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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 July 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la*'a, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden «ny time during the autumn. If the "lot ca>j be prepared in March, a season it ay be gained by sowing the seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised iJid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, ii procurable:— Crested Dog-tail. 21Us; Festuca tenn;folia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Loliutn t-enuiiolia porenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifoliuin minor, Bibs; Poa Nemoralis and Seinpervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will uf-tic-e for half an acre, and. will form a very good huvn. and it kept cut ';iose answers most soils. Special mixta es :ov laying down la>vi>.> may »lso bo /.'.ad Uoiu any se'.'dsimwi. borne of jui uiiUve poaa lUiii other grasses wo lid answer- j-liiiirably lor lawn purposes, l! tiio ground la or a retentive natue, the .seeik cshotild oe deferred til' Aug:i>l. Commence to cut. as «oon ,i> ti»u machine will act. Some jre-t-i ihe liu- !» r ;lie tir.si time j 1 -.•lit-. it oil pi I*'. LC.IS L«) UJOtVl'ig . | !iub will tba k:i:vos ot tlio mo»\'>i IMPOI',<DINQ CATi'LE, EI (J. All trespassing cattle may be in .'oiiinj ;d by tiio o'.ciijiioi of the ian<; »: '•'•i-i.c* Lbvy sre trespassing; bui in • ii!.' case ot mitt-need land, the occu p n' is not entitled to ciaim any dam except fees fjr driving, or 'o> giving notn e of the detention A sacli cattle, as provided in the Second xrliodulo. JiEfcDti REQUIRED TO SOW A\ ACRE. rJarley, 21 to 2| bushels; beans, 2 to 2i bushels; buckwheat, or blank, li bushels; cabbago (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; e-\,Tot in drills. 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I, co 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; d'X for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3to 4 lbs; kohl rati (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linsead, 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 bushelp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; rye, 2J to 3 bushels; rye grata uf drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 81 Vss(■oh-; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare*, Si bushels; do., spring, 8 to '- J i bushols; trifoliurs incarnatam, 34 ;bs, turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip ctablsle, S !bi; wheat. 2J to 3} bushels >

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