LIME IN THE DAIRY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10540, 24 January 1912, Page 4

LIME IN THE DAIRY.

The New Zealand Department of Agriculture strongly advocates the use olf lime in the dairy. It is stated that creameries which some years ago used to steam .all churns in order to keep them sweet now simply • .scrub them in hot water, and while the surface is still warm' apply with a brush a liberal coating of thick lime, which is partiaMy absorbed by the pores of then wood, purifying ana making it bright and .firm. The wards washed off. removes greafce and sour ,frO-m floors and utfe&site, makes brighter, and tfe f ain Vobd firm and close. The by-laws of some of the New Zealand factory companies recommend lime instead of soda for cleaning (their milk vessels, as wel'l as (for white-washing the dairy buildings generally. The formula for preparing the lime water in which utensils inay.be immersed is thus given: ''The solubility of lime and ordinary temi pe'raturcs is one .part in 700. parts of [ water. Such a .solution, is termed | saturated lime water. Translated into- pounds and gallons, this means that lib of lime is sufficient to satiirato 70-gallons of water. However, owing to impurities, it is well to use more than is called for in this state- | orient." *' '■ ... VANDALISM. If a report which reaches us from iHawke's Bay be correct, tlie Gtfvorament is, by its extraordinary methods, offering a premium' to vandalism. There is a property situated in the lower portion of Huwke's Bay upon wliich the owner reserved a-n area, of native bush, for scenic purposes. The Government valuer is alleged to have com© along and increased the value of the land for rating purposes by £ISOO, because the native bush contained certain valuable totara trees. Rather than, pay the increased tax, the owner has destroyed the bush, and used the totara timber it contained for fencing posts. If the,facts are as stated above—and we have no reason to doubt the word of our informaiit—a state of tilings exists ■which is a positive disgrace to -our Legislature.