DIRTY MILK.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17586, 17 September 1917, Page 5

DIRTY MILK.

*- DANGER TO DAIRYING INDUSTRY. [From Otr Coimssroxmisx.] WELLINGTON, September 15. In two official reports presented to ?arliament during tho week reference s made to dirty milk being placed on ha market, and Mr D. Cuddie, Dairyng Commissioner, utters a warning hat unless some drastic remedy is taken o prevent the use of milking machines fhich have become foul and insanitary hrough the neglect or ignorance __ of heir users, the dairy industry of New Sealand will undoubtedly be placed at a lisadvantage in competition with that if other countries in the open market a which our produce is sold. The Dominion Analyst, dealing with he samples of milk submitted to him luring the year from tho supplies forrarded .to the towns, states that tho ctivity of tho inspectors did much to heck.watering and skimming. "The roportibn of stale and dirty milks, howver," he adds, " showed no diminuion. Some causes of such unsound ondition of milk are lack of cleanliiesal on farms, insufficient cooling, care?ssness in handling, and undue delay in istribution. They are all remediable." The dairy inspectors visited 788 farms rhich had been sending inferior milk to e made into butter and cheese. The lain source of deterioration was, states Ir Cuddie, easily located. It was in he unclean condition of milking mahines, '.' in fact quite a number of these astallations were found to - be in a Ithy, not to say disgusting condition, n extreme cases the owners were called pon to cleanse the various parts imlediately, or as an alternative, to disontinue their use forthwith, but it is f) he regretted that later inspection isclosed an equally unsatisfactory state f affairs. As the number of mechanical lilkers has increased enormously owing d the scarcity of hand milkers . since lie war began," he concludes, "it will e seen (that the risk of, contaminating larger quantity of milk has been also lcreased. This is confirmed by the injectors' reports from every dairying istrict in ♦he Dominion."