LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 December 1916, Page 4

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it 19 desired to lorn; a hivv, 'he ground abovilJ be trenched ea directed for the vegetable garden .« ny. time during the .°.utun.n. If the "lot cii'i be prepaicd in March, a season nay bo gained by sowing the .ss_pu during that tuo.ith; tho surfic. 1 must be thoroughly pulverised ..nd trodden down firmly. The folK->. <-0g Ls a good mixture, if procurable < — Crested Dog-tail, J2lEs; Festuca tenaifolia, 41bs; Fentuca duruscula, 2lbs; LoJiura tenuifolia pereune, 20lbfi; White clover ,21bs; Trifoliuiu minor, Slbs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervir&ns 'libs of each. Thin mixture will "uffiee for half an aero, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cu~t closo answers most soile. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be aad from any seedsman tiomo of our native poaa and other grasses would answer o'lmirably for lawn purposes. If thG ground is of a retentive natare, sowing the goods should be deferred til) August. ■ Commence to cut as -xion as tho machine will act. Soino oreler tho scythe for the first time of catling. Roll previous to movvi'ig; this wili save the knives ot the inotv-jr. tiEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. tiarley, 2* to Z] bushels; beans, 3to '<!) bushels; buokwhoat, or btank, 1) hushols ; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 8 pkgs; o*."rot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, \ „ to 17 lbs; furro or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turnip-' rooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb .* do., drilled, 4 lbs j linseed, for lax, Si bushels; linseed, for seed, lj bushs!s, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, IS lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtsel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bu&h^tp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or oole, 1 pit; rye, 2} to 8 bushels; rys grass lif drilled, one-fourth lees), Si to Si \igfceJs; sainfoin, giant, 6 bushels; tares, | winter, Si bushels; do., spring, 3 to 2| huahsls; trifoliuiu incarnatam, 94 lbs; turnip, 3 to A lbs; turnip stmbbto., ' 4 lb»; wheat. 2i to 21 banheia I