HORSHAM DOWNS.

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17220, 1 October 1927, Page 5

HORSHAM DOWNS.

Social Life. Almost every duty in the country is controlled by the weather. Under favourable conditions quite a lot of useful | work can be accomplished. The same ! seems to apply to the social side as j well. Outside of a very nice fourweekly dance any attempts to entertain our residents have been quite slack during the past few months owing to continuous rain, not mentioning the mud of course. However, the social committee has arranged to have a concert at quite an early date. The Countryside. In the early spring it is always a treat to survey the surrounding hills and valleys of our district. This year in particular the mild weather and continuous rain seem to have given the landscape an extra deep green. Possibly the cheaper fertilisers are playing a part too. From far and near I hear the production will be greater than ever. It is perhaps not out of place to mention that along one short byroad, where only a few years back about 90 cows were milked, this season fully three times that numberare being handled. Herd Testing. The time is not far off when very few poor cows will find standing room in the Downs. This season a squad of testers is at work, and there are very few herds which are not being sorted up, or have been in the past year or two. Steel Electric Power Towers. The work of hanging the seven •copper cables to the huge steel towers is nearing completion in our. district. The appearance of those structures in the distance gives one the impression of oilfields. They have not proved desirable to many farmers. Nevertheless the writer considers they give the district quite an up-to-date touch. The cost of running this line from Arapuni to Auckland makes one shudder. The total cost of one tower, together with its length of wire, would build quite a snug cottage for many a farmer.