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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 July 1916, Page 4

Alexandria 8 2® a-m - Amsterdam 0 51) » ui. Berlin 1 28 a in. Bar ii* 1. oaul - Bombay ••• 5 21 a <n. Boston ... 7 46 »*• Brindisi ... 1 42 a in. Brisbane 10 30 a to. Biwiela ® 84 * oa. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it is desired to form a la*n, the ground should be trenched as directed for the yegetaule garden any time daring the autumn. If the j»iot can be prepared iu March, a seaion nay be gained by sowing the grws ao ed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised «.nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail,. 21Fs; Festuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Feutuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201 as;

White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 1 81bs; Poa Neuioralis and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will uftice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut clode answers most sods. Special mixtu.ee for laying down lawns may flso bo oad from any seedsman. Some of our native poas and other grasses would « newer ti'im»rably lor iav\ii purpo.jyfl. It th& ground is yi a retentive uatare, sowing tliu sceiie should u« deferred til' August. Commence to cut. as -won ! nd the machine will act. Souk", .>re.er ilie scythe lor Uif hist. time of hciitilng. lioll pxevioas to mowing; j" tins trill save the kuives oi the mowor. IMn>r.<DING C ATi'LE, EIU. All trespassing cattle may be -m pound id by the occupier of the land on whick they are trespassing; tint in the case of unfonced land, the occa pier is not entitled to ciaim any damages except fees for driving, or "o 1 giving notice uf the detention ;i such cattle, as provided in On) Schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW m\ ACRE.

tJarley, 2* to 21 bushels; beat*, 2 to j H bushels; buckwheat, or biank, -li bushels; cabbage (.drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ow.Tot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1. <o 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 8 to 4 lbs; kohl rnbi (turaiprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 >b; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2) bushels; liuseed, for seed, 1J busli-ila, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3to 4 bushels; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; ry« grass u' drilled, one-fourth lees), 2 to 81 bels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 84 bushels; do., spring, 9 to 2J bushels; trifolinm incarnatum, U lbs; turnip. S to 8 lbs; turnip itnbblfi, I lb*; wheat- 2i to 2i bushel* M g P —p—miHini