QKAIAWA FARMERS

Hawera Star, Volume L, 31 July 1930, Page 6

QKAIAWA FARMERS

VISIT TO PATE A WORKS. A party of 25 Gikaiawa farmers recently motored to Paten to view the “bobby’’ calf industry as carried out by the Pa tea Freezing Company. Air C. D. Dickie and Air Williams conducted the. visitors round and explained the various activities from the start -at the kil'dng-fhror, through the .hide, departmen(■ to the treatment' of the various ofl'als. All were view appreciatively. The. manure, hone and/ pi.gmeal stores were next' veiled, and the. boxing a.iul cask-making came jo for favonraiblo comment, the ease with which, a. caskhead was turned out of the. rough to the. finished article, by the use. of machinery being an “eye -Ripenor.” Returning, the. power {plant was visited. and then the cool stores, showing the various meal products cased or bagged accord in® to type. Though there was a decided chi'll' in the air. it was a fitting climax to the visit.. The trend of feeling was. unanimous that the works were doing a great deal for the farmers and' the; community general I v. Subsequently Air Booth thanked. Mr Dickie and Ai r AYilliams on behalf of the visitors for the trouble they had taken in showing, thorn round. Air Dickie suitably replied, saying they were only too pleased to do so. and hoped' more farmers would take advantage, of the invitation given.