THE MILK SUPPLY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 7

THE MILK SUPPLY.

PERCENTAGE OF BUTTER PAT. j(B£:TEMjG'iu^ ' , - Auckland, March 20,

'The,• 'recently-issued';, {regulationof;'; the;; Health ■Department,', fixing the . '.percentage.. of ■ .butter, |a%;- in' milk z supplied for' consumption ;at 3.25, . was discussed at tho, :in^itijg< ; of ; :thri Auckland. Association : ;to-day.: . The'.general - opinion ;was',that' ; the- standard fixed was, too nigh. .-v.; ■■;' ~ Mi.?lsaao •;Grey,; .who ■■ introduced Vtlio, tion',':said, that'-the i conclusion he .had . arrived' at after'sWying .the' that hp was, preparVdv : to, admit;; that-; if : :fr6m:..o'ne';epd .^f 1 : thdjear to\the. other! was'taken the, average', generally;'attained -the standard-oh 3.5y but. in tho months of '.September, October, and ■ November.-'that ;, standard 'could' not' b'e'.'aW taincd,'; and; ihe; result mightbe that > a good . many;;pf: ; ,thei suppliers'; would'.'find theinsolves' in'tfie jpolico, should" bo from < 2.5; tb. .3,2pj; a -.very- considerable - in- 1 crease.- .;Perhaps , ;if'''tli6;.standard. w r ero 3it would be within.tHe mark.

• Sir.. E. Hall '(sccretary), stated tliilt in only scveh States, of. the. United States of America was -tho..percentage; abotfo ;3,- while in ' Eng-; land it also In Denmark, out of 1072 herds tested—herds which had been' under process of. improvement for many years —2,32 "were/.unable!to reach;;t^ poied hero (3 2,)) ... ICerr,!;.Tayl6i'.!;believed:- that, tlio gtaii'dard was too., high, They should ask. tho;Department'to!'fix;,tho test'at 3 : pe'r cent.-' • Mr,':Hohert,.Hall.Lthought- that;.the.:.. test should ,yary.!with,th!o:sefl§ol^.; , /•The"n6w..rogli- , latiohs .would:have to ,p<iy a';highei-}pi-iQb: for, tHeir^;milk;^/ Mr. Gray moved That, in • tho opinion of 'jthis ; Association, the fixed' by tho Health Department is too high, and that tlio'J^rt»rit^jcbj.)i|iouli| I .tl}o',3.**"i'-.'-vf' .^-:! : ' ; . Mr. ;Kerr Taylor seconded, v ' Mr. Thompson moved, as : an ..amendment-': " That 'the oxecutive of tho Association coii-fer-iwith- tho ("exccutivo'of, tho Milk Vendors' ''.and Suppliers' Associations ,on ..tho question., the .Health ■ Department • being iiivited to at-; tend." ■ ■: '

■ Mr. : Ambury. thought that this , was uriwas.no' difficulty,,in'.attaining, a ? percentage; exccpt- under '.exceptional, circumstances, >and " the vendor,s;had already, expressed the opinion .that this was.a fair, percentage. ; c!:; - • ■ Subsequently". >'the- motion was. 'withdrawn and: the amendment: was unanimously agreed to. ■ ,i„' . .. -