TABLE HILL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 39

TABLE HILL.

January 7. — The -weather seems a bit settled now. It has baen very cold and .wet for a week or two, and picnic parties and eampere-out have not had rhe usual good time. Some oE the Milton people camp out at the sea beaoh. If they came to the *top end of Table Hill they would feel much interested in viewing the beautiful scenery that is to be seen there. Thero is no end of fuel, and plenty of very good water, providing they go to the sources of the springs. If they went lower down most likely they would find the remains of some domestic animal in it. As there are a few rabbits about they would be able to do a little shooting. Crops. — There is abundant promise of T«ry good crops on Tabie Hill thi<? yoar. The oats everywhere have the fine dark green tinge indicative of abundant yield. Tia early-sown turnips are looking very promising. The turnips are sown here on raised drills, and 2cwt of Surprise Island guano is used to the acre. They are sown by Macalieter's patent Tidgcr, which makes * fine job. This ridger belongs to Mr Chae. JPorsyth, ?nd he lends it to all his neighbours, aNprivilege t-hey value very highly. Careful trials have shown that Surprise Island gnano suits Table Hill better than any other artificial manure. Previously I Siave understood that guano does not build up ihe ground the same as bonedust, for instance, 60 that if "Agricola" wrote a paragraph on this point it would be ve>y acceptable. Turnip-thinning is mostly done on a rough-and-ready principle. Firet of all farmers go up and down the drills with c Bcuffler, and then croee-harrow the drills. The ground requires much preparation for turnips. In dry -weather the ground that 36 ploughed' through the day must be harrowed at night; afterwards it must bo grubbed once or twice, and harrowed and rolled so as to break the lumps. Possibly it might require rolling twice. The subsoil here is a kind of yellow clay. Thi* same clay is to be found at Mossburn. but witnout any coil en it, and it grows a kind of worthless red tussock. Accident. — There was an accident hero last Tureday week, which gave everybody much concern. Mrs F. Hay was driving a friend home io Glenovo in a dog-cart. About a mile and a-hulf from the Table Hill Schoolhoußo she got out to pick up her whip, and when getting in again her foot slipped on the step. This startled the liorse. and the step caught in Mrs Hay's dreiS. and she was dragged alone for over 50y1.s the dre- c A being tern (o ribbon?. Provid-eniially the dog-cart then capsized, and the steo was broken. This liberated Mr? Hay. The hcr^e continued its caret)-, and capsized tha do»-cart into a ditch. Mrs Hay vac urxonse'ou* at this time. but. StTang<> to c ay, retained her bodily vigour, and ster(r"-l io walk towards the schoolhouse, whirh «.-.= on her "*v hone. "When a e s o -r <n=c\'i / -o fii v it Mr* Hay i<»nt■porari'v t<jl!an*rd, aro stai-ied to isalk back. romwaWy Mr E Foster caw b^r, and aii'st-p-d hr-r m M>= Rcx^'s house Dr Suiherland. of Milron, was telephoned for. and vri:- soon on the >cer.e. It was found thai Mr- Hay \\a> in !io danger. The side of the r.'ff and hoad wre swollen to an a l ai - i. I ? 1-> 2-r^o. ard the inside cf her mouth was ci! = x!'-r«r.'v cut. Dr Sutherland exnresscd a=;nni-shmcr.t at Sirs Hay walking Oie distacee she did, but, of course, anjono

possessing- the courage of a Briton is capable of wonderful things. Mr Charles Ross went for Mr Hay, doing the distance in record time. Mrs Hay has been confined -ta-iadj.LMrs Ross's since, and Mrs Forsyth and MrsKCßs-Jiayebeen taking turns at nuising. Mr and Atrr~Hay are very gratified at the kindness of friejida_aiw3 — ***■& sympathy of wellwishers, iffany of whom came to all neighbouring telephone offices as soon as they were opened to obtain first details of the accident.