Æration of Milk.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 27, 31 July 1896, Page 2

Æration of Milk.

O r, — Daring the discussion of this question at the meeting of the North Island Dairy Association at Hawera recently, Mr McEwan said this was one of the most ticklish questions the Department had to handle. There was a strong inclination to guard against the enforcemeat of anything against dairymen. As an instance, that meeting was most guarded in the recommendations it made, and great fear was expressed that there should be anything like compulsion. No doubt that was quite wise, and th«y would have to do more education than coercion* This aeration of milk was a serious matter. He was satisfied that the condition in which much of the milk was delivered precluded the possibility of managers making a first-class article but if the Department did not get the support of proprietors and of directors acting for suppliers, and of managers, who all formed a connecting link between the Dairy Department and snppliers, no army of inspectors or instructors could enforce the aeration. He believed that proprietors and directors of companies should make aeration compulsory, and that managers should very closely inspect all milk and at once reject all thai did not come in in a good condition. if managers who stood on the platform did not pay attention to the milk and reject that which was not brought in a perfect state, it was a hard matter for a Government official to go round and enforce it. Many people thought the Department was enforcing too much already. There was no doubt that it was absolutely necessary the greatest care should be taken to secure cleanliness, but the companies should make it compulsory and see that their decisions were carried out. If that were dove he would give all the assistance he could. Even at the Dairy School in the South Island they had milk fed on turnips. The milk had not been rerated, and the consequence was that instead of selling their butt«r at Is a pound they had been glad to sell some of it at Bd, Still, if they told people they should should not feed turnips objection was raised, and so in the matter of toration when they attempted to insist upon it they were told it was a fad.