LOWER VALLEY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1106, 22 June 1882, Page 2

LOWER VALLEY.

. TfBOM OUEjOWN .OOitHESPONDENT.] '■" ' '■ •'f!'. l 'lJf|iT.(J.;- |, »;7-.'t ,-" We have been suffering frd'm™h6r too' , much •" vieklier"- hero, in pom won >ith other parts of the .valley,'] but Ttfie?faiii;was needed, andifVonip ofblir, .neighbors are. delayed a week or two inputting in.their, wheat,theharminflictedl cannotbPjVery great; '• .'' ■•''■..' '■ [■■ ;:;?;i':Vj'-'.~ • Most of our j settlers .busy rabbit-poisoning;'aiid-if one and aljyyould only do their" level boat'!-; at, this..season of the year, the pests would be reduced to a minimum, if not utteriy;.aestroyed. It ia sadly disheartening to;* m.atj, > after successfully' ■' to have to go oyer f it again and again through the remission jo'f !pnei \pf • The inspector' may' have'; been justly satisfied with -the steps jtal;en, ; but it needs sbijiethibi; more", than merely/" com• plying with' the letter of the law' to stampout this rodent;' •.-With the .spring grass to crop at'their own sffaeL.-will,. phosphorus pats are treatedwith'co.nfempt byrabbit8 |: both little rtnd/Kig.' '.;'■; t\ .{.■■ : Turnips jiaye been.considerably grown here lately and generally'the cvppef : have been very/good.-.; Settlers who'haVe once found the'convenience of a ijuod patoh'of turnips for their sheep, in the winter are almost certain to sow them again. Feed is plentiful in this t parVof tbp yalley; for ■.the time or year, and stock of'ali.kitids are in good condition, f; . ( , . r The .Wa{henga',BmitKy','so J long-and successfully carried on,by ;Mr'Bright, has changed hands lately, 'His successor Mr J, Hodge, junior, is. literally doine; a roaring trade, and pays .every attention to his business. ■: ; "■A public meeting is shortly, to be held to make the necessary arrangements for building a-publio hall,,and establishing'a library.. The latter, certainly, should receive the warm support of all who'take any interest in the welfare of the rising •generation,' Several offers of support have been already received, and '■ as the Library grant' wiH;probably be passed this session there is no time to' be lost if we are to take advantage of it >; .