WHATAWHATA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3116, 5 July 1892, Page 2

WHATAWHATA.

The Wkathek and ihk Roads.—The weather of lato lias, for both manaud stock, been wretched, the continual rain making nutduor work almost impossible. As usual at this season, the niads are occupying a large share of public attention, and even the reduced traffic upou them is cutting them up badly. The main road to Hamilton is getting into ;l heavy condition again, and, unfortunately, nothing jnuch can be dime to improve it until the tine weather siits in. The fact of the -sawn timber from; the mill having to pass over this road, will not tend to improve its condition for ordinary traffic. Land.—As some evidence of the increas-j ing movement in land : the trustees of the] laitie university endowment have lately hadj the boundaries of the property defined bji Mr L Cussen, District Surveyor, with a\ view of leasing it in moderate sizsd blocks; to settlers, This land, which some 10,000 acres, is situated on the eastern slopes of theHakar-tmata range—the Raglan road passing thrjugb the centre of it—aud although mostly covered with bush, is good land, mid not so hilly as might be supposed. The taking up of this block by bona fido settlers would be a decided benefit to the district. Akoution in Daiky Cows.—That troublesome complaint, abortion among the dairy cows, is again causing some loesas. The worst feature about the disease, is, that so far, we have no reliable information as to the cause of it. Theories ire set up by one settler, only to be proved utterly wrong by another. Some blame the penny - royal wsed, and others, thn weather, but wiiatevor the catise may be, it is a- scytous matter when it runs through a settlor's herd, which he har depended upon to supply the creamery. \. Mii.k.—The visit.of Messrs Co., which took place last week will dYsibtless put more heart into our milk suppl'n-.s. Between the rise in price, and the iinpn vp.l inetlwd ->f testiug, tiie milk trade certa/tily ripvr looked brighter than it does attoresenfc. J , ' I