TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2071, 15 October 1885, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU.

Aq Iho season advances people aio beginning to look forward to the, nc\l .innual mooting of tho W.iipa Racing Club. It i«. to bo hoped th.it tho settlers will ki\o this promising club tho support it deserves. It pos->efises "no of tho best, it not tho host racecourse in Kew Zealand, and the club went to a considiuablc amount of expense in levelling and laying it down last year. IS'atiu'o evidently intended the spot for a raccoouiiu, for not only U tho ground Perfectly level, but it is of «uoh a Datura that it will not b.Uce h.ud in hot, or got muddy in wet weather. As this has always had the reputation of being a sporting district, it is to be hoped the piogranune for next meeting wjll bo better than at any time hithmto, hut this oan only be the case if the club i.s weH supported. The uoniinittco have wisely determined not to give big prUes until they aie warranted in doing ho, keap. nig in view the fact that sundry necessary improvements aro required, such as a saddling paddock, stewards' 100 m, &c. A meeting ia (jailed foi Sutuuluy evening, when f liopo as ir>'»iy meiiibers as can will be prusonl, j The beautifully mil<J wcatUor whloh ushoicd in spuncc led most people to bohevo theio would bo a good crop of poaches this year, but in some cases, at least, those hopes will not bo realised, for tl|o late boisterous weather and hail slioy/cra have in some orchards completely rujnod the crop. Sfanio trees, however, which .ue exceptionally favourably situatod as icgards uhultur have, so tar, escaped the blighting effects of the cold windfi, the f i tut havint? " set " on them. Recording to Professor Kiik, if peaches are grafted on U.e musaej plum there will be not only n» incrcaso vi fii[it but t|io trees will ba blight pioof, and lie Hays that it jo only necessary to resort to this expedient to have a return of tho laige cro|)s of peaches which weio so common in New Zealand a l«w yearn ago. Tho plan is a himplo ono, and well worth trying. Anything is worth tiymg that will enable us to again grow such a magnificent fiuit us the poach.— (Own Oorro'-pi-ndent.)