FEILDING NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 281, 5 December 1907, Page 6

FEILDING NOTES.

(Own Correspondent.)

Mr T. Sutton, formerly of Rongotea, is now farming at Awahuri. The Feilding Borough Council meets to-night. The Athletic Club meet at 7.30 p m. on Friday. The Horticultural Show will take place on Friday. =* The team of the Manchester Rifles that won the battalion shield at Wanganui recently is going to celebrate the event by having a group photograph taken of the successful shooters. Messrs G. Garrett and R. Bailey have now played the final in the golf competition, and the former proved victorious after a very severe struggle. Mr Garrett's name will now be inscribed on the medal. The Cheltenham Rifle Club will shoot for the McCorkindale cup on Saturday next. The result will be published in the "Times" on Monday. The Rongotea Town Board met on Tuesday evening. Commissioners Penny (chairman), Sutton and Hickford were present. The resignation of Mr D. Wilson who intends leaving the district was received ■with regret. Some correspondence was received from the Health Department re the sanitary by-laws. Accounts amounting to £8 8s were passed for payment and the meeting adjourned. Messrs A. H. Atkinson and Co. will sell Aorangi freehold land at their mart at 8 p.m. on Friday evening. Dr. Frengley and Inspector O'Brien, of the Health Department, made a thorough inspection of the sanitary condition of Rongotea yesterday. Some necessary improvements will be pointed out by them in their report to be forwarded to the proper quarter. Bishop Wallis, Archbishop of Wellington, conducted services at St. Agnes' Church, Kiwitea, yesterday afternonon, and licensed the Rev. J. S. Mayo, as Yicar of the Kiwitea paroohial district, in place of the Rev. J. R. Castle, who recently left for Hawera. The service was well attended. The Bishop conducted a confirmation service in St. John's Churchj Feilding, last evening, when twelve young ladies and five gentlemen were confirmed. Messrs Richmond and Newton, the well-known civil engineers, completed the work of subdivision of the Aorangi Syndicate's land on Tuesday. This firm carried out the work under instructions from Mr J. G.Webster, who was too busy to attend to the work. An application for the transfer of the license of the Empire Hotel from Mr W. J. Williams to H. A. Pearce was yesterday granted by the Oroua Licensing Committee on the application of Mr A. M. Ongley. Mr E. Crosby gave up possession of the Awahuri Hotel on the 3rd inst. to Messrs Moore Bros., formerly of Wanganui. Mr and Mrs Grosbv intend taking up their abode at Paunerston for a short time, and may at a later date leave for a trip to the Old Country. FEILDING COURT—WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M.) Judgment was given for plaintiffs in the following undefended casesO. . Jepson v. Andrew Jepson £1 ss, costs Is; Scotc Motor Co. v. G. H. Jackson £16, costs 15s, solicitor's fee 17s 6d; J. P. Jepson v. Fred. Nessen £3 16s, costs 18s; W. H. Percival V. G. W. Lawrence £6 2s 6d, costs 18s 6d; J. Gould v. M. J. Scally £8 7s 2d, costs 21s 6d; J. Gonld v. M. A. Burgess £9 12s 7d, costs 21s 6d; A. Williamson v. W. Riddler £2, boats 16s; . W. M. Wisham v:' Edgar Watt. £2 2s 6d, hosts 10s. Judgment summons: —T. C. Fowler and -Co. y. Frank Wilcox £4 14s, amount to be paid forthwith, in default five days in gaol; C. Staffan v. D. Laing, junr., claim £4 Be, judgment debtor offered to. pay by instalments and an order was made accordingly; Bramwell Bros. v. F. Adam £19 19s 4d, ordered to pay 80s per month, in default, three weeks' gaol. The case R. W. Harden v. R. J. Munro, which has been adjourned from time to time was proceeded with and judgment was given for £70 7s, amount claimed, and costs, £4 Bs. DAIRYING OPERATIONS. The Bunnythorpe Co-operative Dairy Company are at the present time receiving 2800 gallons of milk daily at their main factory at Bannythorpe. This is about 500 gallons more than was supplied to the same factory last year. At the Aorangi creamery of the same company the supply is 600 gallons daily. The total number of Bunnythorpe suppliers is 50. The company manufacture 28 boxes (561bs each) of butter daily, and forward it to Wellington for shipment twice weekly. The company find it advantageous to ship instead of selling locally. The tests run from 3.3 to 4.0, this being somewhat lower all round than last year. The factory is in charge of Mr Chas. Edwards whose capabilities as a butter maker are well known. The price beifcg paid is 10% d to shareholder suppliers, and lOd to nonahareholders, and it is satisfactory to learn that the company is carrying on business under the happiest of conditions. Every supplier bears a look of extreme satisfaction with himself and all the world, as he rolls up to the factory in the early hours of the morning, and in co-opera-tive concerns this is half the battle, for there is nothing so trying to the directors, secretary or manager, and his employees, as a continual wail of dissatisfaction so pronounced in some instances as to make the management's life a burden to themselves and all around them.

Mr Thompson, the Government dairy expert, whose headquarters are at Palmerston, is spending a couple of (lays at Brinuythorpe just now, and in course of conversation with me on the subject of grading, etc. Mr Thompson expressed the opinion that the grading at the Bunnythorpe co-operative factory is being done as well as it is anywhere, but, generally speaking, it was low throughout the whole country this season, which fact ho attributed to the poor condition ol the different herds which, unfortunately, was a rule rather than an exception. The poor condition of the cattle at the beginning of the season was in his opinion responsible for a good deal. Farmers, in considers, do not pay sufficient attention to the growing of artificial feed for the cows in the winter time, and were inclined to ] rely too much on nature to supply

what was necessary. The dairy farmers had not realised until too late that it was a penny wise and a pound foolish policy to starve their cows in the winter time. Their condition should be maintained, and then at the commencement of the milking season the full benefit would be gained. Mr Thompson gave instances he knew where it took five or six more cows to produce the same amount of butter fat than some herds had produced last year. There was another matter whioh possibly was not so much the fault of the farmer; since the weather changed and the bails were in a better sanitary condition the quality of the butter was somewhat injured by the rank growth of feed. The faster the feed grew the ranker became the grass, and consequently the ranker the flavor became, which was predominant in the cream. The high price given for butter fat, Mr Thompson considers, spoils the farmers. They know just exactly what they are going to get for their butter fat, and are consequently inclined to become careless in the care of their milk, which should be a dairyman's first thought and consideration. Mr Gillies, who recently opened a factory at Colyton has no fewer than 14 suppliers and is making seven boxes of butter daily.