PIGGERY ESTABLISHMENT

Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1934, Page 8

PIGGERY ESTABLISHMENT

REPORT TO BE PRESENTED. DEPARTMENT’S MOVE AT WAIMATE. i Attempts may shortly be made to raise I pigs on the most modern lines of swinehusbandry at the Waimate West experi- > mental farm. No definite decision has ' yet been made, but at yesterday’s meet- ; ing of the farm committee at Manaia, the chairman, Mr. J. M. Smith, report- ; ed that the Department of Agriculture • was desirous of establishing a pig farm on proper lines and to that end Mr. F. ■ W. Gorringe had inspected the farm and would submit a report to the department. An area of six acres would be required and the department, provided the report was suitable and action taken, would indemnify the farm committee for loss on dairy production. Mr. Gorringe had inspected the farm a fortnight ago, said Mr. Smith. Provided his report was suitable, he and Mr. McCulloch would meet the farm committee to arrange for suitable financial details. It was not desired to deprive the committee of any revenue. The average production per acre on the farm at present was 2151 b of butter-fat and if the committee agreed with the department it would have to be indemnified for loss of that butter-fat. The departmental officers would meet the committee and submit figures for consideration. If established, the piggery would be run on proper lines. The area would be divided into quarter-acre sections and ■ modem sties would be erected. > “It’s a move on the right lines,” said Mr. Smith. GENERAL ITEMS. Dairy Produce Prices. The Hawera office of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, ■■ Ltd., yesterday received the following cabled advice from London: Butter, including stored, 74s to 775; cheese, white . 47s to 47s 6d, coloured 455; markets slow. - Subsidies for Experiments. Expressing doubts whether the farm t near! Trw nrnnpr PWlprimeiltal

Expressing doubts whether the farm was being used for proper experimental purposes Mr. E. Long at yesterday s meeting of the Waimate West Experimental Farm Committee said it was impossible to make the right moves in proper experimentation of the best methods of dairy husbandry owing to the necessity for the .committee to keep its head above water as far as finance was concerned. “If the department would only grant us a subsidy,” he said, “then we could experiment. But at present we must make the best we can out of the farm.” He considered the possible establishment ot- a piggery at the farm might be the thin edge of the wedge so far. as experimental moves were concerned. Waste in Motor Plates.

Characterising the present system of issuing separate sets of plates each year for motor vehicles .as supreme waste, Mr. E. Long’, chairman, at yesterday’s monthly meeting of. the Waimate West County Council, suggested that each year, when collecting his new plates, a motorist should be allowed a rebate of 6d on his old plates. “At present,” he said, “the wastage is colossal. If a rebate on the charge of 2s 6d was made, the old plates could be repainted rind re-issued every year.”

Dairy Company Applications. . “Applications by dairy companies for work to be done should come direct to the council, and not to the engineer,” said Mr. G. E. Long, chairman, at the monthly meeting of the Waimate West County Council yesterday. The discussion arose when an application for work to be done by a dairy company was received by the engineer, and it was decided that in future all such applications should come before the council.

Inquiries for Patea Sections. Following the decision of the Patea Borough Council to sell borough sections at £1 each, numerous inquiries from would-be home builders have been made to the town clerk, ’Mr. L. W. Austin. Most of the information sought refers to the location of the sections, finance and the general conditions governing the offer. “It’s an 11l Wind.”

The heavy southerly wind that swept Taranaki during the early part of this week was thoroughly enjoyed for a period by a party of small boys at Patea. Equipped with a craft made from perambulator wheels and a box, they hoisted a sail at the south end of the main street and rolled steadily northwards with a fair 'wind. Having to return again by f-.rling their canvas and towing their craft to the starting point was their greatest trouble, but they had plenty of fun before they grew tired. AUROA CRICKET CLUB. SEASON’S OFFICERS ELECTED. The annual meeting of the Auroa Cricket Club was held last Friday, Mr. Schwieters presiding over a good attendance. The chairman congratulated the club on its success both in the playing of matches and financially. He said that the club was in as sound a position as any club in the province, having all the best gear required and a good sum of money in hand. The election of officers resulted:—Patron, Mr. F. Schwieters; president, Mr. O. Webby; vice-presidents, five were elected; secretary and treasurer, Mr. B. Cameron; assistant secretary, Mr. D. Mercer; executive, Messrs R. Hughes, F. Schwieters, F. Hughes and W. Brown; club captain, Mr. F. Hughes. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Josephson and to Mr. W. Brown for the use of their paddocks for playing purposes. Tributes were paid to Mr. Schwieters, the retiring president, Mr. Schwieters having done untiring work both socially and as a playing member. Through falling from a tree a schoolboy, Jim Lind, broke his arm. Mr. H. C. Duckett has returned from an Eltham private hospital. ADVERTISERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS. Colonel S. J. E. Closey, M.C., V.D., will address a public meeting under the auspices of the Alton branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union at Alton tomorrow night at 8. A dance is to be held at Kapuni next Thursday evening. There will be many novelties, progressive five hundred and good prizes. Free buses will run from Kaponga, Okaiawa and Manaia.