LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 December 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to i'ertn a lavo tie ground should be trenched oi directed for the vegetable garden i.ny time during the autumn. If the j»iot can be prepared in March, a season aay be gained by sowing the ,?ria>4 seed during that month; the surf-tc*.-must be thoroughly pulverised iJid trodden down firmly. The folW.Uig; is a good mixture, it procurable.— Crested Dog-tail, 21Bs; Fes*uca ten a; folia, 41bs; Feetuca duruscula, 21bs, Loliura tenuifolia pereune, '201ba, White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor. Bibs; Poa Nemoralis and Sctnpcrvi-?n<-libs of cac6. This mixture will :il lico for half an acre, and will form' » eery good lawn, and if kept cut ilomc answers most soils. Special nnxt'i »*- for laying down lawns may »lao be /iac! from any seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses woild answer admirably tor lawn purposes, it thr- ground is of a retentive natare, sowing the seeds should oe deferred til 1 August. Commence to cut as soon as tho machine will act. Some ureter the scythe for the first time u' catling. 801 l previous to mowiig; il>is will save tho knives ot the moivM

HEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. riarloy, 2* to 2| bushels; beans, 3 to 2} bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 1} bushels; cabbago (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; oanary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I. «o 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'be; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 IbB; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb: do., drilled, 4 lbs-, linseed, for las, 24 bushels; linseed, for seed, 1) bush«!s, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, wiiito, 1 pkt; mangold wurteel, 5 lbs; oate, 3to i bushilp; parsnip, 10 lbs; raps or cole, 1 p-tt; rye, 21 to 8 bushels; rys grata u! drilled, one-fourth l«ee), jj to Si tisbels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare*, winter, bushels; do., spring, 3 to 8} bushels; trifoliina incarnatam, 24 lbs; turnip, 3 to 8 lbs; turnip stnbhl*., i lbs; wheat. 81 to S} bushel*