A COLD AND FROSTY MORNING

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 110, 26 May 1941, Page 4

A COLD AND FROSTY MORNING

apparatus of old Strawberry and other old dairymaids of the 4-footed variety. Of course its not all fun having a town job, and a bit of fresh air (its pretty fresh at 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. these mornings) does nobody any harm. But most milkers these days wish their gum boots were on other feet. This prompts me to burst into the following lament (trusting that your local Pipe Band which has been figuring in "Letters to the Editor" will be able' to set it to music). On a cold and wintry morning When frost lies on the ground Wo make and hear * With awestruck ear s " The alarm clock's unwelcome" 1 stmnd. The sun has not yet peeped Above the Whaka hills so high But the ting-a-ling crie^ "It's time to arise l ." And we have to do or die. The blankets seem so very warm So. comfortable in bed So with sinking heart The milkers depart To the chilly milking shed. Still what's the use of worrying, it never was worth while, so round up the "spotties" from the frosty grass, and smiie, smile (Oh dash i< all, how can you smile, when your fingers are frozen) smile. Yours etc./ FROST BITTEN.

Sir—As the poet Longfellow (or some other fellow wrote) : "Oh to be in an 8 to 5 and five-day-a-week job, Now that winter's here." > . This .wail of mine is prompted bjr recent frosts which have whitened • The Plains and caused chilblains on the fingers and toes of the poor unfortunates who massage the milking