DISTRICT NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10534, 22 January 1912, Page 5

DISTRICT NEWS.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

TE WfIABAU. Hot, sultry weather lias been experienced here during the past week, with occasional strong winds',Cocksfoot has grown exceptionally well in this district this season, and farmers expect good returns from the sale of the seed, which is in: spfemlid condition. Apples, pears, and plums fere - not done so well this season as fn former , years, but strawberries, raspberries and cherries are extremely plentiful, showing that the season has been favourable to the growth of the Ikfeter fruit. Owing to the changeable weather, settlers are difficulty in securing the hay crop this season. Two of the Sedgwick boys, who have been engaged at Flat Point station for over a year, have given considerable satisfaction by the manner in which they have become adapted to station life. I

MASTERTON DAIRY FACTORY

—. . I HIGH GRADE TESTS. | At a' meeting of the Directors; .of' iblie Masterton Dairy Company' on [ Saturday, a resolution was carried. J congratulating the management anthe higfe grade tests off the butter now being shipped for export. At the comimehceinent of "the -ser-m an officer f rom" the' Dair y' Instructors' Department visited the factory. and,* as a result, a circular was cent to each milk supplier, recommending the milk to be cooled immediately after milking. The advice given was followed by the suppliers, and whereas at tile "beginning of the the test was 89 per cent., it has since ! reached and is maintained at 93 and 93J per cent. i