MANGATOKI.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 2 September 1919, Page 4

MANGATOKI.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

WELCOME HOME SOCIAL

,-A welcome home social was .given.. to Sergeant Leu Swdndl^hurst, Privates*. Charley .Reeve, Martin Power, and. Jack Bennie, oh Thursday evening last.. Apologies for absence on account of illness in the; family were l-Qceived fraia Sergeant Swindlehurst and ', members <>f his family. . .The others received th&usual'.hearty, "welcorrie: It was rriention— ed that Private .Jack Bennie was a; visitor: from Kaponga, who:had just arrived home after hii second enlistment, th^ first, in the 2ith and the second in the-

ond Reinforcements., Private Reeve-, had gone away to,serve his country in.' the ,|3Oth:s and Martin' Power in tho■4lst;--: ■:..■;■: '.';";•,_': <■: .>• .!>.;'■;..:■■ ,-'./.: ; .::-

The guests were accorded miisical honors, accompanied by-'(?hi?prs ; Private--: Power.'.replied;, in a capital: speechy and thanked thtj; people for the hearty :: re^ ception given: him; It was ; appi opriata foi*them to sing- Home Siyeet Home.'.»:■ ( for^jthat was : ;'ho\v;; he felt- and^he could spealc 'for his colleagues . asi.;well thatthey .were glad to b^e. bacK in NeAy Zea^-.; land/ once again. ■-.'■ After; all/ there was; noi place^^ like their hdmeland----go6d old New Zealand. -;'-:;. ■„ -•■;■;-• -^'v-'H?' -■■■^•v'r."- :■■■'■

Miss Bluett supplied capital music-f , and, as^xisual. Mr Duncan;McGuinnes^ r ; carried out "■ in an efficient: msiner the-; duties of vAfILCi 'Several ladies; /kindly^ played extrjis. As the hall was not so«« ; crowded as^Tisua],, vonaccountof then--rough night; the ,:\ dancers had: niorgh ; room, 'and thoroughly; enjoyed -the dancing. The :;hall ' siooked : very nice^with; its Oflag decorations; the work; Or": some of the committee. V-Mr;Thomas, of y Kaponga | .catered for the supperj whicli was, AJL..,; The-. ladies' committee;' ;a»i ■.usual-,' ;atjbehded to the ,Patrons:/Ttrere pleased.jj^^:i^^yß4rvvA;;^ ; Corkill out, again ■ He has p)ra(ifcically; 1' lost theVsight of hi^ one/eye,: but other^; : wise; he y is; looking better sthaii•, a; few ; weeks back; ■■'■:-[':■'■■'. ;;.i:':';'v-:-v . ..'■ )./:-\ I■' J-- -.■;■■:

HRXT WEEK'S! BALI?.

j"''\Vl^e-^l^ies.;''o//:Maiagaltoki- ; ';'ai<e i holding: a return; ball;''to.. tEe ;^ Dachelors; 6nv;the^ % 'j 11th, and are /making '•gre^t preparation^ for the event. Miss Gardiner's/ y \ JsQiHdces have been secured,1 and. excel— j lent prizes lare being; offered "for best-i! dresses: ■ The cupper. is1 to be tbi. I best proourable v tho hall: is to;be speci- ; ally aeeorate<i;: and: the oominittee- with its energetic ; secretaries, Mi sses Jrower- ■•; •and; Gorkill,'. are snowing';sruchenergj"'!;; and enthusiasm that wißnout doubt;th»^;;' : coming ball promise^ ;to ; be ; "the" funcfe; > tion of the ; - ;'.-\'-;;;iCv'^Sv";v'A v -\;::''

COW-TESTINQ ASSOCIATION

The^ Mangatoki.; Bttiiry.y Company-'h.eidl'-v.v: a meeting^ in^^ the haU-^n Friday even- v ing foi' the purpose of forming *a Giw- ' testing Asso>ciatidn;> Messrs iind; ' Hamiltonj of -^ihe^pairyh^'Divifflpii^atr tendedi:::The'•iorm^lv^at;-the ahyitatioii. v of the chairman^ Mr Jacob Ma^; ao^:^\ dressed the meetingrupon tSe> worfcing* ' of the system/ pointing -6ut^ very clearly' - ■ the method Of paipcedur^; the' outlay -^ nscessary, the^ work to\be done; avb the farui, _ and^ also;.-the advantage of sys^3; tematic :cow' tiesting.v "The uida^ in .the? ; main; i^ for eacSLcfanriei* ,who takes;^i»';:; the \woirk to < weigh four conseoutiyii I? milkings' of each;mpnthV samples tb'b© : taken" of the^milkings, -ariH the coriiposite sampletq'; -be^teßt^ :atrthe fafe;;^ "Jt^e (^ernment official sent once: a month for ;tKat purposed : The: farmer i s Uupplied with data from the Wellington otti^,J&i^t.^ second^ his total weight of; milk, carried ■ forward month by month; period laoi-U tation. and other interesting particulara: .. ■■, '•.■"-■•. -;-. -■:■ -'i,--s^;..-.,;- * : -,v- ,v^y-.\

-The instructions ;» were ■" very clearly 'given, ; ; arid; many craestions were■- asked arid answforea mal'mty with the difficulty of obtaining Samples with releaser plants. It was pointed 'oitf that by the manipulation of the mechanism antl the use of a bucket on sampling. days; this difficulty .could be overcome. Five hundred cows, were promised thafc evening^ with a" prospect of reacting' a much higher figure. As one farmer pointed out^ the high prico of land riilmg made it imperative for farmers to be as scientific;' as possible;,>o that iiiey would -be sure that they were getting returns a«d Know what cows were treating then* best. ■■■.■.■■ . .•■;. ■ ~■-■■■'•■ '..:; '-■ : ■ '. .. .:;•'•

Mr Fulton, at the eonclueipn of his remark®,, appealed to farmers1 to keep, the very best of bulls. Many tioughfc any sire would do, as the" calves wereperhaps not being kept.. But they must remember that these offspring v.-er? sold and someone would get the poor stock. Such a practice would 'roaet on thedairying industry;.. a« a whole and dairymen should. dp everything possibleto raise the average of butter-fat peacow for the Dominion, which at present was very low, about 1901bs. A hPai'ty vote of. thanks^'was accorded Mr Fulton for 6his?address, meeting adjburnedi.; v ; - i--,':--:i.■':"■'■ ■'-•■'. ,'-'■.