LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 September 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

it is to l'M»i * l*'n, | the gr<mii<i snmilij b« fcr«Mtt\b<o it* j t"r tti*> vciCftaliif t(»nlvii »uy 1 t;iu« during tli« Aitluuin. It tli« ! c»'i b« prepßH-d m March, a amnion ' nay be gamed bj sowing th« ,;r i«» ; seed during that month; the surfjtoe niu6t be thoroughly pulverised ..ml trodden down lirmly. l'he following | is a good mixture, if procurable:— I Crested Dog-tail, Sllin; t'e* +, jca tenuitolia. 4lbs; ]''e«tuca duiiidcula, lilbs, Loliutu ' tertuitolia pereitne, JUl'j*, White clorer .tfiba; Trifolioin minor, 8(1*; J'oa Neworaiia aud fcjeiiiperriren* 4lba of This mixture trill aI- ' *<_•« tor hall an acre, and will form a ( rvry good lawn, aud if kept cut closa 1 «r:6B«r* moot «o<la. Special mixta tor laying (loan 1«* ns uiay »lso be nad troui any «eodsu)«a. 6ome of obi native poa« and other graasi* wo lid answer admirably tor !»*•« pi,rpo.>«*. • t the ground lb oi a retentive natJte, kowing the noeda ahould tie deferred til 1 August- Commence to cut. at, mjoij ** tW machine will act. Some *r tiler the (scythe for the hr«t tune j' <-ut'.ug. Roll to iuohiii{. i>iia will the kuir«s oi the worfji sJEEDd B£gCJH«D lO SOW ACRE. Harley, It to 1J bashfla, biMtr«, S to I 21 bushel*; bu<'kabfat, or biank, U biiahela; cabbago idrutfihead), to trana plant, 1 lb; H pkga; <'~.iot to drill*, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. uo 17 lbs; funa or gorse, for feed, 30 to '«4 !/*; d*>. for aiogle-line fencing, to tow <>ne mile, Bto 4 lb*; kohl r*bi (turniprooted cabbage), to trenaplaul, I lo; do., drilled, 4 lb», Ijiuettd, for lax, It biiehela; liri*eed, for seed, It bneba la. lueerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 Iba; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold ivurttel, 5 lbs; oat#, 9 to 4 btuhil*; t >Br»nip. 10 iba; rape or oole, i pt», rye, 21 to 8 biiehel*; rye grata nf <irilled, on«-fonrtb leea), i to 8} in bels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bsahela; tars*, winter, 1} bnshele; do., ipring, t to Si buahela; trifoliam incarnalnm, 14 Iba; taruip, I to % lbs; tar nip atabWl*. 4 lba; wheat. St to li easlieia