LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 November 1915, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to form a lawn, tile ground should be trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can Im< prepared in March, a season 11 ay be gained by cowing the grass seed during that month; the surface must bo thoroughly pulverised .uid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, il procurable: — Crestc' Dog-tail, 21 lis; Kcstuca teuuifolia, -libs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs, Lolium tenuilolia perenne, 201 bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolinm minor, 81bs; l'oa Nemoralis and Sempervirens libs of each. Thin mixture will 'uffico lor half an acre, and will form n very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers; most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad lrom any seedsman. JSome of jui native peas and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. II the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should Do deferred til) August. Commence to cut as soon as the- machine will act. Somo refer the scythe for the first time oi cutting. Roll previous to mowiag; this will save the knives 01 the mower. J IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle may be itn pounded by the occupier of the land on which they are trespassing; but in the case of unfencetl land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or lot giving notice of the detention of such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. tiEICDS REQUIRED TO -SOW AN ACRE. Uarloy, 2J to S| bushels; beans, 2to 2J bushels j buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, lib; canary, 3 pkgs; o*;rot in drills, .8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1-, to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; do. for single-line tencing.'to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rati (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed; for flax, 2| bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white. 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 put; rye, 2J to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2J bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares,. winter, 2| bushels; do., ripring, 3 to 2 J bushels; trifolinm inc&rnatum, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs j turnip rtubble, 4 lbs; wheat. 2i to 21 bushels.