LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 July 1916, Page 3

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to form a la xn, the ground should be trenched Eta directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season n - ay be gained by sowing the griss seed during that month; the surf aw must be thoroughly pulverised <.nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Bs; b'estuca teuuifolia, 41bs; P'eatuca duruecula, 21bs; Lolium tonuitolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs ; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralie and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will 'uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lowa, and if kept cut close answer* most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may »lso be nad Ironi any seedsman. faorne of our unlive poas and other grasses woild answer admirably lor lawn purposes. 11 the ground is oi a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should De deferred til. 1 August. Commence to cut as boon as the machine will act. Some wefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowi.'ig; this will save the knives ot the mow or. IiIPOC .sDIXG CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle :na,> be i)»iiuil ;d by the occupiei of lilt; lanO <-i aliitb liii-v aic trespassing, bin m ■>v i.l unk'nci'tj land, the occj i. w<i is aut yiititKd to ciaim any dam «exct-pt foes tji driving, or '<>' giving "f tlie detention j| «.ucb attk*, a» {>r<jvid«<i ib the S c .<:i>iiiJ Schedule. SJEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. tSarley, 2* to 2] bushels; beans, 8 to 2} bushels; buckwheat, or blank, It bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to'transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; avrot iD drills. Bto 12 lbs; clover, 1. go 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 be; d«. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rAbi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 8i bushels; linseed, for 6eed, 1} bush#!*, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, Bto 4 bushel?; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or oole, 1 pit; rye, 2J to 3 bushels; rys grata lif drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to Si Wsbels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 3} bushels; do., spring, I to 2{ tinshels; trifolium incarnatnm, 84 ;bs; turnip, 3 to 8 lbs; turnip sttbble, ( Jb • ; Si to 2) Bush els