time during the auluinii. If the plot can lie prepared in March. :>, sea.soii nay be gained by sowing 111*' ; r ,r:is>' seed during that month; the surface muist. be thoroughly pulverised ,md trodden down lirinly. The following is a good mixture, il procurable; (.Vcsled Dog-tad, 211 is: Kcsfuca lenuifoiia, llb.s ; Kesluca duiu.seula, Ulbs; l.olium U'liuifolia pereune, 201 h« ; White clover .2lbs; Tril'oliuin minor, Slbs; Pea Nemoralis and Sompervireus. libs of. each. Thiis mixlure will uf-

lire for Inilf an acre, niul will form a vory #jod lawn, and if kepi out dose answers most, tsoils. Special mixtures for l:iyi:ijj down lawns may also bo iiad from any seedsman. Some of jur native poa.s an<l olJier grasses wo.ild answer admirably lor lawn pui •posec II Die ground is of a retentive nat.irc. sowing the <se.ud<s should ho deferred till August. Commence, to cut as soon as tin l machine will net. Sonic Meier tlio .scytlio for the lirst time of nittintc. ]{01l priM'ioiis t«i iiiowiiifi: this irill save ibc loiivcs ol Ibo inon-er.