LAYING DOWN A LAWN

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 September 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

When it is desired to form a the ground should he trenchod aa dirocled for the vegetable gardeu niy time during the autumn. If the «»iot can be prepared* in March, a season nay be gained by sowing the seed during that month; the surface mußt be thoroughly pulverised iJid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 2165; Fetfuca tenuifolia, 41 bs; Feotuca duruscula, 21bs; LoJium tenuitolia perenne, 201bs; White clorer ,21bsj Trifoliuin minor, dibs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirenß 4ibs of each. This mixture will suffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtu.es tor laying down lawns may »lao bo .iad from any .seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses wo ild auswer admirably lor lawn purposes, it tho ground is of a retentive natjre, sowing the seeds should ue> deferred til. 1 August. Commence to cut. as rsoon is tho machine will act. Bora© jreer tho scyttio for the first time o 1 •Jt"..ng. lioll previous to mowi'ig, "is will save the knives ol the tuo^jr. aKKDd RJfiQC'JRED IO HOW a\ ACRE. tJarley, 2* to Z| bu&hels; beara, 2 to bunhels ; buc-kwheut, or blank, 14 ..ualicis; cabbago tdrua.head), to trail* t>laiit, 1 lb; uuiutry, 3 pkgs; c.*rot »< inlls, 8 tu 12 lbs; clover, <io 17 lbs; • uize or gorse, tor feed, 20 to 21 Im, ■i'>. for single-line tencing,. to now one ■wle, 3 to 4 lbn; kohl rnbi Uurnipooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 10, io., drilled, 4 lbs, lin&ead, for flax, 2i uuehels; Unseed, for seed, 1J busba!*, inoerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, i 5 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkb; mangold vurtzol, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bu&hjlp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, i pit; 21 to 3 bushels; rye grau iif irilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 21 la* Tela; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tar*», vmtor, 2$ bushels; do., spring, 3 to 2| bushtls; trifoliau: incarnaium, 14 lb»; turnip, 2 to S lbs; turnip (tnbbl*. ( lb»; wheat- 2i to 2} nushela.