THE DAIRY REGULATIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 5, 30 January 1909, Page 6

THE DAIRY REGULATIONS.

DISCUSSED Jiv TAUANAKI FARMERS. SEVERAL AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED. There was a large meeting, numbering about 40, at Stratford on Thursday, when dairy factory representatives aud farmers assembled' to discus the proposed dairy regulations. Mr. J. Marx was voted to the chair. Amongst those iu attendance were Messrs. Dive (member for Eginunt), Line (meinoev for Stratford), and Okey v .uemocr for Taranaki). Apologies for nou-atfeadance were received horn .Messrs. I'eurce and Jennings, Ms)'.

Mr. Marx explained that on September 211 a meeting considered the (Iran regulation, which since that dale had been greatly luodilied. j.nannki lakes flic lead in dairying, and what was done here would haw considerable iiiilueiiee. Ilelweeu the Department aad farmers there -houhl be harnionv not, antagonism—a- llii-ir inlcrcsls' were idcnlicnl Mr. 11..1. 11. Okey, M.l'., did nol think there was much am..» nun lac dairy regulations a- al present a ndeil. The cudencc taken before the Slock Committee, which -at for fourteen days, brought out that some regulation- were • equircd. Of all l lie wil !«—*■- lo whom the speaker piK I lie qile-tloll none posed that a iier.l 111 more man 211 21 cow- would certainly object lo paying as much as Hie man with lbil cVws. lie held liiat the principle 01 the cowtax should be übjci.,,; to. The pinpricks, such a- the name on carl, lag on can, etc., had been removed, so taal the draft regulations now before them were not unacceptable. Mr. J. Thomas (Ngaire) moved; '■Thai supervision under the regulations is unSuinc of them, said the

speaker, had carved out their homes, | but others had not yet dune so, and the regulation, would be harassing. Besides, the regulations would be of no benefit. Mr. Hurley seconded. Was il Ihe in spectors. he asked, who had put Ihe buller industry iu the position it, now stood! 'lhe inspector.- aad done g„„,| work, but ihe larmers had done ilie.r share. (Hear, hear.) It nad been suggested that .New Zealand would lie able to compete with Denmark, but they could not do that even willi knickcrbocker inspectors. Already the farmers were improving all along the line, and the gra.ies were being stiil'encd up. Mr. B. Dive, M.l\, said ne could Hot endorse the views of the two previous speakers. Some regulations were certainly necessary. Mr. Hall (Mangorci) objected lo the regulations because he did not sec how an inspector could get at the method of milking; how he could reach the main point. Mr. D. J. Hughes (Maaaia) said he desired to show the loss which had occurred last season through making sec-ond-grade produce—a. loss which could be avoided under proper supervision. At I'atea lo per cent of the cheese and :. per cent, of tile butter was -ecolld grade. I which meant a 10-s 01 j.i'.i?i. .vi Mntn-

roa the loss on cheese Wi is t:iSI Ms lid. and on buller C ir.fi 12s. As they would see, this loss was a pretty big thing, and was one they should try to overcome. - -Mr. Marx said he could nol go quite

