WAVERLEY NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 82, 31 December 1907, Page 2

WAVERLEY NOTES.

(from our travelling correspondent.) The milking machine'has made its. way into the Waverley district.. Mr.'Best, told, me that ho and his two ' boys '■ milk 80 cows in two hours and 'three-quarters, and that he is thoroughly satisfied with his machines. -Like other farmers'with whom I. have conversed, he stated that it.'is remarkable how quietly the cows stand while being milked. I noticed some very fine-looking rapo paddocks in the-vicinity-of Waverley. . In fact, they sebmed almost too far ahead. At the rate they wore growing they would bo ready for the first bite quito early in the" New .Year. • ~■;■■-', ■ ■•''.. ■•••'' ■ In many places on the Matarqa road Dan-' thonia grass is making its appearance. This seems a pity, as tho land about hero takes' English grasses well. ,If Danthonia gets a footing it 1 , will smother tho others. ■ A ppny.farm!. I was surprised to see quito . a number- of ponies at : Harrison Brothers' farm. , They have somo excellent stock, looking tip-top, and though they are a profitable lino, brio of tho brothers told me they kill a good many of tho early lambs. The homestead is just 10.00 feet above sea level. : The owner of a farm not a hundred miles from Waverjey, of about. 900 acres, recently '-decided, to sell out. He did so, hut had not to give up possession for several months. Tho prico arranged was satisfactory to both buyer and seller, but in three weeks tho former sold at an'advnnco of £3 per acre, so that ho nets a cool £2700 profit on tho deal: Coal under Waverley 1 I was talking, to a man who came from the coalfields district near Glasgow. Ho said the formation of tho country was so similar that. lie. had not' tho slightest hesitation in saying that when a proper prospect has been made, coal of the very best quality will be found. Indications, I subsequently learned, • havo been scon 1 in more than one direction.