WAITARA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16688, 10 March 1920, Page 3

WAITARA.

vrnoii oub own cohbebpondent. March 10. —Heavens! what is the world coming to? According to the “Wellington Notes” we are to be faced with the alternatives of either an increase in the price of tarts or a reduction in the size of them, all owing to the increased cost of living. AVill life be worth living in the face of such a horrible possiblity ?

The Tikorangi farmers who had planned to visit the Moumahaki State Farm have deferred their visit until next week, primarily because the car in which they intended to travel was found to have a defect which it would take some hours to adjust, and the weather was against its being in any sense apleas lire trip. The growth in the pastures has in many cases caused a superfluity of feed, and some farmers who had sown Japanese millet to supplement the customary scarcity of grass at this time of the year have no use for it, and consequently it lias grown beyond the “feeding off” stage long ago. I saw a splendid paddock the other ■ day tlrat had not been fed down at all, and was asked what could be done with it. It was just coming into ear. if that is the correct description. The farmer was wondering whether, it could be harvested and the straw used as chaff, or whether it could be converted into ensilage. So far as I am. aware no one in this district has had any experience of this crop beyond feeding it off. Should any reader have had experience in this connection 1 am sure it would be appreciated if ho would give tho public the benefit of it. Meantime I am intending to communicate with tho Department of Agriculture with the view of obtaining the views of their experts on the subject.