TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2521, 6 September 1888, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU.

Chops.—Some of the fartnets in this district, notwithstanding the low price which was offered for wheat this season, are not deterred from putting in considerable areas in anticipation of better prices next year. Mr W. Taylor, of Green Hill, will have 100 acros of winter and spring wheat. He is giving more atteution to this crop than oats or potatoes, tha area of which will be,23 and 10 acres, respectively. He lias grown one of the finest crops of Swedes this year that lias ever been grown in the country. On twenty-two sores lie has had 220 head of cattle for a month, and there is feed enough for another month for the same number, but as he must get the land ploughed as quickly as possible, he will put four or five hundred sheep and lambs on to feed the turnips off quickly. As showing the quality of the soil, we may state that only two and a quarter cwts. of manure were put to the acre to produce these splendid results. No manure whatever will-be sown with the wheat, the' soil being good enougli to give a good yield without any more. Mr Taylor, as well as those who stored their wheat with him, have found the great advantage derived from his granary, for they will:bo able to take advantage of the rise at once, without having to wait till the grain "was threshed, which would havo been the case, were the grain kept in the stack. To those who are not compelled to sell at once, to meet their engagements, a few such buildings in various parts of the country would be of great value. Situated, as the one in question is, close to the railway station at Ngarnto, owners of the stored grain are practically independent of the weather and state of the roads when shipping their wheat.

The Lamii Crops.—The unusually mild winter we have had, has been very favourable to the lamb crops, both as regards per centage and strength. Mr Taylor says his crop has been better than for the last seven years. We hope other graziers have had the same gratifying experience. Ifa determined effort is made to placo our mutton—which for excellence oannot bo surpassed—nn the Home market, without the intervention of those whose interest it is to depreoiato it, but who, at' the same time, sell it as the best English and Scotch mutton, sheepraiainer would be a most profitable industry. The blind unreasoning prejudice against frozen meat would fast disappear if the producer and consumer were brought closely together, and the meat sold for what it really is. There are surely plenty of capn!'/!o «<£« ill Mc"' Zcz!ll" r ' w h" pould be entrusted with the undertaking, and who could bring it to a successful issue. The fault is ours, if wo let others make the profit which we should have. Were America situate:! as New Zealand is, tho matter would long atro have been placed on a, satisfactory footWe might, with advantage, take a lesson from their enterprise.