LAYING DOWN A LAWN

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 November 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

When it is desired to I'orrc a lutu the ground should be ' tr«nehsd «u* directed for the vegetable garden sny rir.io during the aiit'ia.B. If tho ;*k>t be prepared in March, a soasor: ;i ay ha gained by sowing the ,y wii s«sad daring that month; the surfic* 1 rrust bo thoroughly .pulverise'! iJid troddcu down firmly. TLo f<.li>" .ig is a good mixture, il procurable.— Crested Dog-tail. 2H)e; I'W-uca tenai- 1 folia. 41bs; Fentuca dunmculft, 2lbs; l.oiiuni tonuihilia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,2iba; Trifoliuin minor, 1 •jibs; Poa Noaioraiie oud Seinpervirens j libs of This mixture will iifiiw for half asi arre. and will foru> b very good lawn, and il kept em '.kwanawerp. most goj!s. mixta. <* for laying down lawns may »160 b«j jiad ironi any seeds man. fciorne of our native poas and oilier u.ia«sos *0 il.i I answer admirably lor lavrn purpo.-ys. it the ground is o: a retentive name, sowing the seeds should dp deferred til August. Commence to cut as soon I as tho machine svili act. Boruo treier the scythe for the hrst time u' ' .it'..rig. Roll previous to mowrig. ihis lili save tho kuivws 01 the mo-.vji >EEDS REQUIRED TO BOW aN ACRE. Marlcy. 2* to 2J btwhols; beans. S to 21 bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 11 bushels; cabbago (.drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pligs; o*--rot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1, to 17 lbs; furze or gorso, for feed, '20 to 24 be; J", for single-line tencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprolled cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb: 'Jo., drilled, 4 lbs, linse«d, for Sax, 3$ bushels; linseed, for stxxi, It bufih»l», I'icerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white. I pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oate, 3 to 4 bus>,ajlp; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or 1 t)it, ryo, "i to S bushels; ry» grasa ■jl driiJ-ed,' one-f.oQ! th lets), l' to Si \>s»;:r!« ; eain'-.-in, giant, 6 buahela; taroa, sfiator, Si bushels; do., fcpricg, 3 Us SJ bushals; trifoliata incamfctain, S-t lbs; t-nrnip, 3 to S lbs; turnip gtsbblfv 4 lb*; vrhefet- 8$ to 2$ f.nshel*