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Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 September 1916, Page 4

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' » WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Borfrigb Councils are empowered by 'he Manicipal Corporation* Aet to erect for th*. occupation of• workers employed 01 ret:.dont,m: boroughs.any buildings suitable farmworkers' dwellings, or ma; acquire buildingsby purchase or otherwise, and render' them, suitable for t.hp ftaine purpose, the letting, to be an the baiu'r. of the, GoiinaU. 100 it made for the repayment, <>( ailvaiicet and. th« payment of • aiivuncus and the pavtueni.iof fy inetai^nents.

LAYING DOWN A LAWN

When it is desired to foiiu .1 !mn the ground should bo directed for tin* vogbUiiui- .-in time during Urn uuiuiuu. 11 tliu ;>.oi can be prepared in March, u way be gained by sowing the grias seed during that month; the surf .ice must be thoroughly, pulverised .aid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, • if procurable Created Dog-tail, 21Fs; lTestuca benuifolia, 41bs; Featuca duruecula, 2lbs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 81bs; Poa and Sempervirenß 41bs of each. This mixture will uffico for half an acre, and will form ,a ■.■pry good la'.vD. and if kept cut "lose answ«i> tnoil so.lt>. Special rnixt-i os t'ljV lnytug down hius may »lso to .""lid from any seedsman. iSonie of :ui native poas end other grasses wo iM answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If the- ground is of a retentive natnc, sowing the se«nle should oo ilrfcrrcl til August. Commence to cut. as ~o<>n as the machine will act. Some .»refer the scythe for the hrst titim •' cutting. Roll previous to mowing, this will save the knivos ot the mow jr. tiKEDS REQUIRED TO SOW a \ ACft£. liar ley, 2 A to SJ bushels; bea tin, 2 to 2J bushels; buckwheat, or biunk, 1J bushels; cabbage idrnmhead), to trans- | plant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; wvrot it' drills, 8 to 12 lba; clover, L_ «o 17 lbs; j furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 In, do. for single-line fencing, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 (be; kohl rabi (turnip ' tooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 Hi do., drilled, 4 lbs, liuseed, for flax, 2i bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushels, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold tvurtzel, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bu&holf; parsnip. 10 lbs; rape or cole, i i>-»t • rye, 2J to 8 tiuaheis; r;-« £ra&> ill uiriL'ed, one-fourth lou>.', J U> 2i la. ..elis, e&iufoin, g:aut, 5 bushels; tar*:* winter, 2} bushels, do., spring, 2 U.. 2J bushels; trifolitia, :m.arti.u urn, 1-4 lbs, turnip, 2 to S lbs; turnip «tnbbl«, {sib*; wheat- 2i to 2\ noHhcla

COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS GIVE GOOD RESULTS.

At a meeting of the American Advertisers' Asosciation, Arthur Brisbane said:—Not the country publisher but the business man is the chief sufferer from, the fact that our merchants and manufacturers have not utilised tho country newspapers' advertising columns .as they should and can be lit edi. Remember these tacts: He vra > feads the little crossroads newspaper and the larger newspapers of the fairsized towns is a man who buys ecor 7thing. He lives in a house and on the land that lie owns. He is intemscrd in everything the business men ai o doing. Through good advertising you can sell him anything from the* naint on the roof of his house to the cement on the floor of his cellar. Everyth : ng between the roof and the cell ir. everything in the barn, audi every tool ill the field he buys and you m-iv sell him. He is not like the dweller in the big city flat who gets His water through a pipe, his light through a wire, his heat from the basement, and whose shopping consists in getting a readymade suit of clothes and a r°i*ly-nmd«. rinner in a box or tin. The man who reads the country newspaper buys everything. He boys pumps, lamps, stoves, automobiles, clothing, diresses, b ;oks, paints, farm implements, furniture, carpete, oils. In this room are 250 men and individuals. Some of them represent a dozen manufacturing enterprises and more. There is'nt a man who has anything to sell that he cannot sell to the reader of a country newspaper. And every man here could more piofitably advertise in a country newspaper in proportion to its circulation than in any other publication on earth. I emphasize the value of the coutry newspaper as an advertising medium for it has that value." The Horowhenua Daily Chronicle is a country newspaper and; has a large circulation, 75 per cent of its readers being farmers. Its district is centrally situated (being half way between Wellington and ■ Palmerston North) in a rich fanning community. Send for sample copies, and .advertising rates.