LAYING DOWN A LAWN

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 December 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

When it is desired to form a I&a'e, the ground should bo - trenched &-"! directed for the vegetable garden s.ny time during the autumn. If the j'lot j can be prepared in March, a soaioii nay be "gained by towing tho ,?r'iss seed during that month; tha surf ao? must be thoroughly pulVerisc*' «.nd trodden dorrn firmly. The is a good mixture, if procurable,— Crested Dog-tail, 21Fs; Fes+uca tenuiFolia, 41bs; Fentuca duruscula, 21bs; LoJium tenuifolia pereune, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis acd Sernpervirons 41bs of eacE. This mixture will ~affioe for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may »lso be aad from any seedsman Some of our native poas and other grasses wo°ild answer admirably for lawn purpose®, [f thG ground is of a retentive nat-ire, sowing the seeds should be deferred til) August. Commence to cut as soon 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 mowar. tiJEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN AORB. Barley, 2$ to 21 bushels; beans, 3to 2| bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 1} bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to tranaplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I* 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 flax, Si bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} hushols, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtael, 5 lbs; oate, 3to 4 bushab>; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; rye, 2} to 8 bushels; rye grata (if drilled, one-fourth Use), 2 to tj Vmfcels; sainfoin, giant, 6 bnehels; tares, winter, 2J bushels; do., iprin*, 9 to 8} buahals; trifolium inoarnatnm, 14 lbs; turnip, 3 to $ lbs; turnip atabhle, 4 Ibi; wheat. Si to J} bn&hela.