PATUMAHOE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 420, 22 October 1918, Page 2

PATUMAHOE.

Fatumahoe will soon be in possession of a casein factory as the old creamery is to be adapted for the purpose by the New Zealand Dairy Association with the necessary enlargements. Work will be com-1 menced next week and the factory jf should be in operation about a month hence. The intention is that on the conclusion of the war the manufacture of sugar of milk will be added to the products of the factory so that the contents of milk may be utilised to the fullest possible extent for the benefit of suppliers. The long-talked of project of Patumahoe becoming a centre for stock sales is likely to assume definite form in the near future. The auctioneering firms are to be asked to undertake the construction but in the event of an unfavourable response in that quarter the scheme will become tho subject of private enterprise, several residents of tho Mauku district and of Waiau having expressed their willingness to assist in a private enterprise. Tho provision of a local saleyards wo tl t be much appreciated by farmers ia the district as under present arrangements the number of animals that have to be driven both from M mku and Waiau to Pukekohe for sita is considerable and both time and expense would bo saved by Paturaahoe being made available fov their yarding. Private W. Sommeiville returned to his home in Mauku in the early part of last week, having l >een invalided back to the Dominion from France. He was eight months in hospital in England and on discharge he visited Ireland during the term of his furlough. Mr Sommerville, who is a leading potato grower, is of opinion that farmers in the old Country are too conservative in their methods and that they might with advantage learn some of the modern methods of tilling the soil as practised in New Zealand. Closer settlement, always a desirable movement in the progress of a district, is to be effected in the instance of Mr W. Cantlin's property f at Patumahoe. Tho owner has V arranged to cut his holding up into three sections, the same to be offered for sale on easv terms.