DAIRY CLEANLINESS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 169, 18 June 1936, Page 9

DAIRY CLEANLINESS.

FACTORY MANAGERS’ DISCUSSION. Suggestions that efforts should be made by all dairy factory managers to improve tlie quality, especially in regard to cleanliness, ot the milk or cream supplied were advanced at the annual meeting, last evening, of the New Zealand Dairy Factory Managers’ Association. Mr J. Landman (Auckland) said it was patent to all managers that 90 per cent, of their troubles were caused by deficiencies in 10 percent, of their supply. He thought that a campaign for cleaner sheds and cleaner supply should be undertaken. Recently, on inspecting a certain milking shed, he liad been amazed to see the filthy conditions under which cream was produced—and it was consistently given finest grade. The cream would pass the cream grader quite all right, but there would be a good deal wrong with it if it -was left standing for 12 hours or so. It would be going “more than sour.” He did not think that drastic action should he taken, but the farmers should be shown that vast sums of money were being spent to protect them from themselves. Mr G. D. Kearney (AVoodville) remarked that much of the trouble came from the class of fodder the cows ate. The chairamn (Mr P. C. H. Petersen, Cambridge) said it was quite right to say that a very small minority caused most of the troubles. Mr L. J. Hearns (Pahiatua) said the managers should stand solidly for farm dairy instruction. On being questioned on the point, the assistant-Direetor of the Dairy Division (Mr G. M. Valentine) said that the department had no further information on that point than the statement of the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. AV. Lee Martin) that farm dairy instruction wquld be introduced. The discussion was hot carried further.