LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 September 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is deairod to foirn a lua'u, liit) ground should b» tr«nchod wi diiecuMl for the vogotnuie gurdeu «:iiy tiui« during the autumn. II the j>lut cau be prepared in llarch, a season any be gained sowing the seed during that month j tlio surface must be thoroughly pulverised »4id trodden down firmly. Th® following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Dog-tail, 21Fs; Fee+uca tenalfolia, 4fbs; Foatuca duruscula, 21hs; Loliutn tenuifolia perenne, 201 os ; White eloper ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Xeoioralie and Sempervirens libs of each. This mixture will '•uftieo for half an acre, and will form a very go<jd lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soJb. Special mixtu.os | tor laying donn lawns may »lso be /iad from any seedsman. Some of our uative poas and other grasses wo rid answer admirably tor lawn purposao. it the ground is o: a retentive natare, sowing the seeds should De deferred til' August. Commence to cut as ooon as the machine will act. Some Jre;er the scythe for the iirst time ijf.lng. Roll previous Lo mowiij;. iJiis will save the knives ot the motvjr.

dEEDd REQUIRED TO SOW a\ ACRE. tJarley, 2* to II bushels; beaxe, 2 to :{ bushels; buckwheat, or blank, li j 'iHsliols; cabbago l<lrun.h<>ad), to trajis- | plant, 1 lb; canary,.3 pkgs; o-vrot n. irills, 8 to 12 Ids; clover, 1. tx> 17 lbs; > :ujze or gorso, for feed, 20 to 21 Ls, 1 io. for single-line' fencing, to sow ','ne ;nile, 3to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turnip rooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; - do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, (or flax, 2i ouslie's; liuseod, for seed, li bush.ils, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drillod, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold vrurtzol, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushjlp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or oole, i pit; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rya graw uf iriiled, one-fourth lacs), ti to 21 Vi* Pels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare#, winter, 31 bushels; do., »pring, S to ii busholß; trifoliitm incarnatarn, 14 bs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbe; turnip »tnbb!«. i Ibi; wheat- 81 to 31 on shell.