Local and General.

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 143, 18 August 1941, Page 4

Local and General.

County Council Meeting.

The monthly meeting of the Wliakatane County Council is to> be held on Tuesday 26th.

Endl of Maize Harvest

Practically all the maize paddocks in the Whakatane district have now been plucked. Recent heavy rains have flooded some lowlying paddocks where maize had not yet been harvested, so that it is problematical, whether cobs still on the stalks can be gathered in good

condition,

Wet Weather Dairying,

HeaA 7 y rain for much of last Aveek made conditions unpleasant on Whakatane district dairy farms where large herds are noAV being milked. The job of yarding coavs in the rain and of feeding out hay betAveen the shoAA r ers brings the Inevitable generous quantity of mud to add to the tribulations of farming folk.

More Milk, Bigger Pigs.

Farmers on the Rangitaiki P'laiils tvho specialise in raising pigs as a profitable sideline to dairying have now a good supply of skim milk after each milking to cater for tho growing appetites of their pig populations. Pigs born in June are now reaching the weaner stage and can consume all the skim milk that flows from the separator. Store pigs carried through the winter on a diet of kumi kumi are now putting on condition and becoming porkers

and baconers.

Testing Bay of Plenty Herds. The Bay of Plenty Herd limprovement Association has commenced its; work of testing dairy herds for the 1941-2 season. Testing officers in the various group®, are' now visiting the farms and carrying out the test for August, the first month of the herd-testing season, which continues until May next. Entertainment for Sotldiers. Several dances have been arranged in the Whakatane district at which soldiers now on leave from camp are to be entertained. f On Saturday night a number of men were the guests of the Red Cross Society at a dance held in the King Street Hall, tonight Thornton residents arc to gather at a dance to honour men, to-morroAV a similar function is to take place at ASvakcri, while on Wednesday the Awakeri Hall Avill be the scene of another farewell function. A. Dangerous Prize ! When several men Avere standing in " a local shop yesterday a young lady entered. . She met a well known owner of a small business and on being questioned as to what the. bottle she Avas carrying contained she ansAvei-ed that it Avafi bottle of beer—the reAvard for buying a mystery parcel ticket., "Well be very careful Avith that," he said. "Don't on any account give it to anyone under 21, to other than a European, take it near a dance ball —in fact get in the bottom of the wardrobe and close the door and don't gurgle too loudly or the limbs of the laAv might hear you 1"

Landing Road Improvements.

A dip in Landing Road is to be graded and top-idressed with metal, while gorse on the river bank at the western end of the road is to be cleared of gorse and a track formed. New Parking, Lines. In response to a request by the Traffic Inspector the Borough Council lias agreed to alter parking lines near the Farmers' Trading Company premises and at that part of the Strand make the lines parallel to the curb instead of diagonal. Cost of Camp. The Papakura military camp cos! about £7000 for the land and approximately £500,000 fc,v the improvements in the form of buildings, equipment and layout, according to information given by the Minister of Finance, the Hon. WNash. Bobby Calves* go to Market. Carriers collecting bobby calves from pens at farm gates are now experiencing their "rush period." Collections are made on Mondays and Thursdays, and motor trucks are often obliged to make several trips to Edgecumbe or T'aneatua to carry all the calves offering. Many railway waggons loaded with calves are now to be seen when the afternoon train steams out on "bobby calf days."