MAIL NOTES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 August 1915, Page 4

MAIL NOTES.

j- Mu;ls cl<jm> at Lovid ost Office .% ' tiudi-r : — For Wellington (daily), 8 -i.ni , I 1.] , " p.m., and G. 15 p.m. . For Palmerstou North (daily), 10.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. L (, or Wanganui, New Plymouth *ud districts (daily) 10.30 a.m. For Napier and Hawke'e Bay :iis--1 triut, Mastertou aud Wairarapa <lis j triot (daiiy), 10.30 a.m. 1 l<'or Auckland, per Main Truni oonuecting at Palmeretou ;\oith), tlaily 1.30 a.m. For Weraroa (daily) 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. For Ohau and Manakau (daily), 8 a.m For OUki (daily), 8 a.m. aud 4.1 p.m Koputaroa, Moutoa,. lokomani, ! infjn and Longburn (daily), 10.30 a.m. For Foxton (daily) 10.45 a.m. *nd 7 p.m. For Shanmon, 10.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. !;• For Te Horo, Waikauae, Paeknkariki \ Plimmertou and Johusonville (<laily), I 4.30 a.m. : : For Australian Qolomos, Una<3d , Kingdom, Continent of Kurope, Soath \ Africa, India, China, Japan, etc., as ■ b[ecia]ly notified. '; Foi' United "States of America, JanI *'1a etc., as Kixscially notified.

SEEDS IIEQUIUKD TO SOW AN ACRE. uarley, 2i'to "2'i huehds; buauß, 2 tu *2i bushels; buckwln-at, or briink, U bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to Lvan.*plant, 1 Ib; canary, 3 pkgs; ('-"-Tot ii) drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, !.. vo 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 k> 21 b«; do. for single-line teucing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprootod cabbage), t<j transplant, 1 Ib; do., drilled, 4 lbs > linseed, for flax, 2| bushels; linseed, for «ced, 1J bushels, lucerno, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bush./ls; parsiiip, 10 lb«; rape or cole, 1 pat; rye, 2i to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lews), 2 to 2i bushols; naiufoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 24 bushels;'do., spring, 2 U) 2J bushels; triloliuin iiicarnatuin, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubbh , , 4 lbs; wheat, 21 to 2$ uushels.

LAVING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to i'onn a la.vn, the ground should bo trenched aa directed lor tho vegetable garden any time during the autumn. If the plot can bo prepared in March, a season stay be gained b v v isuwmg the gru.ss seed during that month; the surface must bo thoroughly pulverised and trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable: — Croste'l Dog-tail. 21 DVs; Fcstuca Loriuifolia, -libs; Kestuoa duruseula, 21bs; Loliuiii tenuiiolia peieniie, 201 bs; Whito clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, rflb.s; Poa Nemoralis an<] Sompervireus •II!)S of each. This mixture will uflico for half an uciv. and will form a very good lawn, and i! kept cut close answers most soilis. Special mixtures I'm , laying down lawns may also bo nad I'roni any suedsman. Some of our native [)oas and other grasses would answer admirably tor lawn purposes. II the ground i.s of a retentive nature, sowing the suudu should bo dolWred till August. ComnuMiee to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some )reter the scythe for the lirst tinio ol cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ol the mowor.

TWiaVIS O'CLOCK AT NOON , \ Z MEAN TJIUE. As compared with — Adelaide 10 0 a.in Aden 3 31 run Alexandria. 2 28 n.m Amsterdam 0 50 n.m Merlin 1 23 a m Heine 1 oam Bombay 5 21 a.m. Hoston 7 1(3 p m Brindisi 1 42 a m Hrifibano 10 30 am. Brussels ... 6 24 h m