MORRINSVILLE

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17133, 21 June 1927, Page 4

MORRINSVILLE

| INTERESTING JOTTINGS. $ '<=>-■- ' r " ' ' ; : ' ______ I ■ ' |f ’ ■ t Wintry Weather. * ft ■’ :: The exceptionally cold weather ex Jperianced in the Morrinsville disti’i- ■ during the last ten days has alter';the appearance of the country, pnu tically finished the milking season, an 'made a great alteration in the feeding and management of stock necessary. A fortnight ago il)e country had "more the appearance of spring than mid-winter, plenty of good green grass ’’.having been everywhere and the milk supply for the season of the year passing all previous records, but with eight or nine hard frosts at night, and cold foggy days with only a few hours of sunshine, the'pastures and stock have suffered considerably. Factories report that the falling off in.milk supply has been very-.markediin the short time and if it continues a| the same rate the factories will have to close down for the season. . Hay,iSupply. Owing to the.iitiWsPtUed Weather at haymaking tim'pJit >Vas. generally ex-, pected that the fhasfmade ’this season would in almost all - he . of very inferior quality, but now that farmers arc opening, their stacks to feed their stock they find that they are very much worse than they expected, the hay in many cases Wing half . rotten and so uninviting in smell and appearance that stock will not eat it until they are half starving. Until 'this last spelL of wintry weather, grass ,yvas so plentiful that cattle preferred•'it to turnips or even mangolds, and there is no doubt that they will fall offca lot in condition before they will 4 eat the untempting hay that is being offered them. Quite a lot of stacks have been lost through fire, and if to this is added the very large quantity that.stock will only pick over and waste, the estimate of the amount of hay--.avaltable wilThave to he very much reduced. Mr C. W. Wild, in his address lo the members of the Morrinsville branch of the Farmers’ Union, pointed out the many advantages that ensilage had over hay, especially in a wet season, and after their experience this year no doubt ensilage will be much more generally made than has been the case in the past. As Mr Wild told, the members at the conclusion of his lecture, any farmer could get a bulletin giving him all instructions, by simply applying to the Agricultural Department. Tree Planting. jLast season quite a lot of treepfanting was done In the Morrinsville district, one farmer alone, Mr J. Bower:s,A.planting shelter trees around all the paddocks on his farm, and out of scVeral thousand trees planted he had not more than a dozen failures, all the others growing remarkably well. WJailsfc all the trees planted, principally Lawsoniana, did well, those to which -i small quantity of fowl manure was piven soon after planting have made almost as much'again growth as.those trees That had no manure. ..Several. -early plantations have nl•etfdy been milled "and anolher sawmill staid-ed; shortly at Wattoa by Mr, -Kelly, V&o has been -.Working a mill

at Waharoa. He has already secured a number of pine plantations at Ngarua and a block of timber at Waitoa. Now is a good time for tree planting. Veterinary Surgeon. No action was taken at the last meetjf the Morrinsville branch of the Farmers’ Union with reference to • curing the services of a veterinary '•■geon for the district. The commitappointed at a previous meeting to ike enquiries on the subject, reported ?‘.t the cost would be about £9OO to -irry Out the scheme explained by Mr Costello, whom they had consulted. A few members favoured the scheme whilst others spoke somewhat disparingly of veterinary work generally, and the majority -were in favour of securing the services of a private practitioner resident in the district, but no action'was taken. Whilst discussing the subject one member remarked that a vet. could not expect to do much work amongst horses, as one could buy a sound new horse for less money than a vet. would charge to come along and patch up an old one. Personal. The many friends of Mr G. F. Oates are pleased to find‘that he is able to attend his place of business after a long absence through a painful illness. Mr Webb, who for many years has been a prominent figure in Salvation Army work in Morrinsville, has, on account of failing health, left the district to take up his residence in Nelson, where he' had previously lived and where many members! of his family arc settled. Girl Guides. The Girl Guides celebrated the second year’s anniversary of their birth by a very enjoyable birthday party held | in the Masonic Hall. | Proceedings opened with a short address by Mrs Gummer, who congratulated the girls upon the progress they had made during the short time they had been in existence and wished therm many happy returns of the day. During tire evening a number of awards were made for different events, such as singing, sewing, cycling, cooking, dancing. The Fuchsia Patrol was most successful, winning the singing and dancing competitions. During the evening Miss Allen, head of the Morrinsville Girl Guides, whose birthday it was, as well as the anniversary of the company, was presented by Miss J. Firman, on behalf of the Guides, with an Eversharp pencil. Each member was also presented with a neat little note-hook and pencil. A very handsome birthday cake and an enjoyable sit-down tea was provided by the Guides’ mothers and friends. Prizes for the guessing competition held during the evening were given by Mrs J. G. Allen. Three new members were enrolled, making the total membership now in Morrinsville 31. Amongst toasts proposed and honoured during the evening was that of the Guides’ mother, Mrs Allen, who lias dohe so much to help the Girl Guide movement in Morrinsville. Croquet Club. At the last weekly euchre party of the Morrinsville Croquet Club, prizes were won by Mrs Grigsby and Mr Philpott and Mrs liowie and Mr Mathesou.