TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 November 1915, Page 4

TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON N Z MEAN TIME.

As compared with— Adelaide 10 0 Jt.ru Aden 3 81 a.ui. Alexandria 2 28 a.m Amsterdam 0 50 a.tu. Berlin 1 23 am. Berne 1 oam Bombay .. 5 21 a.ui. Ikiston . . ... ... 7 46 p in. ' Brindisi 1 42 am. Brisbane 10 30 a of; Brussels 6 24 >t oi LAYING DOWN A I/AWN. When it is desired to form a la-vn. the ground should ho trenched as directed for the vegetable garden any time during the autuiun. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season n:ay be gained by sowing the seod during that ruonth; the surfjee must be thoroughly pulverised .m»I troddon down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable: — Crested Dog-tail, 21Ks; Fcstuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Festuca duruscula, 21bs, Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; ( White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor. 81bs; Poa Neinoralis and Seinpervirens

* 41bs of each. This mixture will "uffice for half an acre, and will form n 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 lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should be deferred till August. Commence to cut as tioon as the machine will act. Some orefer the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save knives of the mowar. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, ErC. All trespassing .cattle may be im pounded by the occupier of the land on which they are trespassing; but in the case of unfenced land, the occupier is not entitled to claim any damages except fees for driving, or tor giving notice of the detention of such cattle,- as provided in the Second Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW AN ACRE. tSafley, 21 to 2J bushels; beans, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brank, 1J bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, Bto 12 lbs; clover, to 17 lbs; I'urze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 (bs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2| bushels; linseed,: for seed, 1$ bushals; lucerne, broadcast, .20 lbs; do., drilled, ffi lbs; mustard, white,"! pktj mangold wurtzel,'s lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or pole, 1 pst; I rye, 2J to 3 -bushels; rye grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 2i bushels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter,, bushels; do., spring, 2to 2J bushels; trifolium incarnatum, S4 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbs; wheat., 2J to 2} bushels.