SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 31 July 1915, Page 4

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE.

i - iK!I li>.y, 2J to 'J'{ Imkslii.'.l.s ; beams, 2 to ; LI J busheL ; buckwheat, <>r brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead;, to 1-' «».*— plant, 1 lb; canary, '1 pJ-i^s; ij) drills, S tu IIJ Ib.s; clover, 1. w 17 lbs; Inoi' gorse, for feed, 20 bo; do. for single-lino fencing, to sow ouo mile, 3 to '1 lbs; kolil rabi (tumiprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do. ; drilled, '1 lbs, linseed, for flax, 2J bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, lo lbs; mustard, white. 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, o lbs; oats, II to <1 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pivt; jvo, 2J to .'J bushels; r.ye grass (if drilled, oiie-fourl.li lew), 2 to 2i busheir,; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2 J bushels; trifuliu-m incarnatum, 2-1 lbs; turnip. 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble, 1 llis; wjieat, 2i to 2J uuahelb. LA VIMJ 1 /OWN A LAW'S. W hen il, i.s do,sired to loi in a la.vn, I lie ground shuuM he trenched iitf directed lor the vegetable garden any time dining the au tu in n. If the pint can be prepared in March, a season n a.y bo gained by i-owing the gn.ss '•i-ed iluring fll.<t inniil.li; the surf.ice must lie thoroughly pulverised and •m'ldeii down lirmly. Tho following 1.-, a gnud mixture, it procurable: Crested Ifiig-lail, 21 b^; I'Vstuca lenuiloiia, -libs; Kostuea duruscula, L'lbs, I.'ilium Uuiuil'olia perenne, '201 lis; While clover .'Jibs: Trifolium minor, SI lis; I'ua Xemiiralis nud Soiujiervirens libs <>i eaeTi. This iiiixluro will 'iifliee for half an acre, rind will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most Mjils. Special mixtures ! 11 r laying down lawns may also be nad I iron any seedsman. Some of our nalive pons and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. It the ground i.s of a retentive nature, Muting the seeds .should lie deferred till August.. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some ireIcr the scythe for the first time of cutting. .Roll previous to mowing: this will save the knives o! the mower.