[Reports and Appendices] of the Irish Milk Commission, 1911.

  • Great Britain. [Royal] Commission on the Irish Milk Supply.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Reports and Appendices] of the Irish Milk Commission, 1911. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B. BABIES' BOTTLES. Long tube should be made illegal, 13593-5, 20723-4, 20717-8. BALLESTY, H. C, M.R.C.V.S. (Veteriuary Inspector of Mulliugar Rural District). The sanitary sub-officer sui^ervises the cowsheds and sees that the Veteriuary Inspector's instructions are carried out, 24446-52. The Council is notified if milk is sold by vendors who are not registered, 24453-6; and whether the cowsheds conform with the provisions of the Order, 24457-62; \vith satisfactory results as a rule, 24463. Some cowkeepers go out of trade rather than comply with the Order, 24464; but in only one instance was the loss to the milk supply serious, 24467-9. The one-cow man is a nuisance, because he spoils the trade of the man who arranges an all- the-year-round supply, 24469, 24508-10. Would license coM'-keepers and make them pro- vide a winter and summer supply, 24498, 24506-7, 245.34. The Order re cement floors and manure heaps is enforced, 24470-3. Old cows and cows with suspicious udders are slaughtered for beef, 24474-5, 24483-7. The slaughter of old cows keeps the herd free of tuberculosis, 24476. Has found the tuberculin tost satisfactory, 24477-82. Milk records are not kept in the county, 24490-6. Milk records, winter-calving cows, and catch- cropping would make winter dairying profit- able, 24499-505. The Hereford cow is not a good milker, 24515-21, 24530-2. Fine of Id. and 10s. costs on conviction of depriv- ing milk of its fat, 24526-9. Has found the Shorthorn the best milker, 24530, 24535-41. The Union contract price for milk is lOd. and ll^d. a gallon, 24545-52. BARRY, EDMOND (Dairy Inspector under the Lime- rick Corporation). There is scarcity of milk in Limerick for 2 or 3 months in the winter, 15447-50. Inspects the milk vessels, cows and milkshops in the city, 15343. Small fines imposed in prosecutions to enforce the Dairies Order, 15349-59. Milk sold in huxters' shops, 15360-2, 15471-85, 15502, 15578-83. Thinks all the milkshops in the city are registered, 15.363-75. Small fines for not keeping milk under suitable con- ditions, 15382-9. Inspects the milk factories in Limerick re cleanli- ness of vessels and premises, but does not inspect the milk, 15395-441, 15511-4. Vehicles which bring milk into the city are used for other purposes, 15457-61. Does not attempt to insist on cleanliness by milk vendors, 15466-9. Does not insist on milkers being provided with water, soap and towel, or washing their hands before milking, 15486-93. Denies that milk factories in Limerick sell milk 15494-5, 15506-10. Inspects cows in Nos. 1 and 2 rural districts, 15515-24. Does not know what cubic space should be pro- vided for cows, 15526; and never measured the byres, 15529. Provision as to standing space for cows, 15530-9: lime-washing of byres, 15540-7; manure pits, l.')548-51. Knows of several cases where water is not provided for milkers for washing, but has not reported them, 15552-7. BARRY, DR. J. M. (Medical Officer of Health, Phihpstown, King's Co.). There is scarcity of milk all the year round in the Phihpstown district, 23629-35, 23642. ]\Iilk cannot be be procured for a sick patient some- tn-nes, 23672-7; it might be obtained for a sick child as a compliment, 23678. BARRY, DR. J. M.—continued. The farmers devote their milk to feeding calves and butter-making, 23636-9, 23656-65. Reasons for not selling milk retail; trouble and no money, 23679-81. Children who are not properly fed have no resist- ing power to disease, 23642-6, 23716. The Dairies Order in TuUamore Rural District is not effectively enforced, 23649-55. Children are habituated to the use of tea, 23682-4. Goats' milk is good for children, 23697. But goat-keeping would not be encouraged in the district, 23698-702. Farmers would give grass for a cow, but not for a goat, 23703-4. Suggests that means be found to provide labourers with cows; they can get grazing from farmers, 23712-5. Flour and water used as a substitute for milk for infants, 23708-10. Attributes the increase of tuberculosis to the lack of milk, 23705-7. The bulk of the population in the district consists of small farmers, 23724-31. BARRY, WILLIAM C, M.R.C.V.S. (Veterinary Inspector, Cork). Has no po\ver to inspect city cows if they go out- side the city bounds to grass in summer, 12257-61. Difficulty of enforcing the Dairies Order in respect of cleanliness in milking, 12262-5. Cow with a tuberculous udder removed by owner before the case could be reported to the Public Health Committee, 12266-75. Recommends that the Veterinary Inspectors have power to pay full market value of cow compul- sorily slaughtered, 12276-80. Has no power to apply the tuberculin test without the permission of the owner, 12282-3. Removal of cows suspected of disease where there is strict inspection, 12284-7. Need of outside inspection to protect the city's milk supply, 12288-90. Enforcement of the Dairies Order in Cork City re cowsheds and milkers, 12293-.301, 12317-8. Constant inspection necessary, 12297. Dairy cows are usually slaughtered outside the city, where the Corporation officials do not inspect, 12.308-14, 12321, 12330-1. Transfer of slaughter-houses from inside to outside the city, 12331-5. BARTER, SIR RICHARD (St. Ann's, Blarnev, Co. Cork). No scarcity of milk in Blarney, 15017-28. Has kept milk records for 30 years, and has raised the average milk yield per cow from 540 to 700 gallons, 14980-7. The records were dropped, and when they were re- sumed it was found that the average yield had fallen off, 14991-4. Winter calving cows give more milk than cows calving in summer, 14988-90. Cases of cows which give milk below the legal standard, 14998-15000. Influence of feeding on quality of milk, 15001-7. The Department's dairy bull scheme has not been taken up much in Co. Cork, 15029-33. To keep a cow the plots of 2 labourers are neces- sary, 15035-41, 15072. Suggests the establishment of milk clubs in different districts, 15042-4. There is no difficulty in supplying villages; the problem is in the thinly-populated rural dis- tricts, 15045-6. Dorset horn sheep give winter milk in good quan- tities, 15046-52, 1,5071. The scutcheon on cows and bulls is an indication of a good milker, 15052-5. Importance of scientific feeding, 15056-62. BECHER, REV. .1. R. H. (Rector of Cape Clear and Sherkin Islands, Co. Cork). Recommends the introduction of an improved breed of goat into the islands, 14312-24.