PIG PROBLEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 411, 21 January 1909, Page 5

PIG PROBLEMS.

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NEW REGULATIONS PINCH. The famous.M pigs' of Woodville have been senously'ttisturbod by the Veterinary JJepaTttnent-trecently 'They are reported to have been condemned, nominally for tuberculosis, of nearly 100 per f week— one pig la, every six. Last week the veterinarians appear to have been in a particularly destructive mood, the trying weather which was observed to bo playing havoo with the livers of ditizens 'of Wellington being also -apparentljl active 'at AVoodvilfe. Here are the 1? H? B rfi i^ natlons for a perlo(J of ilia ' i -a J,, , ' 0 Condemned. fJ'W. January 8 ~ ,57 « eawsday, January 13 .41 "Friday, January 15 (till 2 p.m.) 38 I

''; Total , . ,1315 If .tuberculosis is so rampant in the mi k or Jbe Mow, Zealand dairy cows that TOO pig?.'per nJ neek who drink it become tuneroulous, tho fa6t constitutes a senojs scandal It suggests the question. How many human beings who drink tho milk or eat the batter and: cheese.from the'samo cows pass into the ranks of'the consumptnes per week 3 Biihet this-.sonsatioial aspect of tho q-ie»t-oii is warranted or the pig breeders and bacon factory of'YViodville haie a serious Kiiov.ince against tho Government vetermimos The li. ii. P ' SS 1B a small matfcer 'ompired witbltne possible loss of human lves ffom thß Btoe causes And it can all bo r.'ihedroo>by the use 'of the simple tuberculin Referring to the minor matter—the loss of the pigs—theV"Woodville Examinoi" *rom the end of last month there have been enforced new regulations as to the inspection and condemnation of pigs killed 'at nCS ™ at ho!d , hcens6s f °' tfic export trade These regulations are much moie stringent than those formerly m force, and the extra stringency is making itself Wt in the number of pigs condemned, which «vas multiplied many told. New 'Rules: Pig Farmers Objected. "The financial aspect of the matter is a very serious one. At first the bacon fac tones threw the loss of condemned pigs ?P-° t n th , e «™«n. but this-was not sat," factory to the latter, as many of them were suspicious that they did not "get ? rt ß lar e?/° m Panies therefore agreed S they would, bear the ; loss of coined ptgs themselves The value of an average bacon pig of good quality is rather over £2, and the cost of buying, trucking, and slaughtering brings it up to about £2 10s., »b,fei the Government allows 10s for each' p?g ov£ 1001b. m weight condemned. The loss to 2? „ b ri? '^ Ct f Tm \ her * fore ™* to about £2 per head for each p,g condemned, lhis was heavy erfough last year under worlc, n r 6r i, ruleS ' but now th * Woodvdl r,£ t "t l aving P'B S condemned at the rate of about one in ,six-a hundred or so e2oo y wI e M" w 4 lch , means a !»" of S„ut ' *S °£%\: ] J Nobuf'ncss.without the State ind State Joans at its back can stand such '

Shall m Co Out of Bacon Buslnoss? "It is evident that the bacon companies Snout E°? "ilV*' yet Jt ™K a serious thing for the* country if they had to close down. They have' beei a Lent to the country, even if they have been tre fairaer to breed a bacon pig, instead of any sort of a hog, and to l<Sk at Tas a K™* 1 TL Ur °\ 0f 1 ? com8 and P™" from E«u j e *° the rai lways, and have fe.ESS every Iar S 6 >°disry helps te foiward the prosperity of the country. * rm,M £ that their places ce ns A?f\f by a nUmW of B ™s con! ™ L r all co ? c6rn C3llnot be'depended on by< customers for a permanent supply and ,t.needs a considerable capital vide the means of storage which enables a naffer V Uy When PI / 8 are PleS%o ?nh^lVfSbe>Zn C d. ase ' *° CUr6 tU Ne>t Christmas Hams. < h,r.flf t ," th 6 Y 00 &M° ™rks are stormg for the demand of next Christmas Nn Lse on their products to meet their claims f™J PPly ?» place - So »as mucH farmers question as a company one, and JaHo'ne" * h ™ rf ><> »^ prevalence of tuberculosis m pigs, which m not (onfined to one district, bSt preVal a al through the dairying ones ,s dVe to the the loilk of tuberculous cattle. The Milk Again. expert, Mr. Gilruth, and supported by aU others, 18 the stenhsation of tie sknn milk 11 vu lE p reß the butter faot °ry or creanTery. The Government could, and should, inwt on this. .This.much is clear, as Sng as ;tub f rcubsis j;; is^:Bpr^ad^by; ; ; J ki m 'w4 :Pigs:whde:^he v :youiig. qnes;firb^bemg.inleofed' ; : is,onl^.tin^nng,with;;ihe>matter:.^A^tnl phasej;pf/the vsubjecK; andVohev'of ■nbisinMl ; import, n(»,;:is.this;:if : i^e^Ks^/infected^skim:niilk'#S ■ W a la , rfie « Mlltl , t y of infectedMilk^