Farm Notes

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4381, 4 March 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes

rnmn IE DAIRY REGULATIONS (PIWS 1 OP 'EX- • ».meeting of tie Taranaki.' ekive of tlio Union last Thursday, teg * were 1 *disMbeti ?v result, of a report I *# the tTqnfti’s gates to the recent Stfatfdrd

pt Allhusen, on behalf of th 9 grates (Messrs Murray ' and liisen) to the conference in question irted tha t the, gatherihg,‘i(ad been iceassful one, and ' that they hkve

■eed to all the regulations exiting anything th'kt had to do with , ■ cow-tax. Anything of that nature I thrown nut, and, they alsi agreed leduce.the length =oftherrace. i v r B’n the motion ofr;Mr Davidson, i ■ following resolution was passed : | ■‘ That the .dairy, conference, having j ■ at, pur ' delegates ■ring Teportpd the , resplt; |of the Beting, this executive endorses and B>pts the report, and trusts the. ■endments suggested; will, bo ■opted by the; Department. ” ■Mr Lambie ; “T don’t think, we ■l ever have, anythjpg like satis*. Btion ,f f ßm ( inspectors . who hjave Brer, had any experience/ . If ,'the Btricts could have been defined by ft Government, and, had they lowed the companies to apppint lair own inspectors, it would ■, have en infinitely better than any other stem. ” ; i j; ... i!; ~ Mr Blair ,: “ Who would pay/ the jpectp^s^. Mr Lambip: “ Thq suppliers Mr Jones thought thpy soon t intp, trouble . with ? /jmspeptors f aptinted by the companies; they mid soon “ tread on somebody’s rns.” ... , ■>{ . 1 Mr Allhusen : “ I think, that each Tupany,is<toa jealous loathe. others r them to work together , in this atter.?:.,. ■ ' Mr Blair supposed that in appointg a,n inspector each factory would ive one, vote. ; .., ~ , Mr Lambie: “I don’t think we ill ever get,a proper inspector from le Government.” ■ Mr Allhusen: “ There are good dries that are not factory suppliers.” Mr Lambie : “ That would make » difference. I do., not think the icision of • the conference was the astthat could be arrived at. ’’ The chairman: f /* We are not enorsing the regulations as a whole ; e are only endorsing the amendtents made.” ' ~: ■ Mr Lambie; “I know people that ever had a shed at all, and who lilked in the corner of the yard and reduced better results.” Mr Allhusen : “If you have a shed ; comes under the regulations ; but ou,can have your cattlp milked in , le corner of the yard, and there will e no objection raised; \ you will not e troubled by the The chairman : “ There is a matter f vastly greater importance* than hese regulations, namely, the quesion of disease. It is utterly absurd or the Government to go on with a lumber of regulations of this sort rhile the stock of the district is full f disease. The regulations will not tamp out disease.” Mr Allhusen : “ One of the reguations is that you have to report iisease” The chairman : “ Pigs and calves ;et disease from the milk coming rom the factories.” - A vote of thanks was accorded the delegates who attended the conference. 'Mf . .