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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 September 1915, Page 4

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l<'UR READY REFERENCE. THIS FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of tbe kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a sufficient fence within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). Tbe occupiers of adjoining lands uot divided, by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence Detween such lands, although such fence may not extend along the whole boundary line. But no occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which ifl not, m far m practicable, oonWnaolis throughout its length. TEE RULES OF THE ROAD. The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; For in driving your carriage along, j If you bear to the left you are dure to go right, If yon iurn to tihe ri/rjit you go wrong. But in walking the etreeta 'tis a different case; To the right it is right wou should steer, On the left should be left enough of clear space For Che people who wish to walk there..

IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EIC. All trespassing cattle may bo im pounded by the occupier of the land on which they are trespassing; but in tho case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or lor giving notice of the detention of such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a lawn, the ground should be trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during tho autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season may be gained by sowing tho grass seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised and trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 211js ; Eestuea tenuifolia, -libs; Festuea duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Tril'olium minor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will suffice 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 also be nad from any seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably for lawn purposes, il the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing tho seeds should bo deferred till August. Commence to cut as soon as tho machine will act. Some prefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. It oil previous to mowing; this will save the knives ol tho mower. SEISDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACHE. Uarley, 2J to bushels; beans, 2 to 2j bushels; buckwheat, or brank, li bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; i*vrut i JI drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, to 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-lino fencing, to sow one mile, 3 te 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushels, lucerno, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzol, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pat; rye, 2J to 3 bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth less), 2 to 2i bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2J bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2J bushels; trifoliuim incarnatum, 24 lbs; turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbs; wheat. 2i to 2J bushels. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally bo made—in tlie cas eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the case of silver coins, not exceeding 10s; in tli ecase of gold coins for any amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33' and 31 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and ltoyal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender in New Zealand and aro still a first charge on the assets ol the bank of issue ("Bank Note Issue Act, 1893 TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z. MEAN TIME. As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden 8 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. Hoston 7 46 pm. Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 am. Brussels 6 21 i in. STRIKING ROSE CUTTINGS. An important clement of succosb it strikikng rose cuttnigs in summer u keeping them perfectly fresh—i.e, they must be just as fresh when placed in tho soil as when cut from the trees; ■n fact, the work can not bo done too quickly. If once tho cuttings shrivel —and they shrivel rapidly—few will grow; but ff quite fresh, well selected, and rightly inserted, lew will fail. This esential of perfect freshness -jar bo maintained when the number of cuttings is limited.