The Dairy Regulations.

Otago Witness, Issue 2524, 30 July 1902, Page 17

The Dairy Regulations.

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir, — A paragraph appears in yesterday's issue stating that a letter had been signed by a number of the most prominent plumbers, tinsmith?, etc., of Dunedin drawing the attention of the Minister of Agriculture to the clauEe in the Dairy Act which provides that milk shall be cooled to a temperature of not more than 65deg. Now, Sir, as one of the largest manufacturers of dairy plant in New Zealand, and carrying on business as coppersmiths, tinsmiths, and dairy plant manufacturers in Dunedin, we •*vi?h to protest against such a letter, for until we saw it in yesterday's iEsue we kn°w nothing about it. It is true some days ago a prominent dairyman called on Us asking ■us to forward a letter to our City members to ask them to support aj petition the dairymen were' pending to the Minister of Agriculture re this particular clause, but this ■we doclined to do. Aerator 3 and coolers aro too different pieces of machinery altogether. The one is to aerate the milk with tho object of getting rid of foul gases ; it is not designed to cool. The cooler, on the other hand, is designed to cool, and will also aerate, and a properly-constructed cooler cool milk within ldeg or 2deg of the water used, as it i 3 most desirable that milk fchould be cooled down to a low temperature as -quickly as possible, the want of this having lieen one of the greatest drawbacks to the successful mating of butter. We think it will be a great nv'stake if that clause in the Dairy Act is interfered with. — We are, etc. , J. Andersox and Co. Dunedin, July 26.

TO THE EDITOR

Sip., — In your report of the meeting of the Peninsula Bram-h -of the Farmors' Union in Tuesday's Times I -find the following: — "That subsection F, of sec'ion 8 be altered bo as to read, 'always immediately befor* milking is comm^ncsd," instead of two hours after milking, which is altogether incorrect." 'W hat was passed at the meeting was that in subsection ft of section 8 the clause immediately before milking be struck out. and "that the words* " two hours after milking "' he mFerted. I also notice in to-day's Times a letter from the fcecretary of the Upper Peninsula Branch re the above, but I think Sir M 'Curdy michl have seen at once that the report was incorrect, as there are no such words in the dairy regulations as that cowsheds be cleaned out two hours before inilkiag. — I am. etc., J S. M'Cartnet, Secretary Peninsula Branch F.U.