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Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 July 1916, Page 4

Alexandria 3 28 a.m. Ain&terduip- ... ... 0 60 am. Berlin 1 23 .1 m. Barrio ... ... 1 0 am. Bombay ••• 5 21 an. Boston ... 7 46 p in. Brindisi ... 1 42 am. Brisbane ... ... 10 80 am. Brussels ... 6 24 a tn. LAYING DOWN A LAWN. When it 18 desired to form a Imvn, the ground should be trenched aa din-clod for the vegetable garden any t.iuio during tho autumn- If tho r>iot cum bo prepunHl in March, a season nay bo gained by sowing the f;russ sued during that mouth; tho surface must bo thoroughly pulverised .Jul trodden down firmly. The following is a good mixture, it procurable:— Crested Dog-tail, 21Bis; fc'estuca tenuifoiia, 41bs; Festuca duriwcula, ,21bs; Lolium tonuifolia. peronne, 201bs; White eloper ,21bs; Trifolium minor, 811)£<; I'oa Nemoralis and Sempervirens 41bs ot eacß. This mixture'will -■uf(ico for half an acre, and will form a very good lawn, and il kept cut close answer* moat soils. Special mixtures for laying down lawns may »lso be and hum any seedsman. tioiuo of our unlive pons and other grasses Tvoild answer .T'.mi.rably lor lawn ptjrposvs. If lli<- ground is of a retentive nat.ire, sowing tho seeds should bo deferred til.' Commence to cut. as good ;is tho machine will act. Some »ref.:r ihe scythe for the first, time of <:ut'..nfc. Roll previous to mowing; Uu.i will save the knives ot the uion'jr. LYtPOC.-TDING CATTLE, EIC. All irepassing cattle may be im pound ;<1 by tho occupier of the land ,;:l lilies they are trespassing; but rn tho ease of unfenced land, the occupier ia not entitled to claim any damages except foes for driving, or- 'o' giving notice of the detention -ji such cattle, as provided in the Second Schedule. -SEEDS REQUIRED TO SOW aN ACRE. tlarkry, 2* to SJ buahels; beane, 2to 2i bushels; buckwheat, or blank, Ij bushels; cabbage (drumhead), to transplant, 1 lb; canary, 3 pkgs; ovrot in drills, 8 to 12 lbs; clover, * , t» 17 lbs; furze or gorse, for feed, 20 to 24 'be; iK for single-line tenciug, to sow one mile, 3 to 4 lbs; kohl rabi (turniprooted cabbage), to transplant, 1 lb; do., drilled, 4 lbs; linseod, for flax, 2i bushels; linseed, for seed, 1J bushels; lucerne, broadcast. 20 lbs; do., drilled, L"> lbs; mustard, white, 1 pkt; mangold wiirtzei, !5 lbs; oats, 3 to 4 bushelf; parsnip, 10 lbs; rape or cole, 1 pit; rye, 2* to 8 bushels; ry« grass (if drilM. one-fourth less), 2 to Si Va». S:i is; Bsiiifoin, giant, 5 bushels; tare*, ™">tov. Si bushels; do., ?pring, 8 to buahols; trifolittta inearnatam, 84 ; bf., turnip, 2 to S lbs; turnip stablile, i !!;»; wheat., 21 to 21 bushels