STRATFORD.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144134, 2 July 1913, Page 6

STRATFORD.

(From Our Resident Agent.) July l.—Tlio rainfall for last month Vius 5.-10 inches, but it nearly-' all ien ill the first nine days. The dry time of the last three weeks has almost established a record. , In a few weeks there will he a conchroad to the Main Trunk, via Whunyamomona and tho Ohura. Twenty-nine years ago Stratford commenced to agitate for this on being disappointed of tho hope of tho railway coming this wav. This goes to show how everything arrives at last to those who Jive long enough to do tho necessary wauAt the present moment tho indications are lor rain but the good luck that has attended all functions of late mav ward oil tho threatened change until after the Stratford Poultry Show, which opens to-morrow afternoon. Dairy factory balace-sheets arc beginning to make their appearance. The heat of the butter factories should show a total payment of a halfpenny over the shilling for butter-fat and the cheese factories a little more. Farmers will not take much harm as long as these results can be kept going. Increase of output is the goal to aim at provided it is combined with maintenance of quality.