oulrigln. There were iinini-takuble in--lanccs „|i,.rc -light trouble would rectify Ihe evil-. Ilcglllalinlls were undoubtedly neces-ary; it wa- the administration of them that -o many people feared, bin niter the di-cus-i'on that had taken place he ihoughl those fears would ii.>l lie roali-eil. .Mr. .1. J!. .Murdoch (.loll'-) -aid the regulation- would only all'crl a •very few people. Mr. I).- stock l.i-pecror. alio was present by invitation, said Hie idea of Ihe Department was lo do cducalivc work rather than police work. Waal they wanted was to give informal ion regarding the construct ion of dairies. I lie handling of milk, and so. ralher Hum harass farmers. Kvcry farm would be treated according lo its .special conditions: if circumstances prevented certain regulations being strictly enforced then that place would have lo be treated o.i il- merits. Mr. I'.rown iMidhir-l) di-agrccd with .Mr. Deem, and quoted a certain case where he -aid the regulation- were enforced wilh Hie utino-i. -trictnes and harshness, ami it was this, he remarked, which aroused so much antagonism If the view expressed by Mr, Deem was lo be followed in future he (the -peaken would welcome the change There wa- no doubt thai some inspection was needed, as fanners he knew were m. cleaner now than vears ago. -Mr. Deem, in reply, -aid the ca.se quoted bv Mr. I'.rown, was where a pigstv was within lil'l.v yards of a milking-, shed; Hint wa, against the law. not agaill-t Ihe regulation-. Still lllere were many -lyes in Taranaki within lil'l.v yard's, bill in cases where lite.- were -o situated thai I hey caul mil eontauiinale the milk removal of the -lyes wamiL insisted upon. Mr. I'.rown (Maketavva) said Ihe bad butter was not always caused by a dirtv milker. Manager, knew well i ugh thai Ihe early spring gave Ihe

worst da- of milk. II wa- a Her of feed lliiv.u-s. mil ilirtv milk. As lo inspection, in the end thev iiiiisl. fall back upon lb lager, who should -end dirty milk back.' As showing I lie inefsaid he was co.iliniiallv gelling threatening notices that he lii'llsl clear his land of blackberry and rag-wort. lie slaved and slaved to gel bis land clean, but his neighbour, whose land was covered witfi fhesi xious weeds, did nolhiug. What sort of inspection was Ihat. Who were the inspectors'; Simply creamery managers, who have never had cx|K>ricice on a farm'.' If t.lle right men were appointed it. would be all right, lie did not want, inspection, the dairv fariucirs had worked out their own salvation so far and were quite capable of gelling a Utile funh'.'v ahead. If ill per cent, of the milk was bad it should be rejected: the ii-iiv lo improve suppliers was to touch tin-in through Iheir pocket--. The r,-»lntiun (rejecting ihe draft regulationsi was |„s| ,„, the voices, and sch eof regulation «a- 'access;,it. was carried

TIIIO KKCI I.ATHIXS. The i-..gi,lalio-:is were then dealt with seriatim. Clause- ■> to 7. which deal wiili rogisiralioli aml the ,-,.w---.tY. were struck ullt on the voices. Mr. Ilkcy. \J.P., lllliivailingly urged Ihat rcgistraliion was i -siiry. pointing out thai Iho Depart - nieui wa- preparing plans which dairymen could get upon regi-trul.ion. so as to be -lire Ihat their'buildings' would (.limply with the regulations. In clause S, sub-clauses '(.-i) t„ ( e) did uoi elicit, much disetis-sion. Mr. 'l'h - iXgaire) wanted idle ili,iancc of prohibition between the cowshed I piggery reduced, but the ilMnilc ' liflv yards wa- reiaiiied. In sub-clan-e I ihe words shown in pareiilhc-c, were deleted: "A vanl sufficiently large to hold ihe cow,' brought in al. auv time for milking, atlil.ci.ed thereto ibuf divided Ihcrcfriuu bv a parliliou or fence!, the lloor of such yard lo be properly laid willi conoj-eic. wood, or other suitable material.'' 11l siib-celion 1 Hi,, length of the race was reduced from lift 1„ ■>» feel. In this connection Mr. I). .1. Hughes s;ii,| the experience of fanners in his district who had put in a rue,, was that, the nice was the linest. thing t|,,. v ever had. Clau-e !l. which neccs-italcs „ol ice Vbel'orc making any -stnictural .altera, lions to milk-sheds, 'etc.. was struck out. Clause 1(1 provides that people ld-i;i,l|in., milk i,i or about „ ,h,irv -had wear clean clothing-Mr. ,\i'i..iu (Oakaral move, t the clause be -| ,'llel- 0111..Mr. Thomas tXgairo) said Ihe clans.. » ; „ an insult.-.Mr. Minx said Ihev ;ill knew of eases whew dollies were, worn thai should nol be worn. (Applan-e.)-The motion was 10-l. and the clause confirmed.

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