Inspection of Dairy Farm Premises,

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 September 1910, Page 3

Inspection of Dairy Farm Premises,

The slack in t!: , .' man-ufac-tu.re nnd export of <i;iiry produce has been svsrcmjitic.'illv cniploved this year by i!>o 'Hairy' I'roduco Division Idr the work of iiiMTUfHon and. inspcctic.il :ti dairy I'arni premises, a duty which wa'-j lo tlio Division in i)'o iyvm•^•inisnfion of the Dep.nrhiji'iit. '-.liowin'j the CN'tensiou and s-,:.;!; 1 of i.!:is action, it, may be mi'iitiinK-d (lint since last April l>etwee!i iwo and three- thousand farms have heon visited and the owners interviewed with regard h> any jiltorations ,t I'onowals found nee. <-iry. On (I/ rpcomiiicnrlat-ioiis of f':o \\\<i -- many new sheds a-re beiii'f eio.irti for the com in.i>: season, a nuiulie rof ol.'sers arc Ikmujx roiv.cie dand put in a more state. Tn the districts where metal is available nuincr.-Mis concrete flnnrs are beinu; l;:irl down, to be in readiness \w {lie opening of (.he new .season. .Matters connected with <|.raiuau:e. water' supplv. elc.. have also received att-rMitio'ii'. The officers have found (hat at a trroat many ;of the dairy farms the sFajids on which the evening'.-; milk is kept have been located much too nea.r the milkino: sheds and vards. and lmudreds of Mirse have been, or an to be. shii'ted to p-.oHm'.s where surroundiiiL's aro cleaner.

Iho omVors' v lm{< io f;; nns i n the slack son son rrivo J.lip w-f tiers an opportunily of f;in'yi!i:r out the eominendations ;\l; m r, c; | Sl| ;|.,],],, time, pa niany of ihe niilkiii'i: shr;!s and ynids nrc< nut in ■dmTn'r the months of J.une ::u:l Jmlv. AVherc e.vtonsivo iniprovciiionis ' have lioon f-arried out. the d'liry-fjirmors nro ffiven nmple tinio l-i eflVct the ohanses. ranrriii'j: fn, m f)! , o to thro.-> months arT-ordiufr to nivmushm-os. Iho work ;hn.'-i '/niio oti m r<l ninirahly b?(.ween the milk suppliers and the menilters of the Division.' ,tik! thore is pro.-::)p--l nf n deal of cood hfin-r done for {he industry through this clnnnol. nmkinn;, as it <Toes for fleaner and hotter -inilk. which in turn must result in dairy_ produee of a hiuher quality and increased value.— .Toiirnal of Department of Agriculture.