LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 September 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

[ \\ iico 11 is <2u»ireii to for m a Im.vu, j 1 tie ill (Ml lid ptiijiil'J be ti>'i:r,hv<) «a d:ix-oi<yJ ltir Use tuy | lliuv iiilJ /flit- ii.UUij-I). li lii« can be prepared ui March, a season nay be gamed bj sowing the ,;imsb seed during tbat month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised c.nd trodden down firmly. 'Ilio following is a good mixture, il procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 211»; I'of+'jca teuuiloiia, 4!bs; J'estuca duruscula, 21!j3 i Lo.lium tenuilolia peronno, 20lba; Whit© clover ,21bs; T.'ifolium tuin.ir. Slbs; I'oa Nemoralis and Seniporvi'.'ns 41b3 of eacEi. This mixture will uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and il kept cut cJcj.scanswers most m>ilb. Special imxt i ijtfor laying down lawns may »l»o Lc phi) from any seoddtuaii. &,.me ..in native poas tind other grasses. wo ii>i answer O'iuiirably lor lawn purpoi-js. if thG ground is of a retentive nat.ire, sowing the seeds should 00 deferred til' August. Commence to cut as *ma as tho machine will act. Some jreler the scythe for the first time y CJt'.:ng. lioll previt,Hß to mownc llus will save the kn;vo« <>; the mo.v i> SEEDS REQUIRED TO 30W \ ACRE. iJarloy, 2* to ZJ bushels; boat*. 2 u. 2} bushels; buckwheat, or blank, '( bushels; cabbugo idruii.hoad), to t'-aiu* plant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; cv.-rut 11 drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I. «o 17 il3s, furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 Ls , do. for single-line touting, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turnip rooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 to, do., drilled, 4 lbs, linseed, for (lax, 'i\ bushels; linseed, for setyi, 1J buah.t'a. lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., dnlkvl, 15 Iks; mustard, white, .1 pkt; mangold A-urtaol, 5 lbs; oata, 3 to 4 buad-jlf; ;>arsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, i pit, rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rye grass wl drilled, one-fourth Iocs), 2 to 2i \-i* bels; sainfoin, Riant, & bushela, winter, 2J buaheis;, do., spring, 2 tu 2J bimhuis; mfoliuu; imnrtatiim, 3-j lbs; turnip, 2 U> 3 lbs; taxiiip *tabbi<t. t lb»; 2i to ounticU pa—zana—w—a