LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 October 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is deeirod to form a la.\u, the groiind should be tronchod xJi dutxMtxi for tilts rt'gota'.ue giirJv.t r tiy t.iiui dui tug the aur.uibu. If the »iot can be prepaiwl in March, a soaion u - ay be gained by sowing the seed daring that month; the surf Joe must be thoroughly pulverisorl ~nd trodden ■ down - fix ml j• The follnu ing is a good mixture, it procurable.— Crested' Dog-tail, 21Fe; tenuifolia,4lbs; Fe»tuca duruscula, 2lbs; LoJium tennifolia pereune, 201 ja; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemorabs and Sewpervirptis 41bs of each. Thin mixture will--fioe for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept out close answers most soda. gpocial rnixtu es for laying dawn lawns may »ko to cad from any seedsman. tsoine of oui native poas and other grasses wo ilrj answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a rotentivo uat.ue, sowing the seeds should oe deferred til' August. Commence to out as -soon as i tho machine will act. Some -are ler the scythe for the hrst time - j' catting. Itoll pr»vicus to mowr:vt tins will save tho.knives oi ttie ijh'wm

o'EEDti REQCIHED '10 SOW a V ACHE. Uarley, 2* to IJ biiali«ls; beans. 8 to 2J bubbo!s; buckwheat, or blank, 1} bushels; cabbago (druu.head), to tra/ifplant, 1 lb; curv.ry, 3 pkgs; o-.-tot in drills, 8 to 12 Ids; clover, 1. to 17 lbs; furie or gorse, for food, 20 to 24 'La; d'K for single-line tencing, to sow one mile, 3to 4 lbs; kohl' rabi (curnipro<jted cabbage),' to transplant, 1 In; drilled; 4 lbs; litiseed, for flax, bushels ; lihsoed, for seed, li bushols, lucerne,-brofidcaßti 20 lbs ; do., drillod, 15 lbs; miistard> white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtselj '5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bush->l?; parsnip,' 10 lbs; rape or oole, i p.tt; rye, 2i to 3 bushels; rj» grata uf drilled, one-fourth Ites), i to 2j l:t*ls; sainfoin, grant, 5 bushels; tar-*, *iritor,'.JJ bushels; do., cpring, 9 to 3i 'buabsls; - tnfoliu,ai incarnatain, S4 ibaj turnip,' 2to S lb6; turnip stabblo, t lb»; whoat- to 2} tsnshrlr