LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 61, 15 March 1915, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

y "Climb, boys, climb!" is a fine motto at all times and in all season's, but few have energy enough to live up to it daily. With Master Broderick Wilson, of Stratford, however, one climb iasts him barely twenty-four hours,- On Saturday with four schoolmates he calmly surveyed surroundings from the summit of Mt. Egmont, and the next day he acted as guide, philosopher, and friend to another party of four, including ladies, whom he also safely piloted to the top— \ and back again.

The annual vaccination of calves has been practically concluded in the Stratford district, about 18,000 having been put through. There have been a few isolated cases of blackleg in the district, but these have been coped witlr promptly by the Inspector and the efficacy of inoculation has been successfully demonstrated. From what Inspector JBeere says, the dairy farmers in Taranaki need have no fear, that they will not be able to replace the culls, a-s they will have about 80 per cent of the above number to pick from in the shape of well-grown hej<fers. The rearing of calves shows, a marked improvement during the past year .or two, which speaks well foy fc] lG butter-fat producers of the futur e. It will easily be gathered from fchea foregoing remarks that the growing >of beef is not gi.ven serious, consideration, generally speaking, in Taranaki, and that on the other hand, future dairying is being kept steadily m view.