WAIRARAPA

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 70, 23 March 1920, Page 8

WAIRARAPA

(BI MISOIIAriI.—SPECUt TO .TIIB POST.) MASTERTON, This Day.

Ferrets have been playing havoc in Masterton poultry yards of late. A number' of valuable birds belonging to Mr. F, Steel were destroyed on Saturday night. Mr. H. Holland (ex-Mayor of Christchurch) was the guest of the Masterton Progressive League at a luncheon on Monday. The Supreme Court opened in Masterton to-day. There was a clean sheet on the. criminal side. Very fine rains have been experienced throughout the Wairarapa, and the prospects for the winter are exceedingly bright. . , It is proposed to erect a monument to fallen soldiers in front of the memorial sports ground in Masterton. CARTERTON, This Day. At a meeting of the Wairarapa Axvtomobile Association, held at Greytown, the treasurer reported the following credit balances : Automobile Association account, £81 17s 3d; Insurance Company, £71 Is Id; trials account, £47 9s 9d. Tenders are to be invited for the supply of posts and the erection of a five-wire fence on the Rimutaka. Hill, two tons of wire for the purpose having been donated. Authority is to be obtained to clear away the tea-tree growing near the Rimutaka car bridge. The Railway Department is to be -written to asking that action be taken to have the trees near the Clareville railway crossing removed. The Featherston Athletic Sports Club showed a profit of £33 on its recent sports meeting. Mr. F. B. Ward, the newly-appointed officer of the Department of Agriculture for Wairarapa, gave a.n address to the members of the Carterton branch of the Farmers' Union on Saturday. The speaker dealt with pasture improvement, and considered that the land in New Zealand was more adapted generally for stock raising, and saw no reason why it 'should not become the stud farm of the Southern Hemisphere. Mr. Ward advocated suitable varieties of high-class seed to obtain the best out of the land, and. considered the practice of sowing grass after a cereal crop was not a good one, considering it more satisfactory to put the field down in rape. Cocksfoot had a wide range of adaptability to soils, and no mixture should be without a certain amount of rye grass, as well as a sprinkling of clover. The cause of past deterioration of pasture was overstocking. Drainage was another important factor in the proper development of the land. In many instances lime and phosphates were very 1 badly needed, for in the majority of soils, phosphates were deficient. At a meeting of the Wairarapa and East Coast P. and A. Society held at Carterton, the treasurer reported a balance at the bank-of £1343 7s lid. The New Zealand Kennel Club wrote stating that retrievers 'any variety) and greybounds had been allotted as championships for dog classes at the forthcoming show. The Wairarapa Rugby Union was granted the use of the show grounds on the -usual conditions. The attention of the lessees of the society's hall is to be directed to the complaints of overcrowding. The secretary was instructed to ascertain for next meeting how many Members were prepared to act as guarantors in connection with the-pioposal to erect new offices. The Railway Department is to be written to- regarding the carriage of feed in stock trucks when exhibitors are railing stock to shows.