THE FARM INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 14 June 1909, Page 10

THE FARM INDUSTRY.

DIRTY , DAIRIES. TOP PRICES FOR BAD CREAM. AN AUSTRALIAN STORY. . 'A report,from a dairy instructor of Now South Wales revealed a serious state of things in connection with a butter factory in' an old and highly-favoured district. ', : , It appears (says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph") that tho Belling agents of tho factory in question notified the Department that the directors desired tho Eorvioes of an officer "to find out what was wrong with their butter, as of late that submitted for grading and export had Dot graded well!" The dairy instructor accordingly visited tho factory, and on. his arrival met the. chairman, two directors, and tho secretary—all Buppliors to the factory. These gentlemen appeared to bo well satisfied with tho existing state of affairs, aud pointed out that they received ton price for nearly nil their butter. The officer found that.tho cream was received three times, a week,, and also about 200 gal-. lons of milk came in daily. :

On. grading tho cream/-.the instructor found, that the bulk of it was "unclean." Among the unckaii lots wae. the cream of ono of tho directors of tho factory, ■. who, on being informed that failure to clean his separator at night was_ probably ;respoasiblo for the trouble,,.said: —"Well; if that is the case, then that can (pointing to a can of cream) should also bo graded second; he does not was.li his separator at night." ■. Of 32 cans'graded seven were second-class tho first day, but on next receiving day there was a marked improvement, due perhaps to knowledge that ; tho creams were to, be examfired,. and; four. cans, only were found to contain' second-grado cream. Iho cream of the director passed as: first-class, duo, no doubt, to the cleasing of his separator. . Inspection of tho farms, from which the inferior cream had como revealed a disgraceful stato of affairs. In ono dairy fowls bad been allowed to roost on the rails between the jbails, and the milking-shed presented the appearance of , a dirty fowlhouse, while the'yards had not.been cleaned up for a considerable time. Tho oream from this placo had: been constantly: bad, yet top. price had always.been allowed for it. '..', ..'.'.

'-. A largo number of. suppliers ; neglected to clean .thoir separators aft«r;use. However, since tho. Visit of' tho' dairy instructori a marked improvement has taken place in tho quality of-the butter, which shows that the whole trouble was duo to carelessness engendered ?-nd allowed to becomo habitual tiirough the' very bad practice on. tho part of tho factory management in paying'the. same price for good and, bad cream alike, and tho very much ' worso practice, of the company. which disposed of .the output,' allowing top price to the factory supplying inferior, butter, notwithstanding th© fact that they_ never actually got top prico for it; but by some mysterious jugglmg the "manager! fixed it up; and returned top price. to:the factory." ■'"■.'., ' ■'■ ■' ■ ,; . ■'' . '■•'■■ .' i ■'' • . .'': ■'• :