INCH CLUTHA.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 20, 26 November 1874, Page 6

INCH CLUTHA.

(From our own correspondent.)

Intending exhibitors of stock and dairy produce at the coming show are busily engaged making the necessary preparations — from which we- infer this district will endeavour to maintain its wonted reputation on such occasions. Nature seems to have assigned it this position as far as climate, soil, and herbage is concerned. Enterprise and a right discrimination in the choice of stock to breed from is the main point to be attained. By securing a pure strain of blood, and paying due attention to its nurture and. expansion,. there is no district of the Province that should bring stock to higher perfection than ours. For the last two years considerable progress has been effected in the improvement of stock.; .still there is abundant room for increased exertions e,re the summit is gained. The fields of wheat and oats present a luxuriant and pleasant aspect, . and promise good . returns . for the season. There is a plentiful supply . of grass in •the paddocks. Store ca-rtle are thriving — losing that slab-sided look they generally have on arrival here. ' Public, works and agricultural pursuits are progressing satisfactorily. Mr Watson has brought engine and saw mill plant, to Mosley's bush, where immediate operations will be . commenced Thus the traffic in the district will be increased, Additional hands will he required. More money will be in circulation. For the present this fresh industry will bo beneficial to tbe interests of the district, and to its settlers. One. of. the main obstacles, to onr progressive movement is the want of a bridge, which every day becomes more apparent.

. On account of the prevalence of measles the school bas been closed for a a week. Hitherto all the cases passed have been of a favorable nature.

Recently the' Road Board have added swing gates to the punt,. thereby facilitating the crossing of cattle— a, decided improvement. The river has been fresh for some time, but not too high to obstruct the working of the punt, and if it keeps at the present rate within bounds,, what a boon will be* conferred on farmers, especially those farms near the bottom of the Island, for in ca'seTof, an, overflow the sediment deposited is very, destructive, to growing: crops^ or Ito grass. Railway works "are always? making headway, though considerable I annoyance is, caused' by- the sucking .propensity of the swamp. |