THE PLOUGHING BEE.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1283, 18 September 1880, Page 2

THE PLOUGHING BEE.

Little remains to bo added to our telegram iv Thurbdav's issue. Tho direction of affairs was undertaken by Cap},. Ruuciman, acting for the Cavalry, and Mr F. flicks, Vice-president of the Fd.nnor.-j Club acting for that body. A large numbc of the mombeis of both institutions attended and contributed in vnrious ways to l>ush on the work. The ground had been cleared very superficially and to iua'-o matters wor.se, was iv many parts extremely rougjlu, But the volunteer ploughmen worked with a heartiness which ovorcame all obstacle, and the quality of tho work was on the whole very fair. In some respects the Bee bore a resemblance to a ploughing match : there were a large number of teams, a correspondingly large number o,f ppeetatord and the boenc wore <i holiduy Up^earatcol But 'liete« fill comparison oud--, for inbfcoifd of,- as is the case in ploughing matches, c^ch ploughman being intent upon the quality of the work performed without having much repaid to quantity, tlie revet se was the case on Wednesday, we have said that in the quality the work' was not bad, but the idea uppermost in everybody^ mind was undoubtedly how to get over the largest area iv the t.horte«.t time. Twenty seven or twenty eub.t moiild-Lo.UM'UauccePile.Hn turning over, something more thsm thirty four acre.*, and this iv less than tho time usually leckoncd a working day, bcean.se although .some of tho ploughs wre ou the ground and at work by 8 o'clock and Ltb Lite others ov\ ing to fho distance which they had to come arrival late aud left e.uly. This meant work, and little ( or no dawdling. The excessively uneven nature of tho land was in a great measure obviated by fcjio evertions o4: the encrg'-tio body of .spademen including the A. C. men who worked with great he a tines*. The comlorfc of the laborers had been piovidod ior ou a very liberal tcale l)y the hotclkeepius, Trade mien and ■ others, and a t' j nt oieotedat the eastern end of the icserve, cout-unod an abundance ef meat and driuk which wa's dispensed by S'-rgt Alwill oJ: the C'.iv.ilry. Tlie ])leisiiifc which the very liru'e number of vlsituis , took in tho proceedings w<is greatly enhanced \ by the Cambridge and heed , Band playing on the yrouudin the .capacity of Cavfiliy Band. There weie fourteen members present, and, under the leadership of Set geaut Mackintosh, they continued to play a <b6ries of 'charming airs thioughout the day. , o>.viug to the rough nature of the ground, a Committee wa.s organibcd at the Bee to consider what bteps , were ■ necessary to be t-ikeu. I They were: Captain Euucini in, jle^rs j John Fisher, Wells, Panfcham, and JR. Reynolds. They met in the cvenim,' at ! the National Hotel, and, after discussion | agreed that it would be merely wa>ting money to soy the la.ud in grass. ,It was, therefor^, reaolved- to h&il fck teilaer.s for harrowing the g-rcmncj. wi,th, a v^e^v-. to having it so>vn in rape, , paying xt.ojpen for the present with, the understandjiig that the question of re-ploughing the j l^nd: should be considered at 'the -end- of the ye^r, „ , , .;