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APPOINTMENT OF DAIRY INSTRUCTOR.

favourably considered by ! SHANNON! SUPPLIERS. A't tile annual meeting of shareholders of the Shannon Co-operative Dairy Co. on Sa,turuay an atiuress was delivered by Mr Smith, oi tue ■ Agricultural Department, on tne necessity ior insisting on the iugnesi quality ol cream to. be delivered at lactones and the appointment of a dairy instructor in the district.

Mr Smith, in opening his remarks, said that owing to Mr Singleton, the Assistant Director of the Dairy Division, having to go south, he had been appointed to outline to tne meeting the advantages of cream grading and the necessity of the appointment of a dairy instructor in the district. He said that at present there were 27 dairy farm instructors ini the Dominion who were devoting the whole of their time to the worn. Years ago, when the Govcin.i.ei.. first started the scheme, the associated factories contributed towards each officer’s salary £250 out oi the £3OO paid, the Government finding uie balance and expenses, the latter being approximately £l5O per year. It was now that the Department contribute £l6O per annum and the company pay the balance and expenses. The cost of an instructor to each supplier on a 700-ton output would be 9s 4d each. Ajn instructor could oe of immense value to the fanner, Who was getting a second grade article. They were “helpers” and would not go round saying the farmer must do certain work, their duty being to assist. He then outlined some of has experiences in this- respect. They were sometimes faced with complications where the farmer was not altogether to blame and it was their work to put things right. He instanced cases where particularly clean, men had used the scraper add brush daily on their milking cups and rubbers and yet had not got satisfactory results, although they had been satisfied themselves until the defects had been pointed out by the instructors. He said that from experiments made by the instructors it had been found that the use of caustic soda in the washing of milking cups , and milk tubes had given the best results and that by doing so the use of the brush and scraper could be done away with. In the case of new rubbers it was found that the use of the scraper caused the inside surface to score, thereby causing the scored portion to smell. To keep the cups and milk tubes sweet cold water should be put through the machines befogs starting to milk and also at the finish of the milking, after which a keroseue tin full of boiling wator with a tablespoonful of caustic 'soda addM should be drawn through the maemue, and then flushed again with, clean boiling water. This method of cleaning, alter a 12 months’ trial, had proved successful. The meeting was shown samples of cups and tubes which nad been experimented upon both by the Use of caustic soda and the brush and scraper and the difference was very marked. He said caustic soda will not spoil the rubber if washed off. The cost of the caustic soda was a very small item,, only taking a 21b tin per week for 85 cows, mirg a tablespoonful to a kerosene tin of water, from which perfect results wei'» obtained. Some people used washing soda but it was not to be compared with caustic. It was always ad viable to buy the best quantity rubber. There were many ways a dairy instructor could be of service to farmers such as detecting strong flavours from milking machines, etc., and being able to remedy them. He instanced a case they came across where a farmer was losing a can of milk daily at the factory and yet the shed and machines were in perfect order. They came to the conclusion the trouble was among the cows, so the herd of 4fi cows were milked separately, each cow’s milk being tested. The forty-third cow was found to be causing the trouble, she being found to be suffering with mammitis. in regard to cream grading he said the Manawatu was one of the oldest dairying districts and yet the man who sent good quality cream to the factory only got the same price for his butterfat as the man who was ruining the industry. In Auckland district, 32 factories, with, an Output of 30,000 tons,, had adopted cream, grading and were paying for qualify. Some of them, had three brands. He would not recommend going in ior too many brands of butter. Most companies had two grades. Tho grading of butter for the past was lower all over New Zealand than for some years previously, and it was essential tfiat something should be done to raise the standard. This could only be .attained by care being «xer-, cised by fanners in the cleaning of their sheds and milking machinery. After answering questions relative to his address Mr Smith was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

On the motion of Mr Walter Carter, seconded by Mr Brown, it was agreed that it be a recommendation from the shareholders to the directors to go into the matter of adopting a system of cream grading aad a further recommendation from the shareholders that the employment of a dairy instructor be favourably considered by the directors.

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Shannon News, 19 August 1924, Page 2

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APPOINTMENT OF DAIRY INSTRUCTOR. Shannon News, 19 August 1924, Page 2

APPOINTMENT OF DAIRY INSTRUCTOR. Shannon News, 19 August 1924, Page 2

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