HINUERA.

Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 475, 27 September 1923, Page 4

HINUERA.

A GOOD LITTLE FARM. A good little farm in Hinuera is that owned by Mr. J. Menzics and consists of 94 acres of the 198 acres formerly owned and.worked in partnership by Messrs. Holmes and Bain. The herd' consists of 88 cows owned as partners by Messrs. Menzies and Bain. There are also two splendid three-year-old pedigree Jersey bulls on thy farm bought from the wellknown herd of Mr. Glynn Lewis. The cows are high-grade Jerseys, which are being raised in standard all the time by Mr. Menzics, and there are to date' 70 in. There arc 14 beautiful Jersev calves on the farm, but as Mr. Mcnz'ies has only just started there are no yearling heifers from last year. The farm is a grass one, but needless to sav the quality of grass is excellent. There are no other crops on the farm, unless one may mention 10 acres of paspaltam mixed with English grass. Mr. Menzics manures with 44/4G superphosphate, and lie put down 2c\vt to the acre in July. Drills are used and no ploughing at all is done on the farm. Mr. Menzics is milking with a four - cow plant machine driven by an oil engine and is home separating.. The exce lencc of Mr. Menzics' pasture and herd may be summed up by saying that his average test was 4.5. There are four nice draught horses on the farm and 30 pigs. 'Among the latter there are two good brood sows, one of which has a litter of 10 young pigs. A word might be said about the fine live hedges coming on on the farm. There is a hedge of voung Lawsoniana trees about half a 'mile long and about a quarter of a mile of barberry facing the Tc Poi road. ANOTHER GOOD FARM.

Another good farm is that managed bv Mr. D. J. Hayes for Mr. W. F Choat, of Hamilton. This farm consists of 123 acres, and being an entirely new farm, not yet completely ' broken in, it is at present carrying only 38 cows. There are four good good young grade Jersey heifers and a good pedigree Jersey bull from the well-known Robinson herd of Hinuj era. As yet most of the farm is down I in grass and six acres have just been I ploughed to be planted as follow: , Three acres soft turnips, two acres I millet and one acre mangels. The ■ only growing crop at present is one of five acres" of barley, which is coming on well. Mr. Hayes is a most generous topdresser and in July he put (Town to the acre 3cwt of 44/4G super Perhaps, however, it is in the milking appointments that this farm stands supreme. *A new Pilkington machine has been installed and with its shining nickel parts and well-oiled bearings presents a very pleasing appearance. An innovation is a patent boiler constructed on the califont principle which has been installed for heating water for washing the machine parts, the cans and the concrete doors of the shed and yards. The boiler, of which there were only two made, is lit and the water warmed by a handful of chips. The driving force of tho machinery is electric power, and a 65-gallon separator is employed. HINUERA IMPROVEMENTS. Two very pretty little bungalow residences are at present being erected in Hinuera. The first consists of four rooms, bathroom and offices, beino.- built for Mr. Arthur Sanderson, the village blacksmith. It is a nicelooking little place, replete with every modern convenience. It is built of the best of timber and is well finished off in every way. The other place is that which Mr. W. G. Brown, along with his brother, Mr. C. Brown, jun., has built for himself. It is a pretty little four-roomed bungalow, built of totara, with rimu finishings. Some beautiful cabinetmaking work has been done in the house, including an oiled rimu dresser and a linen presp. Tho excellence of the job is all the more remarkable considering that Messrs. Brown Bros, are amateur carpenters and that this is the first work of its kind undertaken by them. The house also contains a beautiful bathroom fitted up with all the latest porcelain appointments and a large spacious loggia adds a finishing touch. The house is drained in a most up-to-date and hygienic manner into a sump some distance away and the electric light is to be installed. GENERAL. The land round Hinuera is looking at its best at present, a most delectable green meeting the eye everywhere, and the omens for a good season are manifest.