MAIL NOTES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 July 1915, Page 4

MAIL NOTES.

A . Mails close at Levin ost Office as 1111 der:— For Wellington (daily), i.ui 4.T5 p.m., and ti.ls p.m. For Pahnerston North (daily), 10.30 <i.m. and 7 p.m. For Waugunui, New Plymouth and districts (daily) 10.30 a.m. For Napier and Hawke'e Bay district, Mastertou and Wairarapa dio triet (daily), 10.30 a.hi. For Aucklnnd, per Main Trunk 'con ■ necking at Palmercton North), daily 1.30 a.m. For Weraroa (daily) H a.m. and 11 a.m. For OJiau and M&nakau (daily), 8 &.w For Otaki (daily), 8 a.m. and i.l p. m Koputaroa, Moutoa, lokomaru, ! inton and Longbur/i (daily), 10.30 a.m. For Fox ton (daily) 10.45 a.m. ind 7 p.m. For Shannon, 10.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. For Te Horo, Waikanae, Paek&kariki Plimmerton and Johnsonville (daily), 4.80 a.m. For Australian Colonies, United Kingdom, Contiiiont of Europe, Soif-ti Africa, India. Cliina, Japan, ete., as specially notified. For United States of America, Canada etc.. as specially notified; TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide ... 10 0 a.m. Aden 3 31 a.m. Alexandria ... • ... 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam 0 50 a.m. Berlin 1 23 a.m. Berne 1 0 a.m. Bombay 5 21 a.m. Boston 7 46 p m. Brindisi 1 42 a m. Brisbane 10 30 a m. Brussols 6 24 * m.

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. liarley, 2i to 2i bushels; beans, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or hrank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead}, to tvansplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, Bto 12 lbs; clovor, *... to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3to 4 Ibe; kolil rati (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2* bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, U to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 Ibs; rape or cole, 1 pjit; rye, 2$ to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2J bushels; (sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2J bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2J bushels; trifoliuiin incamatum, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbs; wheat, 2i to 2J bushels. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired lo form a la.vn, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season may be gained by bowing the grass seed during that month; Iho surface must be thoroughly pulverised and trodden down firmly. Tlio following is a good mixture, il procurable:—

Crested Dog-tail. 21Uk ; I'estiica le/iuiFoiia, 41bs; Eesluca duruscula, 21bs; Loliuni tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover .'Jibs; Trifoliuni minor, 81 lis ; Poa Ncmora!is and Sempervireus libs of eacTi. This mixture will suffice for half an acre, aud will form a very good lawn, and if kept cuT close answers most soilis. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may also be nad from any seedsman. (Some of ■our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a releutivo nature, sowing tlio seodi) should be deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some orefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Poll previous to niouiug; this will save the knives ot tlio mower.