The Daily News. TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1905. INSPECTION OF DAIRIES..

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7857, 27 June 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1905. INSPECTION OF DAIRIES..

" What la the use of our building lirst-class factories, getting firstclass men, and buying first-class machinery, if wo are going to allow the producer in the first place to sap the foundations of the industry bv supplying inferior milk.'' Such ivas the query propounded Ay one of the speakers al the Notional Daffy Association's meeting at I'nlmerston. The (Question is one that very materially concerns the future of the dairy industry, and not only does it point to the need for a systematic inspection of dairy herds, with the object •of improving t.he quality of milk, but also to . the equally important duty of securing immunity for milk from the ba'cU'i'ia floating around the farm surroundings off those dairymen who , have not yet realised the danger to

the industry arising from unclean and insanitary dairies. Th'<j subject ,i.s one that has evoked as much discussion —if not more so —'in the XOl11 h Islwid as in the North, and both Mr Kinsella, tihe Chief Government Dairy ISxpqrt, and' Mr (J. J.. lieakcs, Ch'ielAsskstant Veterinarian,, Jiavo Hvl'-ent-ly been endeavouring to press homeon dairymen the absolute necessity for tho utmost care in dealing with milk. As Mr Bca-kes pointed out, "much of the dirt contaminated milk that finds its way to the 'factories was the result of the use of utterly inadequate structures, with their usual accompaniment of filthy, und|!'n.inad yards." In addressing the South Island dairymen, Mr Kinsella gave then; tile following well-timed advice " Until they could improve tho milk supply to factories and improve the cow byres, there was little chance of improving the quality of the products. Ttiese were questions 'in connection with which tho Assoc ation Oould help the dairy division by resolution. He did not suppose fanmers would like to hoar him recommend them toi take upthis question of inspection, but they had been going on for five years without improving the raw material in tho milk supply. It was true there ware inspectors, and, so far a s htj could see. their -Whole attention had been directed towards' the city supply If the Government were not, after five .years, going to take up the i question of the dairy industry, thoy themselves should make some move, and tako it up in the same way a 9 had boon done in Denmark. If they wanted to improve the quality of the butter and cheese, and compete with other countries they must get a move on in the direction of working on scientific principles and under practical instruction." The increasing competition in tho butter markets' of the world renders it imperative that in order to take a leading position tho quality of the article must be first-class, and consistently so. How difficult this is, and will be, may be gleaned from the fact that one Jot of flirty milk sent 'to the factory will spoil a whole consignment of cheese or butter. The mero ppssibility of one supplier 'being in a position to cause such damage, lenders it obLiga-" lory, in the interests o'( pll the others, that strong measures should t« taken to prevent the harm. A resolution passed' by tho Southern l>airy Associaton, on.the motion of Mr Monie, of Timaru, is to the effect "that the inspection of milk ami milking, yard;/ supplying dairy factories should at once be put under control of tho Dairy Department, and qualified men appointed to instruct suppliers of factories and inspect milk and milking yards na<d sheds." The time has arrived when j}p spelean or insanitary dairy should be tolerated if our butter is to take pride of place in the •London market. Mr Kinsella, at the J'ulmersion Korth meefling, agreed that a great improvement had taken place in some districts, 'but he pointed out (hat In new districts, especially where those starting dairying wore in rather poor circumstances,the quality of the milk was not so good as in some of the older dairying districts, such as Taranaki, while both ] Messrs Marx and Foreman (Tik'ofangi). testified to (he improvements which hail taken place in TaranaKi, the latter expressing an opinion, (which yjere is, no ground for His-J puting) that it fw only a minority of the dairymen to-day who tuilked tinder the conditions complained of. This only makes it alt tfhe 'hanidepf for the conscientious and up-to-date dairymen, :an<i sow that t&e ioiueU^

has grown to such great dimensions every monaoe to its progress sihouM be ruthlessly dealt with. There are always some who will not hood a warning, and it te| these careless people uh i must he made to conform to the , ecognised methods of cleaniBcss oid sanitation, or be placed in a position where they cannot jeopardise tli-; best interests of such an important industry as that of dairying-