STRATFORD,

Taranaki Daily News, 27 June 1922, Page 6

STRATFORD,

STRATFORD AGENCY. Advertisements and items of news for publication in the Taranaki Daily News should be left at the office of our local representatative, Mr. W. H. Humphrey, Broadway, Stratford. Orders for papers may also be left with him. THE MODEL FARM. VALUE TO THE DISTRICT, June 26. During a discussion on the Stratford Model Dairy Farm at Saturday's meeting of the Stratford A. & P. Association, on Saturday, Mr. H. Trimble asked if anything had been done regarding a motion passed at last annual meeting in reference to the growing of winter forage crops. The chairman: Nothing has been done. Mr. Trimble: Will the committee do something this year ? Mr. Rutledge: There is the Model Farm. Mr. Trimble: The Model Farm does nothing in the matter. The chairman said the farm was not taken advantage of as it should be. Mr. Deem was an enthusiast in growing crops, and those who visited the farm could gain a great deal of knowledge regarding farming. For many years an endeavor had been made in the Old Country to deal with clubroot, but they never got any further forward. He would strongly advise everybody to attend the demonstrations at the farm. Mr. Trimble said he would not like anybody to think that he thought the farm was not doing good work. He recognised it was a useful institution and wished he could spend more time there. But the farm did not do enough experimenting—they did not try what crops could be grown in addition to those already grown. Nobody who had an hour to spend in Stratford should miss visiting the farm. Mr. Pettigrew: They have only £3OO a year, and that will not go very far. Nir. Trimble, in replying to the chairman, said he had not been to the farm since lucerne had been grown, and the chairman said he had been surprised at the progress made in this direction. Mr. Linnell said that in former years there had been excursions to Moumahaki Experimental Farm. He would like to see the trips revived. The chairman said he had proposed that the excursion should be a general one, which anyone might join. Mr. Phillips thought a farmer could learn as much by visiting the Stratford Model Farm as by visiting Moumahaki. Mr. Trimble said that practically more could be learned at Stratford, as the conditions there were similar to the rest of Taranaki, which was not the case at Mormahaki.

LADIES’ HOCKEY FIXTURES. The following fixtures have been drawn up for the Stratford Ladies’ Hockey Club matches in the Central Division:— Thursday, June 29. —S.T.H.S. B team v. Kaponga Star, at Eltham; Opunake v. Egmont Ladies, at Eltham. Saturday, July I.—S.T.H.S. A team v. Pihama, at Eltham. Thursday, July 6.—S.T.H.S. A team v. Egmont Ladies, at Stratford; Opunake v. Kaponga Star, at Kaponga. Saturday, July B.—S.T.H.S. B team v. Pihama, at Eltham. Thursday, July 13. —S.T.H.S. A team v. Kaponga, at Eltham; S.T.H.S. B team v. Opunake, at Eltham. Saturday, July 15. —-Pihama v. Egmont Ladies, at Eltham. Thursday, July 20.—S.T.H.S. A team v. Opunake, at Eltham; S.T.H.S. B team v. Egmont Ladies, at Stratford; Kaponga Star v. Pihama, at Pihama. Thursday, July 27.—Kaponga Star v. Egmont Ladies, at Eltham; S.T.H.S. A team v. S.T.H.S. B team, at Stratford. Saturday, July 29.—Opunake v. Pihama, at Opunake. BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT. Considerable activity and enthusiasm is apparent in the Boy Scout movement in Stratford. A scouts’ committee is working systematically to provide funds for the purchase of equipment and many other necessities connected with the movement, and a generous measure of support is forthcoming. On Wednesday night the Picture Company is giving a picture programme, with community singing and other extras, in aid of the funds, and a full house is already assured. Patrons wishing to secure seats should book early at Scoutmaster Humphrey’s.

GENERAL ITEMS. Mr. C. Thurston, who is leaving Cardiff to reside at Matapu, was, on Friday night, presented with a travelling-rug by the members of the Cardiff Football Club. Mr. R. Masters, M.P., leaves for Wellington to-morrow morning, in preparation for the opening of the session. Country subscribers not receiving their Daily News regularly are asked to immediately notify our circulation manager, care Mr. W. H. Humphrey, Stratford. Complaints will receive prompt attention. Have you seen the latest thing in Portable Typewriters? Call at W. H. Humphrey’s and see the new Portable Remington. No folding and unfolding. You simply open the case and the machine is ready for use. For private correspondence it cannot be beaten, neither can the price, £l9 10s. English magazines. Fashion Books., etc., posted to any address.