TAUWHARE.

Waikato Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 3499, 27 November 1894, Page 5

TAUWHARE.

The Weathkb.—The long spell of dry weather we have had made some people think that Captain's Edwin's prediction of a drought was. going to be realised, but the recent fine rains have driven away all fear on that point, for should it come alter November it cannot do much harm as compared with a diought in the spring. Cheksr Factory.-Mr R. Speake, so long and favourably known in connection with the Tauwlmre cheese factory, has relinquished the management and Mr J. Bain from Canterbury has now taken that position. Mr Bain is making cheese on a plan which is much more laborious than that employed by Mr Speake, and which the latter gentleman was not willing to practice as the extra confinement and labour involved would not agree with his health at present. Mr Bain has been very successful in the South, and though we have lost a good cheesemaker in Mr Speake there is reason to believe we have got another in Mr Bain. The quantity of milk coming to the factory is almost 800 gallons and is steadily increasing Sunday School Entertainment.-The Tauwhare Sunday School scholars and teachers, assisted by friends, recently held one of the most successful entertainments ever given ; here. After discussing the edibles on the heavy laden tables the room was cleared and an entertainment was given to a crowded house, in which the items were well rendered and much appreciated. Last year the Sunday School held an outdoor picnic, dufinu which it ; came on to rain, heavily drenching nearly all, so this: summer they decided to picnic indoors, H'hen, as is often,the case when provision is made for bad weather, we had the most beautiful evening that could be desired. Ensilage. - Messrs Tickelpenny and Dodd and several others have as usual sown a fair quantity of maize to stack for ensilage for dairy cattle in winter, Mr Dodd has also sown a quantity of carrots, as last winter from about two acres be obtained an immense weight of winter feed, which, besides maintaining the quantity of the winter supply of milk, kept the cattle in fresh condition, without which it is useless to expect them to'milk well. Beef cows are not gcod milkers, neither are skinny cow*.

White Clover.-Messrs Hobbs Bros., apiarists in this district, remark that there is an almost phenominal growth of white clover this year, the paddocks, boing in many places white, but owing to the cold nights the quantity of honey secreted by the flowers has been so limited as to be of little use so far. There 'is a general impression among people that ns soon as the flowers open the bees get plenty of honey, but that is seldom the case, During one spring,., three years ago, Messrs Hobbs Bros, fed their bees between the beginning Of November and the middle of December, using one and a-halif tuns of white sugar. They find that with bees as well as with animals when the natural somce,s of supply fail you must supply food by some means, or the whole stock becomes an entire log'. Although the bees have not done much yet the prospect-) are favourable, and beekeepers anticipate a good season. New Ploughs.-Oliver ploughs, or plows as the Yankee's spell it. By the way lam often tempted to adopt the Yankee spelling as they cut many of our long word short, so after this explanation here goes! The large and varied assortment of Oliver plows at the Waikato Agricultural Show, seems to indicate that they are coming into favour, Mr Dodd has worked one on his farm since last autumn, and is more than satisfied with it. He finds that he' was able to plow satisfactorily, using a swing skeith, land that it was hardly pos sible to plough with a double furrow plow, the latter." chokine up ". concontinually. As a potato lifter last Autumn he found it the best he had ever used as it lifted and threw the potatoes well over shaking them well clear of the earth. Pur this purpose of course the skeith should be removed. Lastly as a potato planter this spring, it could not be beaten, ploughing in two furrows a row of potatoes which with

an ordinary plough takes three furrows, * the ground looking more like fine digging p than ploughing; but I should not omit to say it was not the first time the ground had been ploughed, having been ploughed shaU low. harrowed, and rolled uome time previously. For orchard work it does not seem so good, throwing the earth too far against the trees at the first furrow.—(Own Correspondent).