MAIL NOTES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 July 1916, Page 4

MAIL NOTES.

i 8 | Mails clotw at Levin ost o#c« | nad*;r : -- { Wellington (daily), 8 I ! ; :> ii., »nd 6.15 p.m. 1 tV.j L'ahnerston North (dwly), 19.*

I t i.m. and 7 p.m. ' I'-.h VVanganui, New Plymouth «.nd j districts (daily) 10.80 a.m. | For Na.pier and Hawke'a Bay ■'» | trwt. Slasterton and Wairarapa di» | t.rict (daily), 10.80 a.m. !/<>;■ Auckland, per Main Trunk «c« S Ltctijif-; »t P&lraerston North), Jaily I 1.30 a.m. I b'or Weraroa (daily) 8 a.m. and 11 For Ohau Mid Manakan (daily), « a. at. For Ot&ki (daily), 8 a.m. and 4 1 P-m . Koputaroa, Moutoa, Tokomara, I inton and Longburn (daily), 10.80 a.m. For Foxton (daily) 10.45 a.m. '^d 7 p.m. I For ffiiaonon, 10.80 a.m. and 7 P" n - For Te Horo, Waikanae, Paekakariki PLimmerton and Johnsonvill* (daily), 4 &0 a.m. For Australian Colonies, UnJ-ed Kin 'doxn, Continent of B«rop», 3o»1® Africa, India. China, Ja»an, ate., a* specially notifiedI For United States of Am«noi, Omi ada et*., as wjeoialb notiied.

I Alexandria ... - 2 28 a.m. Aiurterciaw. •• - U "V"' 'Berlin \ lierno „ lU " Bombay •• ? j* * " l liubion - ••• ' P iQiJriuiliai ... •• - 1 wa m ' fijfcfaane - - 10 « Uu ' u Brussels ... 6 21 ',u

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

When it is desired to form a lava, tie ground should be trenched m I directed for the vegetable gardc.i eny ! time during thu autumn. If the ;»iot can be prepared iti March, a season iray be gained by cowing the ;rru» seed during that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulvuri&oc! «.nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, ii procurable"— Crested Dog-tail, 2117b ; I'estucK te"'iiI folia, 41bs; Femuca duruscula, 'Jibs; Lolium tonuilolia per.enne, 201 os, White clover ,'2lbs; Trifolium raiuor, 81bs; Poa Nemoralie and Sempervirens 41bs of each. This mixture will uftice for half an acre, and will form & very good lawn, and if kept cut dose answers most soiif*. Special mixtu„o6 for laying down lawns may "lso be iiad lrom any seedsman. Some of oui native poas and otber grasses wo ild answer <t' J .iinrably lor !awn puipo.'?yfili the- ground is o: a ivientive natne. sowing llie hv-db should oe lieUuTetl tii

August. Cotiwicnco tu cut. :>.-i m>o'> <i* llje uujvhilu! Will ;:ct. bwlnt? i. G .ei llio s yU:e iut \Ue tirsl liuiu j' •_-ut'..ng. l-tuli picvu.iis to moiviig. (Ins save the kmv»« oi vlie ujoivjt lMJ'Ol'.-'UING CATiUi. Eli;. All trespassing cattlc may t>o u [)uiiiid;d by the occupier of llie inn'. <»n which ilicy ar«« tro>p:u»Mtig; tfu »• in- ca-e '.1 unlciici'd iailil, the ocvu per ib iioi to claim any l.tuj except lees !.n ilnvuig. or ~viug iiolice "I '.Ik- deten'joii >i *'ici; .-all In, a- ['iiiviilwi in Hiji-c.nu I .>ebediile.

SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW ftS ACRE. Uarley, 2* to 1i bushels; beano, 2 to ■24 bushels; buckwheat, or biank, li bushols; cabbage,(drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; evrot in drills, 8 t 0 12 lbs; clover, 1- oo 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 bs; tK for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbe; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to 'transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for flax, 2i bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} bufibjta. I lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt'; mangold wurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 btishrfl.®; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit. rye, 21 to 3 bushels; rye grass uS drilled, one-fourth Ices), * to 21 !;els; eaiufoin, giant, 5 busholfi; tar*» wii'U>r, 2i bushels; do., J t*' '21 buohals; trifolin;:! incarnatum, J-i U, tnrnip, 2 to 3 lb?; turnip ftobfcl* ! l».c; ?i to It r,n*h»:h