TE RORE NOTES

Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1925, 23 October 1926, Page 5

TE RORE NOTES

CROQUET CLUB SOCIAL.

(Own Correspondent). A ectneer/t and dance in aid of thle 'Crdquet Club 'Was held in the school on the 15th insti Fortunately the weather cleare'd! up and there was a very good attendjancte, although several who had arranged to give hltems were 'U<nabfe to attend, the programme was a fafirly lengthy one and encores were nunteirous. Mr J. G. .Bu,tterworth presided, and.the programme comprised ■the following itemsc—Pianoforte dulet, 'fFaust Gounod," 'Misses Hills and Strong; song, Mir H. P. Hall; recitation "The family Zoo," Miss Ruth Anderson; song, "Our Metis Garden Sub'bub,"* Mr 'Hils; recitation, Mr P. Grace; song," Mrs (Lolrimisr; song, "I (Do ILike'ari Egg *» My Tea," Mr WGodfrey; duet,. Missies Berry arid Bell; •trio, s 'iL'ilttle'FaJrm Well Tilled," Messrs fame's and iGodfrey; recitatidri, Mffes Ivy'.Siflelet; song, Miss Wallace;, reicftatiori, Mr C. Grace; song, Mr Hall; recitation, Miss Mary Anderson;' song, Mrs Lorimle'r; recital tion Mr P. Grace; song, Miss Wallace; 'song, Mr iHills; song, "Were Stands a Post," Mr E. James. ISupper was served aftfer the concert and then dancing wa's the order of the m'ight. Mr G. ■Loririiie'r offidiaited as M.C and Miss. Vowless arid Mr T. Krippner supplied the music, kindly relieved by Mr, W. H. Bell and) Missies (Hart and Ellis. The ladiles have madle good progress with the lawn and the timhfer is on the ground for building a pavilion, which , Mr T. Krippner has kindly undertaken to fbulild nexlt week.

LECTURE-BY GOVERNMENT . , OFFICIAL. ■On Tuesday evening, Mr C-. W. Wild, of .tiheJAgricultural Department, gave a' very intjerelsting address on "Hay and Ensilage. Making." There was a good-audience and the speaker gave the atesults of. various departmental experiments, on pastures with different manures, which tendled to prove that, generally 'speaking, phosphatic manures werist; those most 'needed to rejuvenate the soil. Dealing with hay, the \ lecturer, stressed th|e Importance of well manuring the hay paddock, preferably twice yearly, and thoroughly chain harrowing before shutting up; also the necessity of cultting at thie righlti stage so as to get the most nuhriment. oiit of <t)he Jg-r'asslds anid clovers. This feorild toe done when tha bulk of the grass and clovers were flowering. Ctralss cut after this stage had '3Nt most' of its nutriment and was''far lles s palatable to the stock. JEn'silage was a far better proposition than* hay to his way off thinking, and thiei time would come when dairymen realisetll this as they had done in the States of America. Wlhen Ithe building of a silo Was out off the question, good ensilage could toe made in fchfci stack or pit The 'speaker preferred the latter method as there was less waste and many farmers had a hillside on titer property out of which a pit could toe dug. Care must .toe takten to board up the front wiltto tongue and) groove boarding so as to exclude "the air and |rain water. Many questions werevateked and satisfactorily answered. With reference to hay stacks firing, Mr Wild gave isome very (uf&eful information. One distilict he Visited where they got hay in under the group system, "four out of five 'of the settlers helphelped one another lost their stacks by fire. He attributed this to the desire Ito rush on with the work, which is usually the way with settler's helpGng one another ' at haymaking in ■clrder to gat on to the neighbour's hay .field, consequently much of the hay was put in too soon, some of it not being ithoroughjly dried 'after t/sing Exposed to unfavourable weather coh■diOTOns. The fortunate man fin the group was ithe one who ( diid not consider his. hay was'., ready and would not put it in others wished. He; got other Jaboiir when he considerißd the'hay wa's dry, and he was the one in', tihe group ! £xf five whose stock did', mot fire. , ;' '"''j