TUTUTAWA.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 82, 12 August 1929, Page 4

TUTUTAWA.

The occasional blare of a young calf reminds us that the farmers’' holidays (are fast drawing to a close and that spring time is once again with us. Cows are coming into profit rapidly and in a fortnight matters should he in full swing. At present the prospects iseeni fairly good and a, successful year both as regards production and price may reasonably be anticipated. Though seasonable the weather is at present very unsettled, frosts, cold windy and intermittent showers being the order of the day. Top-dressing is much more in ev idem*© this yoa.r than usual being due to several fanners getting quantities of manure as a. result of ill© good work done by the Deteriorated Lands Commission. Farmers realise that there i sonly one possible way of bringing deteriorated county into the proper state at which it can bo, farmed, and that is by the use of fertilisers. There is no doubt, that the country responds to the use of fertilisers, and tho difficulty of the settler has been that bo has not bad sufficient margin to expend on ibis 'very necessary work. A large amount of land liras deteriorated in quality, but it can be bought back if sufficient money is available for tbo settlers to use in limit farming operations. The sheep farmers who a few months ago bad numbers of j sheep worried, are already on the j alert for strange dogs. J Lambing will commence very short- j 1y and dog owners would be well ad- i vised 1 to keep (heir dogs (on tho j

flirt ill. Like other districts Tntntnya scows to lip getting a laree amount of sickness at. the present time. Influenza in apparently the most popular enmplaint, mid soareelv a household has . pcpr» v\n ii <ii ion , Mr. and Mrs. J. Jackson, have re--I,lined from their honeymoon trip, „, Ir ] down in their new home. We all wish them every happiness < for the future. !