An Up-to-Date Dairy.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 25, 30 January 1904, Page 4

An Up-to-Date Dairy.

CIIOFTOX FARM, OMATA. So much has b«>en said i-ecently ahout the many regulations and restrictions imj'owid uwKt the Dairy Eihspect.io'n Act, that, it was with the greatest ph-asiue that a lhiily News repn-si nlat'i\e <m Friday accept««d the iin it-at io'ii of Mr l{. Clemow to visil his farm 071 the iScach Uoivd, Omata. to become a< : L|,uia!ivU'd with the results of legislation ami iivns s of Uu» stock Inspectors in lik' distHct. A party, consisting of Messrs K. -M. Smith, Rowan and Captain Youutf, sUrck inspectors, annl Collis, with- represi»nlati\es' of thv pies* 'dro'\v ml to tliv farm on Friday afternoon, where they were met by Mr Clemow, and sown,l of the settlers in the district, incliwlint? Messrs Al- | bert Ilayly, M. .Mills, J. Smith and j "Cr<oiU>\n'," t-he ])laee is called, is situated on rising" grounid, ; in close proximity to the sea. Thv farm comprisis some ."»»)<* acres of, iim- country, aiwl the Inomestead is ! on a well-ciiKKMc'n site. r l Ive milking ! sheds are at some d:istajice from the j 'lko'iimc. Amd are placed so thai they ' obtain phuty of fre»»h sea hive/.es. .Mosl O'l the intt'Jvs-t centred in the new hyie. which lias just been com- : plelc.l, the plans and general conidi- I t'iuns \A-h)g apprmed by the stock I insipecto'fs. '\ he buil<lin«t* measures leet Ity , with a oi 17 j Uvt. ai/d is well and venlil- ! att-d. Sliding' doors, fjft x Oft, oj Vt . , ingress an t d tgress at eifclwr i-ikl, and a broad passage way gi'\es ten iVet char U'twet-u ti)«» two rows of stalls, cap.al.le of hirUimg :\h cows at once! Ihv stalls are 11( (h n wide, and tho is all wasihod with a of the best features is the concrete flooring, which Caiii be so ca.sily kept clean by the use 01 water ai..il a haul brooi'u. it would lie hard t„ pk-ture any huiM"f " lo,v sui, <-' 1 '<>r Uw purpose of extracting ||„. lacteal fluid from the cows, aii,l lor eiitsunng its leaving the «lr.U in a lit slate for human loiisuiitption. Coming to the cow--they are indeed a spl™ll " ,uW ' a ' ml "H passed o'\ tin* (Jove: nmeirt inspi'ctors \t " ;R ' «'»' l>.v.v is a largv va.'id, now u-riiß pav.sl with boulders, and ait the otlner end a room Bft x lofi set apart .for milkers' stools 'ami UwUh-s. I lie utmost cleiiinliness is <«bwcvc«l, this stijiulation being well on all coiiii(s;t«| with the eslaWisument. A xlwrt distance a» way are th,. shed a:ni;l ,sta»i«l where tie cuius, buckets and strainers are ckanwd. Here also a.v the aerators Tan n 1 " I ™''"'; U " sn '"l"ilouslv chan. Irving closely extunijied the wJlio e Q i the premises the members of to paity were lirmly convLnced that t le people oi Pl y m„ u . L .|, alld t , ", l . Iht - , "--'-«>'.r who deal l!'" ( il '"" ,w exeelh-ntlv seiI' . A.ler several photographs had ; a riled by Mr C'(dlis, the •. isi-now-r', l ''"' " f " W """"tos'to >ll ' S bouse for a rest and * v a p:h-asa;nt rerherehe I'epast w is ■',er \ed. The buikli,i K of 11„. | >Vl . ,' ' carried o:ut by Mc n, Wallath, and Hie concrete work h\ Messrs 111