INGLEWOOD.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1922, Page 6

INGLEWOOD.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) That there are settlers in the Inglewood district who would cordially endorse Mr. Justice Chapman’s observation in the Supreme Court at New Plymouth Court on Satudray, as quoted in Monday’s News—“ The salvation of this country lies in the utilisation of pedigree herds, and the use generally of higher class stock in the dairying industry”—was demonstrated at the sale of Mr. R. T. B. Mellow’s pedigree Friesian herd at Kaponga on Thursday last, when six of them (Messrs. Beldwin and Son, Clifford Bros., J. H. Dombroski, H. Egarr, F. Gyde and A. H. Taylor) amongst them secured 16 head at a total cost of 553 guineas. This should be cheering news to any who hope to see this district progressing, what ever one of the rival breeds they may themselves fancy. It shows, on the one hand, that there are men with enterprise and confidence in the prospects of the dairy industry here, and give a foundation for certainty that, having committed themselves thus far, the progeny of the stock they have bought will be thoroughly well looked after, not to mention the enlivening effect their example may be expected to have amongst their neig ibors. That Inglewood is a centre ot attraction for buyers of dairy stock from other parts of the Dominion is well established, and to an extent that is a very good thing, but there >s the disadvantage attached to it that the local breeders are often tempted by the apparently high prices oilered to part with their best quality of heifers and relv on lower quality animals to keep up their own herds, a policy winch must have a bad effect in the long run lone that will undermine the good the [high reputation has thus far done fo cur community. However, the example set bv those named above, as well as by other* who are enthusiastic for rival

breeds, cannot fail to do good. The more each faction advocates the merits ' of its own fancy, the better hope there is of battering down, however slowly, the dull apathy that exists among many dairymen and allows them to milk any kind of animal as long as it v is—well, just a cow! They deserve the congratulations of their fellow-set tiers: more power to them, and bigger factory cheques too. INGLEWOOD MART SALE. There was a very good attendance at Newton King, Ltd.’s mart sale on Saturday, When a full penning of pigs was offered, prices for which showed little sign of decline.' Weaners sold at from 12s for small size to 20s for better class, up to 365; stores made from 40s to 42s 6d; cocks and hens from 2s 3d to 4s 3d; drakes 2s 6d; a hen with a duckling sold for 8s; apples made 4s 6d for 20 lb and 8s for 40 lb cases. Cabbage plants, shrubs, barberry hedge plants and general sundries were also in good demand and sold readily.