LAYING DOWN A LAWSD

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 August 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWSD

!Ji. a:ilU...». ii lit •• '!.>l Uit-i bit pri'imiwl in Match/ a s<.Mi>'ii 1 if ay be gained by sowing the ;y"M | sead during that month; the snrfjw must be thoroughly pulverised ..tid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail. 2lbs ; Kestuca tea-ii-folia. 41 bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifoliuiu minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Bempervirwis 41bs of each. This mixture will uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn. »ud if kept cut ".lose answers luoht sodtt. Special iiiixti.es !'or laying down I u v.rimay i«loo be :''ftd Iroijj any seedsman. fauim? of .in unlive pous !;ud ot)jt?i gmsscs »o;!d answer u-'.niirably tor iawn purposes. Ii the- ground i.s oi u ietentive uat :te, m,.'. ing the soodb ahouid ou deferred til' August. Commence to cut. voun as tho machine will act. S;.i::< ter the scythe for llie tii'.si tniH-> >' cutting. Roll previi.us l<i mo.\i this will save the knives oi the mo«' ir lAU'ol .a:iNC CA! i I.K. Ki C. All uvspuftsnig cattle ju h> be >ii jiiiiiiid id by the <«-cupiui of the laud ..a ixhicli they are trespassing ; bo i in silt? case ol unfenced laud, the occ t jj ;>r is «i<it I'Mtitlfd to ciaim any dam except fees l.ir driving. or '«• > giving ijnlii.e <>t tht> detention <r ■■'lrh ' cftttie, a o (Tovidrtd :n 'In? Scroll.i Sclu'dilie. >.LD.S required TO BOW ACRE. uarley, 2* to SI bushels ; heaim, 2 to i!l bushels; buckwheat, or biunk, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I. co 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'bs; ii**. for single-line tencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 1 lbs ; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs, linaefld, for flax, 2} bushels; linseed, for seed, li busbals; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, i 5 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oate, 8 to 4 bush -If ; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 p<t; rye, 2; to 8 bushels; rys grass •.i! t'.rilled, one-fourth less). 2 to 2i VjsbeL-; Ruinfoiri. giant. 5 bushel?,; t.ir-»s, ~in tor, 2} bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2j bunhsifj; trifoliwc; incarnatum, 24 !b«; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; inrnip itnbblfl,