LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 August 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

; „ : 111 Maii.il, Mfuy.-n . ii aJ- be gained bj sowing the f?rias I sesd during that month; the surface \ must bo thoroughly pulvorieod ~ud trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 2lbs; i'estuca tenuifolia, 41 bs; Featuca duruscula, 2lbs; LoUtim tonuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,2lbs; Trifoliuiu minor, 81 bs; I'oa Nemoraiis and Bernpervirons 1 41 bs ol each. This mixture will utfice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut <;loao answers most soils. Special mixta.os it,r laying down lawns may »lso be i?.ud from any Beedsman. koine of native poas ;;.nd other graascf* wild answer admirably lor lawn purposes. It the- ground is of a retentive nat.ire, bowing the seeds should u<- deferred til' August. Commence to cut as ~oon a« the machine will act. Some ureter tbe scythe t<«r the Inst t;;;ie / cut'.lng. Roll {irej'if.os to uiowi;h, ibis will save the knives u; the iim.' jr. IMrOI'.CDING UA'Ij'LK, KIC. All trespassing cattle may bo ■»> |.M'iiiKi ;d by the. occupiei of the land oil whiuk they are trespassiiii;; but m the casu ot unfenced laud, the occ.i p:er is not entitled to ciaim any d:i;uages except tees for driving, or '<•> giving notice of the detention it vjch cattle, an provide in '.be Schedule. ■SEEDS REQUIRED 10 SOW ,*N ACRE. darley, 2* to 2J bushels; beam, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or btank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; 3 pkgs; c".rtit in drills, S to 12 lbs; clover, 1. vo 17 lbs; Furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 Ls; d". for single-lino fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 'lbs; kohl rabi (turnip rooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 tb, do., drilled, 4 lbs; linse«d, for das, 2} bushels; linseed, for swd, 1$ hnsh;*U. lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; rnangild wiirtzel, 5 lbs; ont«, 3to 4 bush-Is ; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cnlo, 1 p-it; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; rys grats iil drilled, one-fourth lees). 2 to 3£ Isshels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare*, winter, '24 bushels; do., spring, 8 to 2i bnshals; trifoliara incarnstum, S4 ibs; turnip. 2 to 8 lba; tnrnip stabblfl, 1 Pm ; ii to 2} fen*hf»l*