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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 July 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la*n t tie ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autuinn- If the »iot can be prepared in March, a season may be gained by sowing the fsriss seed during that month; the surfjwe must be thoroughly pulverised iJid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Fb; Festucn tenuifolia, 41bs; Feiituca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, i!01ba; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81fcs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervir&ns 41bs of each. This mixture will -suffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and iT kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtu.es for laying down lawns may »Lso bo nad from any seedsman. tiouie of uui native poas and other grasses wo lid answer admirably tor lawn purpos-ja. If th& ground is or a retentive nat.iti>, sowing the seeds should De deferred til' August. Commence to cut as souii as the machine will ace. Some ure-

ter the scythe tor the first time j< Roll previous to moivi:ig; this will save the knives ot the uiow_»r UII'Or.ttJING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle luay be in) pound ;d by the occupier of the laud <sr. vrhick tboy are trespassing; but iu the case of unfenced land, the occup;or is not eutitled to ciaim any damages except fees 'for driving, or ! o' giving notice of the detention ji vic-ti cattle, as provided in Uio Second. Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW aN ACRE. Uarley, 2* to 21 bushels; beans, 2 to 2} bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to trans- : plant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in • drills, Bto 12 lbs; clover, 1., to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 ! bti; do. 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, 2} bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} bushels; I lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtael, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushel?; g parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 p<t; rye, 2} to 8 bushels; ryt grais (it drilled, one-fourth leas), 3 to Si hels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushele; tare*. ' win tor, 2{ bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2} bushels; trifoliuci inoarnstam, 34 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, . 4 lb»; wheat. 2i to 2J bushels

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