Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4376, 20 February 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes.

(Continued) J.ACONFERENCE AT STRATFORD

Dairy Regulations

Clan-*- !9, regarding provision of h'diioj; water, and clause ‘2O. regardV, irig I lie cleansing of all conveyances •used a hunt the dairy, also passed as >: thev stood. * |

/'f * O.ausH 21, dealing with the notification to the inspector ,in .oases ol infoc’ious or contSagious'diseases in I the dairyman’s’ hotikelMd," 1 or amongst the stock about the dairy, \ cause/! some discussion. It Was - pointed out that there was sometimes difficulty in deciding when stock was suffering from disease, whereas l the flu use provided for stock “appearing*' to, t»e suffering from any disease or disorder. The trouble' was to Icnow

what diseases of stock were tp be

notified, and a suggestion was njade that a schedule’'bf-’^iiotifiable diseases - be to the regulations. t |The suggdwfioir was adopted’, and -the clause with,the provision passed. ? Clause 22, dealing with the matter of of ihfected persons ( about ii dairy, was adopted- J ‘Clause 23, referring to the disposal of milk of cream from a cow suffering or suspected to be suffering from disease, or milk drawn from a cow with- : in four days of calving, or 7 within any longer period thereafter during which the tpilk is untifcTor' use,; /#ks i.b after but shb-seCtiop C : 4 ‘ Tli'at up' dairyman . or offer for sale any dairy prpduce..from a-» unregistered dairy,” was deleted. Clause 24, prohibiting the Usi of a cowshed, milkbouse, or other dairy • building as a sleeping apartment, or f>r any purpose incompatible with cleanliness was adopted; as also was claWe 25, prohibiting animals (othir t-haii cows tbiikiug or housing), poultry, or pigeons, being allowed in rjt cowshed or milk-house.

Clause 26, dealing wi;h the , delivery of notices; and documents to dairymen was agreed to. Clause 27 : “ Any person committing a breach of any of these regular tions is liable to a penalty not exceeding ibhp- created some difference of opinion. An amendment to reduce the penalty to 10s was proposed, but a division resulted in a majority for the retention of the clause as it stood. The schedule attached to the regulations was struck out, and a motion proposed 'that the regulations as amended be adopted, and that copies be sent to the Minister for Agriculture and the Taranaki Members oi Parliament, with a request that they endeavour to have thdm given effect to. Mr Dive referred to the fact that many of the dairy farmers were leaseholders, and it might come hard on them if they were, called upon to erect expensive buildings or yards. He ‘asked that the meeting should make some recommendation for the guidance of Members of Parliament. The chairman pointed out that it was a big question, affecting landlord and tenant. There was, however, nothing elaborate asked for in the resolutions adopted by the conference. He thought that the farthest they could go was to make a general recommendation to the Legislature that the interests of leaseholders should be safeguarded. Mr Dive again urged that an expression of opinion should be given by the conference. The chairman pointed out that the conference was not assembled for the purpose of considering the question brought up by Mr Dive. Personally, be was unable to deal with it offband.

Mr Dive asked whether the delegates present were in favour of compensating short leaseholders who might have had to put up large buildings.

One delegate urged that the ques tion should be fought out. It was unfair that a tenant 'should have to hand over buildiugs he had erected at a considerable cost. A motion was proposed that a recommendation be added to the resolution above mentioned, to the effect that the conference would like to see legislatifu passed to protect the landlord and the tenant, in connection with expenditure caused by the regulations. This was agreed to, and the motion for the adoption of the regulations carried. INSPECTION Ou the motion of Mr Corbett a resolution was adopted : “That in the opinion of the'" confluence the inspection of dairies should he left to, the stock inspectors, and the appointment of special dairy inspectors is not required.” A delegate remarked that if the work of inspection was left to the stock inspectors, good work would be tloue, and there would he none of the “ policeman racket.” A vote of thanks wus passed to the chairman, and the conference rose at 1 2.45.