MAKETAWA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 10 January 1907, Page 4

MAKETAWA.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) There has been nothing startling to report this way lately, all bauds, tied to the cows, having spent a quiet Christmas. Such is the farmer's lut.

The extraordinary weather wc are experiencing, though good for the root crops, is not satisfying to those with large areas of hay, etc., most of which are lit to come down. Given the least possible show we are in for a busy time this month.

As stowing the benefit of the Make tawa P.O. to the residents of tlic near district to the factory, Mr Quickfall, the local postmaster, informs me that for the first month the office was opened over 250 letters were received" inwards and about 175 sent outwards; this docs not include newspapers. It will be seen that in instituting a new office the postal department did the rightthing. and that settlers are quick to'appreciate a direct benefit goes with out saying. Several of the residents whose'business takes them to lnglewood twice a week have not as yet used the local 1'.0... but will no doubt later on. There promises to be an enormous yield of apples this season, and towns people who desire a huge quantity of apples will be able to get their wants satisfied by visiting some of the orchards in the district.

The potato blight has at last decided to give us a turn I I suppose we shook hands with ourselves a bit too hard, thinking that, as it was later than usual, it had forgotten us. X have heard of instances where small potatoes left in the ground from last year have sprouted, been tanked up and attended to, and at present are splendid healthy plants, promising much. Though the ground carried the blight last year there is no op" pearance as yet in these self-sown tuber. One man has dug up some of this kind and has turned up splendid •'spuds." There's a wrinkle for you, Mr Gardener! Grass! grass! There has not for many a year been such a plethora of feed, and yet the cows arc not doing so well as previously—complaints all round of the early going in quautitv of milk.