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Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 September 1916, Page 4

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WORKERS' DWELLINGS. Uorosgh Councils are empowered by the Municipal Corporations Act to erect for the occupation of workers employed or resident in boroughs any buildings suitable for workers' dwellings, or may acquire buildings by purchase or otherwise, and render them suitable for t.he same purpose, the letting to be in the hands of the Oounoil. >■ ion I» made for th» repayment of advance* and th« payment of advances and the payment of purohase-money hy instalments.

LAYING DOWN A LAWN.

When it is desired to form a la»D, fie ground should be trenched aa directed for the vegetable garden fny time during the autumn. If the i>iot can be prepared in March, a season it ay be gained by Bowing the iyusß seed during that month; the surface must 'be thoroughly pulverised <Jid trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, if procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Fs; Feftuca tenuifolia, 41bs; Featuca duruscula, 21bs; Lolium tenuifolia perenne, 201bs; White clover ,21bs; Trifolium minor, Slbs; Poa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs of eacß. This mixture will ->uffice for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and if kept cut close answers mo6t soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may <>lso be aad from any seedsman. Home of our native poas and other grasses woild answer admirably lor lawn purposes. If thG ground is of a retentive natare, sowing the seeds should be deferred til. 1 August. Commence to cut as soon as the machine will act. Some prefer the scythe for the first time o* catting. Roll previous to mowing; this will save the knives ot the moipjr. SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW aN ACRE. darley, 2* to SJ buahels; beans, 2 to "2J bushels; bu.ckwheat, or blank, 1J bushels; cabbago (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, 1,. to 17 lbs; furse or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 : bs; do. for single-line fencing, to sow one anile, Bto 4 lbs; kohl- rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, I lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseed, for ,flax, 2\ bushels; linseed, for seed, 1} busbals, lucerne, broadcast, 20 lbs; do., drilled, 15 lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wurtzcl, 5 lbs; oats, 3 to ,4 bushalp; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, i pit; rye, 2} to 8 bushels; rys grata (.if drilled, one-fourth lees), 3 to 3} Visbels; sainfoin, giant, 5 bushels; tares, winter, 2} bushels; do., spring, S to 2} bushels; trifoliam incarnatum, S4 lbs; turnip, 2 to 8 lbs; turnip stubble, 4 lbi; wheat. Si to 3} bushels.