CLEANLINESS V BORAX.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 180, 25 April 1908, Page 3

CLEANLINESS V BORAX.

V .. • • r J ••' . - . "■ IS BUTTER PRESERVATIVE ' NECESSARY?

(■ : -.»■ . . .-7-T ■- ■■■■ -• •• . SAYS "NO " , ,r. "-Tho-: addition of: preservative to • butter, 1 .and- tho. methods employed ; to. lossen . the •.•nsk in the,-consumption of.milk;-" said Mr. ■ . S. Cameron v the Victorian Dairy : Super- ... visor and v Chief Veterinarian,:, "are; .to. my mind, ; all, on a ,par.' ' :They don't strike-, at - . .the-root of tho.:trouble.. . They.all him to . eliminate, should never/have got into the milk. at rail.v iTo' sav that such• - ... ..methods, rectify, mattcrsiis. as'untrue as,.to . - .say, that the 1 sewago of ;a town :.would, make . a first class water' supply if • well boiled 1" • '<••;« '.'How.••would v-you: get/at " the root- of the .. .trouble?'-.-asked.. the Dominion representative : .-."The' principle to; aim at is .to prevent the ■ t contamination from ibegmning; not to, care-. : '']essly..adjnit;:it;and..thcn;'attempt to lessen [ the danger, afterwards..; As a matter of fact, v'- thj '-tiseVbf boras'in buttef- in l Victoria is ..absolutely forbidden.";, . • • ■' . u -"Inj theibutter\f6r''exportf". • 1 ' "That is (on a footing, in' that a .• ; cortain amount^of .presen-ative is'allowed — . ,;.s, : ;l"think.-' Why it should : need borax at ' ali.pne cannot But-you rrjust rememKer.;;that./butter-'in-.VictoriaMs-proV •' ; duced; all;;over.'.tho'_St'ate,; in districts where ■ the ;Dairy: Supervision; Act'/dofes riot' extend.' ./ it:;is'.perfectly bright and , proper- that ;'Untii;-.the. .effect; ,of ■'aaiiy.'supervision' can. he. applied to all "producers, some; iheaijs j should - be. allowed .' to .' , - prevent deterioration : while it is reaching the '-London.'market.'/^;"But";it should,'b'a looked upon as, a temporary ; expedient' only,; and not as in'any way idoing away with ' the'need/of, getting the biitter - 'produced it. the , most . .wholesome ; way'.-possible,"-whether; for local : . use or for. export." , ■• ~ ■ •' . ;' / ,:/ "Xou'thinks the.- prohibition of;-borax/will ".''lt: appearsto' me *_ that . the •'. trend ■' of legislation "in England 'is .in the 'of ~- .' -boricacid preserya.C ' --. tiyes.' ;. They arorslow'er; t<> move'in England. '! / ' . /thah : 'wo are' in/ the;;;oyersea. dominions, but ' , when John .Bull, makes up his mind to - do" a y tfcinfe he..d{ies-it,,' and/ he; won't draw- back ; ' and .deputations-Vs to /alterations'.of iind'.that sort ,of 'thing.' ;'.So 1 that./wei.are•'wise,' I think," in preparing . h'aving v oiir;h'ouse ; r in',order 'beforehan(l.'-' ' ■' :: ; ■|' ifiers/;carinot\ ; start' : - pasteufisin'g ' all /in; >a . • v ' woiild'- not - the;:: effect':. be-;to ."greatly .'. :;embarraSs -'tho;.ipdustry?'.'.' - /.' . r:,/' ~■' seriously'},dislocat.eT th'e export -. >.;.'.'Do/^you cknow/ bf • iny Victbrian . ifactory - ';?i>9tttog butter/iipon .the' British'.'market '^*'oui;pi^iirr4tiVe/i'indfge , ttiiig''a'''goo3.:pri,cef!.'. ' ' y , OU J . factory.?" "<*. • ; . I{ » ' -V'/rpPeli,'.' forgone, 1 - j.at 1 -';Cmi^<JTOj/vinJTr^ra'-4^^ria;..'-^raey \ ' ','regiiiafiy 'export / without/boracicacid,and . as 'regularly ' get-" top'.'price. ;in: London—for / such' of it 1 as ":tho:-yictqrian ;pMple will allow ; them",to export,for-it/is[a- very: popular ..but-, ' ter - in;, the.', Victbrisiri >markets, ' and : fetches /■' top /price ! in Melbourne]. A It is •' 'a-.fro'rld-famed ''