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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 August 1916, Page 4

[ Alexandria 3 28 a.m. 1 o iHoLtJI LlitU* ... ... 0 uO U.iU* iiorii.T .. ... ... 1 .J.» m. iiui no • • ... 1 0 a la. iJuinbay .. ••• 5 21 m n. Uoston ... 7 46 pm. BiindLsi ... ... ... 1 12 am. Brisbane ... ... ... 10 30 a m._ Brussels 6 M 1 ra. LAYING DOWN A LAWN When it is desired to form a lawn, the ground should be trenched . aa directed for the vegetable garden any time during the"'autumn. If the plot can be prepared in March, a season irsy be gained by sowing the seed dnring that month; the surface must be thoroughly pulverised ./nd trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 2lEs; t'eetuca tenuifolia, 4lbs; Festuca duruacula, 2ibs; Lolium tenuitolia perenne, 20lbs; White cloyer ,2lbs; Trifolium minor, 8lbs; Poa Neinoralis (jud Sew pur vi: ens 4lbs of each. This mixture will uffcico for half an acre, and will form a eery good lawn, and if kept cut close nr.suits most soils. Special mixtu.es for laying down lawns may »lso be nad from any seedsman. Some of cur native poas and other grasses woild anawer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the ground is of a retentive riatare, sowing the seeds should be deferred tiL' August. Commence to cut as Voon as the machine will act. Sniiic i.-e----ler the scythe tor l!io tirst tunc j< ' Hull |l|-evi< UN l<; |inr.vr:n . 'Ins will •.live the kinvcH oi 11:».» irio.v »! 't ih iding cattle. fic ' All trepassing cattlo >iiav be '•«) pounded by the occupier of the land on which they are trespassing; bin m the case of unfenced land, the occu pier is not entitled to ciaim any dam ages except fees for driving, or «o• giving notice of the detention ii >uc!j .<*ttk?, tiis hi uiw Second schedule. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW A\ ACRE. Uarley, 21 to'TJ bushels; beans, 9 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or blank, 1| bushels ; cabbage '(drumhead),' to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs ;• clover, 1. to 17 lbs; furze or gorsej for -feed, 20 to 24 'bs; d«. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, Bto 4 lbs; kohl rAbi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 -lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs*, linseed, for flax, 2) bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} bushels, [ lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtsel, 5 lbs; oate, 3 to 4 bushelp; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; rye, 2J to 8 bushels; rye grass lif drilled, one-fourth lees), S to ii Ins-L-els; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare*,, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, S to 2J bnshals; trifoliarc incarnatum, 34 lbs, turnip, 2 to 3 lbs; turnip stnbhlw. | I lb*; wheat- 2i to 2} bnsheli

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