A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 112, 3 July 1911, Page 8

A. AND P. ASSOCIATION.

WORK AT THIS GROUNDS. The following reports from tlio caretaker v/cro lead at Saturday’s mooting of the A. and P. Association :-rJ have numbered and taken in gates from pig-pons, collected and carted in timber lying about, manured poor patches on oval, temporarily fixed fence on Mr James’ lino, cleaned barbery 'hedge, cleaned around small shrubs, fixed style at front, gate, erected about twelve chains of fence along railway boundary, lightered wires on front of same, and made and hung a gate, which makes a nice little paddock. i have put extra wire on fence between house and line, which makes it sheep-proof. ! have erected about ton chains of fence between race and Mr Huggett’s boundary and have another twelve chains of posts 1 ready for the wire.; 1 have fixed wire netting round oval, made and hung gate at back entrance to house, cut twelve strainer posts and got them sledged ready for- use (the paits were kindly given to me by Mr Huggett). lam at present busy with drain, but the weather is all against drain-digging. 1 would suggest that some grading be done around the grandstand, as the water lies there very badly. I would suggest that the earth be hanked up to within about two inches of top of concrete, so that the water would ail drain away from the budding. X think it would he better than figging a drain. Also the telephone shed wants filling up about eight im-hes, as the water lies there very badly. I would suggest that two boards ho put up at each end of the grandstand asking people to kindly keep their feet out of tile wire netting. 1. saw seme people trying very hard to stick their feet through the netting lasi Thuraday, during the football match.,. Under a later date Mr .Vewiands also reported as follows: —, 1 have completed the new diaiu at bottom of grounds. There is about two chains of old drain wnich needs deepening, but there is too much water in at present. I pulled dowin the old fence between ploughed ground and Mr James’ fence and manured the paddock next Mr James’ boundary; 1 have filled in low places round grandstand, and made it so that the water does not lie tnore. It requires some piping so as to run the water from the down-pipes to the water-table. I have put battens on fence next railway line, ; Iso on fence from race to Mr Huggett’s boundary. I have pulled down 1 lie fence between the oval and where the hoi sc boxes are to be put, and I have pulled down the pans that were used for butter-fat competitions. I have put up our portion of the boundary fence on tho lino between the showground and Mr Huggett’s property, with the exception of one chain, which is left until we get tho pipes in. I have received the pipes for the drain. Mr Huggett has finished ploughing the piece which was stumped, and, considering the state of the ground, ho has made a good job of it. He is busy doing the piece where the horse boxes are to be put. Weather permitting he will he ready to start discing on Monday.