DAIRY CONFERENCE.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 147, 22 June 1904, Page 6

DAIRY CONFERENCE.

A .MKNACK TO THK INDUSTRY. IXTKR ICSTIMi ADDRESS. [Ur TiahGiurii.] (From Our Npeeial Upjiortei*.) PALMERNTON.N., This Day. This morning the Dairy Conference pioper began, and Mr. IJilrutb delivered an addrea* on "A Mfiiace v (o the Dairy Industry." Jfi« wubjt-ct \v«w contagious lmunniilis, which he doclared lo bo very pi-evnluit iiv this island, :>nd ul.no in the South Tslaud. flu dealt with (he symptoms and characleriatics of tho disease in its various forms urnl and recommcnilcd t!io use of horucic acid injeotioiiH ,'IS tllO trctllmuut. Tlio nu«ttcr Imm been receiving a good deal of nttonlinn at I Ifome. The particular feature of tho di«j e,iM.> which concerns the genural public I is that tho iifre of milk from the unimcvl infected Imp been shown to eaiuso a form of diphtheria and serious sore throat, resulting in eonio owes in abscefisfs, or in rri.-4ypcUtt<. My. Gilruth *.ugge.sted that the position might bo', met- by compul1 mn-y nomiention of th« disiviflo, regtetmj tlon of daii-y herds, periodic and frequent inspection of hcvAs, and compulsory pasteurisa-lion of milk nt fnctuiioh. The speaker also stated that bo had ii>oluted germs of tho disease iv wiimple.s of butter «ud oheefle, and he iusktil ivhat uotihl bo the 'effect, if the English bacteriologists isolated germs in our produce. The address apparently made a deep imprvsaian on the larg« gathering present, ami it was finally ie&olvul t|\t\t the executive of the A.«--si>ciati()n bo appointed a committee with power to add to its number for Uie express purpo.se of considering tho ptopojials of Mr Crilruth, and ivporting to a conference. A he-nrly vote of thanlcs was accorded lo Mr. Qilruth for his address, and the conference adjourned till the afternoon.