LAYING DOWN A LAWN

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 September 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

When it is deaired to f-nni a In". ;j. t.ho ground should be trejachod uj directed for the vegetable garden mj> time during the autuusn. If the <<iut cau be prepared in March, a suajon nay be gained "by sowing the sead during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ~nd trodden down firmly. The following ia a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21b~s; Fee+uca tonaifolia, 41bs; -Featuca duruscula, 21bs} LoJium tenuifolia porenne, 201ba; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Meuioralis and Sempervirens ■libs of each. This mixture will ■>affico for half acre, and will forza a very good lawn, and if kept cot close answers most soils. Special niixtu.ea for laying down lawns may »lso bo r>ad from any seedsman. Some of oui native poas and other grasses wo lid answer a'imirably lor lawn purposva. if thG ground is oi a retentive natjiv, sowing the seeds should Be deferred til 1 August. Commence to cut aa soon as tiie machine will act. Some jre;er the scythe for the tirst timo o< 1101 l previous to ui-.jivi ig , i.hie will save the kjjivos ot the

aEEDti REQUIRED 70 SOW ,i\ ACRE. darley, 2* to 2J bushels; bea.ui. 2 to 2| bushels; buckwheat, or biunk, U bushels; cabbago (drumhead), to train* plant, 1 lb; cHii/.ry, 3 pkga; civiot iti 'rills, 8 u> 12 lod; clover, I. to 17 lbs, uirze or gur.se, for toed, 20 U: Z4 i,b, do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (tur/iip rooted cabbage), lu transplant, 1 10, do., drilled, 4 lbs, liuseod, for flax, 2j ouhheli; 1111 setxi, lor need, 1} buah.ilA, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, i 5 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 buslulp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, i pit; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; rys grata uf irilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to Si b*s°els; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tar**, *mter, 24 bu&hels; do., »pring, 2 to 2} bushels; tnioliaiu mcamatctm, 34 lbs; turnip, 2 to » lbs; turnip atabblo, ( lbs; wheat, S± to 2} anshela.