PASTEURISATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 133, 28 July 1911, Page 7

PASTEURISATION.

•v SHOULD. ITJtK pQM P £ i ... Mr. •). Jones* (Taranaki) movid .it the Farmers’ Union Confer nice : That the pasteurisation r t milk and whey bo made compulsory. There was, ho said, little room for doubt that such a move should I e taken at once. Unpasteurised milk and whey was the vehicle for spreading disease broadcast, both among man and beast. ■ The motion was seconded by Mr. T. Foster (Southland). i Mr. Reakes said experimaims of the department had shown oonduDvely that pasteurisation, if prop-nly earned out, would secure that the calves and pigs fed upon pasteurised milk would be absolutely free from tubercular disease. It was a real and icliabhi safeguard against the dissemination of file disease, and no intelligent daiiyman should hesitate to adopt it. , The Dairy Commissioner said the expense of pasteurisation was, net a very big item. It was,yery low..indeed in the case of whey and rather higher in the case of milk—about a penny per 1000 pounds. , The motion was passed unanimously.