LEPPERTON.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81869, 19 October 1906, Page 3

LEPPERTON.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. Tile rains of tli<? lasi few days have been most opportune. Ihe face of the country is changed, so are *hc faces of the farmers, iho l\R-hiness of win}<i) hearts is a sure indication uf the heaviness of their milk cans. The fouite<mh report aiuj balance sheet of the Lopperton factory makes g<'od reading". Milk* received for the vear ending August 31 1906, was 2,721,405 lbs» and buuer was made amounting; to i^3> l 77 lbs. average le-t was 4.0. A substantial surplus is to be divided among- suppliers | N w'H have received at the rate of 1 <) >id for the scroll. _ ; The cU-.r; old potato blight is with tr-i again and i-erni 1 - to have come ' through tlu Y winf"t' fit and well. All sorts of sine and certain remedies -.u" in the air. ranging from ashes and skim milk for young plants to di.ut<d UuaWki Stream water for the mof mature growths. Doubtless there much to commend in and all of them, but it is wonderful huw reluctant the average farm r is to accept any recommendation or adopt any lemedy tlv.u ofc!« p;» 1 tmenta! expert advice. ile 's always open t<> convietion. Mow he would like to ?ee the man who could convince him there was anything o b V'arned from a Kirk or even a Hurbank anent the growing- of spuds.