LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 November 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is deaired t6 lc-rui a la*n. •he ground should be trenched afi directed for the vegetaDie garden f.ny time during the autumn. If tho ."lot ran bp prepared it) March, a season "ay be gained by sowing the L yi»i> <ised during tbat month; tho surfiw -mist lr« thoroughly puiverispH «.nd down firmly. The following ■I a good mixture, ir procurable.— ' rwfit.pd Dog-tail, 21 bs ; KwMica tenuioliu. 41 bs; Fentuca duruscula, 2lbs, U'liuitolij* pereuue, 201bs, •Vhive clover .21bu : Trifoliuui minor. I'oii Ntjictjialm aud libs of each. This mixture will uf hce for half an acre, and will form « reiy good lawn, aad if kept out clos*an6w<<rfi most soJb. Special ojixt'j ..»*• for laying down lawns /nay »lso bo aad from any seedsman. Some of jn/ native poas and other grasses wu'ilfl answer admirably tor lawn pnrpoawIf tho ground is of a retentive uatarv. sowing the seeds should oe deferred til 1 August. Commence to out ae <soon as tho machine will act. Some »reler the scythe for the first time o f cut'.ng. Roll previous to moiviig; l.hie will save the kiiros ot the uioivjt

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW aN ACRE. tJarley, 2* to 2J bushels; boana, 3 to 2) bushels; buckwheat, or biank, 1J bushels; cabbaga (drumhead), to tranfplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1 to 17 lbs; Furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 8 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; Linseed, for flax, 34 bushels;, linseed, for seed, 1} bushels, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushil*; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; rye, 2( to S bushels; rye grata lit drilled, one-fourth lees), ii to Si \t<sbeta; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tar*a. winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, 3. to 2J bushels; trifoliate incarnatum, H lbs; turnip, 2 to R lbs; turnip «tabbl<v < lb*; wheat. 2i to 3} baahela I