Wairarapa Age. MORNING DAILY. SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1911. PASTEURIZING PLANTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10186, 11 March 1911, Page 4

Wairarapa Age. MORNING DAILY. SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1911. PASTEURIZING PLANTS.

The prevalence of tuberculosis amongst tine dairy herds of. the Dominion has been responsible for " heavy losses to those farmers who have adopted pig-raisirig as an adjunct to "dairying. The number of .pigs which have been condemned at 'the various abaittoirs on account of ifUibei-eufor disease hais been (mormons. The officers of the Agricultural Department have been impressing upon dairy farmers the necessity for pasteurizing their skim milk and "'hey before feeding it to the pigs. When this advice' lia.3 been taken, it liiais 'been found. 1 that the number of rejected pigs has been reduced to a minimum. It would appear, however, that some of the pasteurising plaints in use are defective. Tll the Agricultural Journal of this month, Mr C. J. LR.en.kes, head of the Veterinary Division, writes"ln certain' factories it is to be regretted tfeit ipasteurizing plants have been , installed wihich have proved inadequate for the pampose, in that they \do not raise rthei separated milk or whey to a isufficienitly high temperature. This is. a mJaifcter for great regret, ; since it; not only opens' up ant'rtjjpre-: ciabfe risk of practice which is . perfectly .sound when properly carlied out ibeing brought into disrepiite, but' also means that time, and money are expended to no. purpose whatever.. The sooner tlris fact is.; realise® by those factories, /the het-i ier foV. tiieir supplier,;,, and' for thefj dairy industry generally.''/ j