LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 December 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to form a ln*n, 'he ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden .«ny time during the autumn. If the ;>lot ea-i b« prepared in March, a season iray be gained by sowing the ,?rjs3 seed during that month; the surf mo must be thoroughly pulverised .Jul trodden down firmly. The foll«>viing is a good mixture, if procurable.— Crested Dog-tail, 21 Be; Festuca teuui--folia. 41bs; Festuca duruscula, Slbs; Lolium tenuifolia pereune, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifoliuin minor, 81be; Poa Nemoralia and Sempervirsns 41bs of each. This mixture will suffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut clcsa answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may »leo be aad from any seedsman Some of oar native poas and other grasses would answer admirably for lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should De deferred til. 1 August. Commence to cut as ooon as tho machine will act. Some orefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the inotvar. MEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. rJarley, 21 to Z| bushels; beans, 8 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 1$ bushels; cabbago (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 8 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbsj clover, 1-, to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : be; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb: do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for &ax, 2i bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushals, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtsel, 5 lbs; oats, Sto 4 bush*b»; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or oole, I ptt; rye, 2} to 8 bu«hel«; rya grais (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to Si V*»fcels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare®, winter, 3) bushels; do., spring, 8 to 2J bushels; trifoliata inoarnatnm, 34 lbs; turnip, 8 to * lbs; turnip atabWe, < lb»; wheat. 2J to 2} bushels