TEST YOUR COWS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 March 1916, Page 4

TEST YOUR COWS.

IDS 'AND SHEETS SCILD LEV IK. ffcADS of 30 Forma, rutad and printed and perforated according to tho beat formula for milk-testing competition*, are obis ina bio at Thb Horowhenaa Chronicle Office, Levin. IPadi of . i.- ! . forms (enougli for tweiv* mouths' test for a herd), iio ii-sni lletuza Shet-as, rule'J 'ana printed ua acoouus b. ysjuu-, tfd each (one saftsi! 1 toi twelve monthe). Apply at front office .Curyn-cljf, Li-viis, or— li. J. HIC.EIA.BJL>::, Our Permanent Column il FOR, READY REFERENCE. STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Memorandum of Agreement, Is 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement oJ Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; jxeeed £20, does not exceed £50, 2s tid, exceed £100, and does not exceed £2'K) 10s, £200 and does not exceed £ r S'JO 15s, exceeds £500 20s. Award, Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 355. P.n's. not exceeding £25 tid., exceeds £25, and net exceeding £50 Is, every sidditional £50 or part of £50 Is. 10s. Bills of Exchange. Oon demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding £50, Is; every additional £50 or part of £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such .sum upon each bill of the set as to uvake up the same duty as it a single till were drawn for the amoifnt. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale: l'or every £50 or part ot £50 of tiie amount of the consideration for sale 7s 6d. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or rested in any person tor a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for e»very £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ot the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment 4.ct, 1885,'' or any Act amending the i ame at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory Notes.—Payment on demand 2d. Payable otherwise than on i demand: For every sum not exceed--1 ing £25, ijd,; exceeding £25 and not 1 exceeding £50, Is.; every additional £50 or part of £60, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any m- ! Htruinent chargeable with duty, where such duty does not amount to 3s, the same duties as the original instnir ment; in any other case 3s. Land Transfers.—Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on & -conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to Lease, without any -consideration by way of premium : Where rent does not exoeed £50 3c for every additional £50 or part of £50 3s. Eocr any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers' estates are exempt from all . duty up to £6000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or wi- ' cestor.

seed of White Queen or some sort. air. 1.1 j the middle of November. The soil . should be poor, and made firm; .vow [ thickly, and do not thin tho plants j WORKERS' DWELLINGS. J Borough Councils are empowered u> ihe Municipal Corporations Act to erect tor the occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable lor workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for the 1 sanio purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Council. By section 52 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, Councils are further empowered in regard to workers' dwellings. The sectiou provides that a Council may (.1) let land to u worker tor the purpose of erecting a worker's dwelling; (2) advance money to a w wiser to enable him to aoquiro laud and build a worker's dwelling thereon; (3) sell to a worker .-ny separate worker's - dwelling. Provision is made for tho repayment of advances and tho payment of advances and the payment of purchase-money ky instalments. THE FENCING ACT. ERECTION OF FENCES. A fence of any of the kinds mentioned in the Second Schedule is a r-uf-fieieut fonce within the meaning of the Fencing Act (5.7). The occupiers of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or contribute in equal proportions to the erection of a fence do tween such lands, although such fence may nob extend along the whole boundary line. But uo occupier is liable to contribute to any fence which ifi not, M far #• pixotienble, oontinujas throughout its length.

ILLE RULES OF THE WAD. The Rule <4 the Road is a para iov quite; For in div.ing juui carriage along, If you lioai to the left you ere iure to go right, it joa turn to the rij/bt you go wroxr-;. But in walking the streets 'tis a different cuiie; To the right it is riglit vrou shoalil steer, On ,'ie kii .-hould be left enough of clear space For the people .vho wish to walk there. LEGAL TENDER. Tender of monew may legally be —iu tiie o;is eof bronze coins, for any amount not exceeding Is; in the c-aso of silver coins, not exceeding 10s; i:i "C.-1 i>i <«f gold cuius for acy amount, unless coined prior to the reign of Queen Victoria (33 and 31 Vic. c. 10, sec. 4, and Royal Proclamation 22, Nov., 1890). Bank notes are now legal tender 1 n Now Zealand and are still a Erst charge >ia tho assets of the hank of issue ("Hank Note l.«sue Act, 1893 " TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON \ T Z MEAN TIME. A.s compared with---Adelaide 10 0 a.m. Aden ... 8 31 a.m. Alexandria 2 28 a.m. Amsterdam ... 0 50 am. Berlin ... ... ... 1 23 j®. Berno -. ... 1 0 am. Bombay ... 5 21 a. n. Boston . . .. 7 46 pm. Briudisi .. I 42 am. Brisba ll« 10 30 a tn. Brussels ... ... 6 84 it m. LAVING DOWN A LAWN When it is desired to form a Li.vn, i h<> gioiuid should ho treiiohvd as directed ior the vegutatilo garden any tuiU! dining ;he autumn." If the jilot J can be prepared iu March, a s< iuon .i ay Le gained by duwmg the *»ra*<s> .-i-ed .luring th.it month ; tie surface i>»ii.vl Lo thoroughly pulverised ~n«i tiinJdoii down firmly. ihe following is a good mixture, it procurable:—

Crested Dog-tail, 21bs; D'estuca tunailoiia, 41bs; Fesluca duruscula, 2lbs; Loiiuin tenuilolia porenne, 20Ibs; White clover ,21bs; TrifoJium minor, Ciibs ; Poa Nomoralis and Somptirvirens libs of c-iiuli. ILio mixture sviii uffice ior half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, ami if kept cut close answers most soils. Special mixtures lor laying down lawns may also be had from any seedsman. Siome of our native poas and other grasses would answer admirably lor lawn purposes, li the ground is of a retentive nature, sowing the seeds should Do deferred till August. Commence to cut as boon as the machine will act. Some \>re;er the scythe for the first time of cutting. Roll previous to mov.iag; Ibis will save the knivea ol tlia mu«'3r. IMPOUNDING CATTLE, EH.. All irti-'yassiiift cattle maj be ins pDUinlcd by the occupier of the land "ii n-hick they aro .trespitHsiug; but iu the case of nnfenced landj the occ<i-P-9r is not entitled to claim any lumage.j except fees tor driving, or h>< giving not leg of the detention ui <-'ich cattle. as provided in the Second Schedule. SiSEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A V ACRE. —■ jtfarley, 2} to 21 bushels; haßiw. 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or brnnk, 11 bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; e-vrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, I , wj 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs-, linseed, for flax, 21 bushels: linseed, for seed, 1J bus rials, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushels; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 ptft; rye, 2i to 8 bushels; ryo grass (if drilled, one-fourth lees), SI to 2J bushels ; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 9} bushels; do., spring, 2 to 2} bushels; trifoliam incaruatum, 34 lbe; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble. 4 lbs; wheat. 21 ( to 2i uushesls.