KIHIKIHI.

Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 243, 3 February 1898, Page 2

KIHIKIHI.

Domain Bcahd.—At a meeting of the Domain Board, he'd ou Friday lost, the Wowing tenders were received for painting the grand stand :—E. Cox, £(5 9m ; C. T. Kickit, £6 ; H. Miller, £4 14s 10d. Mr 11. Miller's tender being informal, it was resolved to accept that of Mr Rickit. The clerk was instructed to siun the Bsnk of New Zoalind's document re the charges for keeping the Hoard's account, and also to pay the fire im-urunce due on the Grandstand. The sum of £2 was received in connection with the late animal tp r rts meet ng ftom the Secretary, Mr S. Aimstrong. Crkamkky.— The milk supply at the Kihikihi Creamery for the month of January was 35,004 gallons, an average of over 1000 gallons per day. The daily average is now 1000 gallons, but owing to the extremely dry weather which has prevailed for so long the supp'y is decreasing rapidly. The suppliers have, however, P( me compensation (»he_ local manager, Mr Walker,informs me) in the fact that the tests are higherand the consequent higher price leceived for their n.lk. Fruit Crop.—There have been some large c;ops of plums in the orchards about here this <.easoD, and fair piices have been obtained in the Auckland maikef. Teaches are fairly plmtiful, but mostly of a very pocr qualty. Apples are as usual very plentiful, and the codiin moth ditto. I would strongly recommend all orchard'sts to give the " tar cure" a trial next season, for 1 have myself tried it on my few apple frees, and the fruit is this season better by some 70 to SO per cent, as regards fre-dom ftom troth than for the laet half-doz n seasons. I got thd receipt from the " Faim Notes" of the Arotjs some time ago, and it consists sin.ply in hanging small tins (or other vessels) each containing a small quantity of common gai tar in the branches of the trees as soon as the trees are in blossom, and keeping thtm there until the fruit is all gathered. I used three or four small tins with three or four ounces of tar in each to a mcdium-s : zed tree ; and as the success of the remedy depends on the smell of the tar keeping off the moths, it is necessary after rain to carefully pour off any water that has collected in the tin?.—(Own Correspondent).