SPRING IN THE WAIKATO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18520, 3 October 1923, Page 14

SPRING IN THE WAIKATO.

FEED PROSPECTS IMPROVE. MILK OUTPUT STILL LOW. | [ii TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] $?£s? HAMILTON. Tuesday- .. .1 The welcome sunshine, after the recent rains, is having a very beneficial effect on the pastures. In the Eureka district the country is looking splendid. As a result the milk supply is increasing, and the suppliers are making two', trips daily to the factory. i ; "As no lorry is serving the district this year several more farm.,era haiveV installed " separators, j, thus saving two trips ;; daily to the factory. ,'■:■: The spring growth, in the Matangi district is how making" good headway, and the paddocks j' far v and.; wide ' siro. showing a healthy colour. The"winter just ended has been "one of the; "• hardest ever" ex- / perienced .in the" district, and only the large quantity -fof.iay and '»H3ots provided has :; enabled 1 ;; the farmers to pull through. ; ; Very few. ;of the ; herds are milking up ;to expectations, and the milk received at' the -'factory;; is f some thousands of gallons less than at this time , last year. - ' J ■-• ? ; ' ' ■- ■ /.' It is a. long time since » any land sales . have been made 4at Matangii but evidently .there are ; buyers who are prepared ;; to ,1 give good .prices for highlyimproved farms of smallareas. - Mr. C. Trigg has this week disposed of his property, and will be leaving the ;> IjHataUgi district early next month. I- "Ii is .- understood the price 'was. about £62 pjr i»cre. Dairying* is in . full swing at Y/hatawhate, and most of the herds are now up to full strength. The \ late spell of ; mildei? weather -has >had a beneficial effect Vipon the pastures, which are now ' beautifully green. ;n FfeSd, however, is ■/■ not yet very plentiful. ; : - '; ; "'' '.