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Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 July 1916, Page 4

Mexandria * aon.ro. lIUBU.'! U4UI . . !j JO J 11. iorlm •• i U3 ; 11 Joriio •• • ' 011 hi ; luii.i.a, ' - 1 A " Jv»u»u ' 10 »» lU " Ji-inaiM 1 U 11 siibbauo .■ ••• •• a 10 • Brussels 6 84 * in. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lava, Ihe ground should be trenched BB directed for tlio vegetable garden any time duriDg the autumn. If the piot cnii be prepared in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the ,n;r'ias seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised tJid trodden down firmly. Ihe following is a good mixture, ii procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21 bis; i'estuca tenuifolia, 4lbs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuiiolia perenne, 201 as; White clovor ,21bs; Trifolium minor, gibs; I'oa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41 bs of eacfi. This mixture will 'uftiee for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most 60ils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may »lso be iiad irorn any seedsman. Some of our native pons and other grasses would answer .i-iuiirably lor lawn purposes. 11 the- ground is oi a retentive natare, sowing the seeds should ue deterred til' August. Commence lo cut. ah mjui afi tiio luucbino will nm. 6«mt> .>reler the scythe lor liie lirst luuo j' cut'_.ng. Itoli prevails i.'.i moivng ibis will save the kmv<« ot the ino^jr IMi'OI'.vDING CATV US. EIC. All m:.-. passing caitle may 'be ill pound -;d by Die oecupiei of the ianc us u hich they are tiespiih-sing; bui n use case of ijulirnued land, the occ.i p.ei i& aut eiititi<-d to ciaim any dam ages except fees Ijr driving, or 'o giving licitkc 'il the del<-'uliini ,i v.iel cattle, i>e {'."oviJkS ia '.u» Soeoni Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO BOW fl \ ACEE. Barley, 2* to bushels; bean*, 2 t ii bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 1 bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to tranj plant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; o*vr ot i drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, co 17 Iba furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs do. for single-line fencing, to sow on mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rali (turnij rooted cabbage), to > transplant, 1 lb do., drilled, 4 lbs; linse«d, for flax, 2 bushels; linseed, for eeod, 1 j bushslf lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drillef 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mango! wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushelf parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 p*l rye, 2} to 8 bushels; rye grass t drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 8J la bp's; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare winter, 21 bushels; do., spring, 8 I 2| bushels; trifoliun; incarnatnm, 3 lbs; turnip, 3 to 8 lbs; turnip «tnbl»l< ! lbi; wb<>at ?i to 21 bnshclt