Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4374, 16 February 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes.

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Dairy l Reflations

INFERENCE 'AT STRATFORD

P' ‘ Mr Wright (Inwgarth) explainer! ptlmt B>.tne of the milk was hardly Kjgood enough to ;ake, and hardly bad ||enough to send back, so it was taken. Rnnd deteriorated the general supply. P ile agreed that a dirty milker would fc counteract cleanliness in other direct ptiohs, but clean yards and sheds would llgreatly assist. He favoured going p through the regulations seriatim, li; Mr AUhusen (Kaponga) referred to I an American system which he thought |might be applied here, and which he . might lefer to later on. jtfi Mr Hurley said that no manager i who valued his position would take in fdiriy iuilk. He animadverted upon | the continual talk about dirt and filth, Ijtuberculpsiß, etc. ||j Mr Thomas (Ngaire) the mover of C the motion, in reply, said that there hul not been anything said to show that regulations were necessary.* He '-held thajt New Zealand dairymen were ’. the cleanest in the world. They were, v however*-being subjected to too much : abuse—they were being made the s of New Zealand. The loss during the last season was due to heat,, and what was necessary was to cool the milk. Regarding pigs, he cnjittuded that some allowance should be made, and not too hard and fast a rule insisted upon about the sty being o>sO yards away from the cowshed—he knew, for instance, of a piggery which was 49 yards distant, and it would be scarcely fair to insist upon its removal for the sake of another ... yard. They would not get cleanliness - by inspection, and they did not want 5 inspection. The industry had been built up, and was going ahead on good, sound lines. The cleanest and best milk did not come out of the best ..yards—it was the details which •?counted. The situation would not be relieved by the proposed regulations. The motion was lost on the voices, and a resolution proposed that the regulations be considered seriatim. A question was raised whether the delegates had power to deal with the regulations in the manner proposed, as they had not all obtained the opinion of the suppliers. The chairman pointed out that the meeting was a representative one, and unless they went on the meeting wiuld be useless. • On .the suggestion of Mr Dive, M.P., a motion was passed to the effect that the meeting affirms the necessity of regulations in the dairy- ! ing industry. The other motion was then put and: carried, and the meeting proceeded to consider the regulations seriatim.

REVISING THE REGULATIONS The first regulation, definin “ dairy.” “ dairyman,'* “ infectious c contagious disease,” and “ inspector, was adopted. A discussion tdok place on a motio that clauses two to seven inclusiv* dealing with registration, be struc) out, and the motion was carried by large majority. Regarding clause eight and sut clauses, leferring to premises and ai commodation and their surroundings a formal resolution was proposed tha It ■m ■id