TE POI.

Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 475, 27 September 1923, Page 2

TE POI.

It is understood that the question of the erection of a cheese plant will be placed before the suppliers to the Te Poi Dairy Co. at the annual meeting to be held shortly. Much of the required plant is still in hand from the old factory, but a substantial building will be required. This will place the company in the position of being able to make butter or cheese at will. It is thought that a certain quantity of butter will have to be made owing to the long distance some of the suppliers live from the factory. Milk carted a distance does not make good cheese.- The policy of the directorate for several years has been to look forward to the dual plant. , . , ~ . The elaborate scale on which the Te Poi bachelors' ball was carried out is pointed to by the financial statement presented by the secretary this week. At the outset the promoters pooled 25s each and despite an attendance of over 200 this will be required to meet liabilities. A good dog is worth much money. There is a dog owned by Mr. P. Aylward at Te Poi which is all but human. This is no exaggerated dog story, but this dog's feats are really remarkable. On a recent visit a local stock dealer saw the dog sent from the back of the farm to the shed for a hammer. This it duly came back with. It also obeyed the request for the milk bucket. Told to bring a kerosene tin it failed to lift the small handle,- so pushed the tin along the ground to " the boss." _ Mr. and Mrs. P. Madson, of Horopito, King Country, are on a visit to Te Poi, staving with Mr. N. H. Madson. Mr. P. Madson recently met with an accident in the bush, which necessitated an internal operation, and he is now recuperating. Miss Freda Fairweather, who has been visiting her parents at Te Poi, returned to Auckland this week. - Mr J. Aitcheson left this week for Ruawai. Mr. J. Latta has also > left tho district, having been appointed herd-tester and dairy instructor at Kaitaia. ~,.'. • The fine weather is rapidly bringing up the supply at the local factory, and the farmers appear well satisfied with the prospects for the season. Several farmers have commenced to prepare ground for swedes for winter feed.