[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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    D DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, AND MILKSHOPS ORDER, 1908. Great improvement of country cowsheds, 15177-8, 20661-8, 21542-4. A difficulty in the way of improvements by men is want of capital, 15178-85. Owners admit alterations were necessary, apart from the Order, 21496-9, 21501-3, 25898-904. Prosecutions for breaches of Order not made in summer, 15166. There is no hardship in complying with, 16467-9, 20564, 21537. Opposition to the Order is due to ignorance, 16141; and will result in failure in business, 16142-5. Sometimes it is due to want of capital, 16202-3; hence need of small loans, 16204-9, 16347-53. Information as to building model byres, etc., attended with good results, 16148-51, 16385-9. Is hard on small farmers who are doing their best, 17707-23. The farmer will do what is best to give effect to the intentions of, 18169-75. To get proper byres erected, instruction rather than loans is necessary, 18395-9. Veterinanj Inspector. Appointment of county veterinary officers advocated, 16337-46. Lay inspector appointed, 21228-37. Not appointed for Tuam R. D., 21492, 21545-6; Clifden R. D., 21549-53; Castlebar U. D., 22794- 8, 23063-6; Castlebar R. D., 22832-8, 2,3387; Lismore R. D., 25517-21, 25596-601; Dungarvan R. D., 25802. The Veterinary Inspector under the Contagious Diseases (A) Act should do the work of the Dairies Order, 25992. Eiijorcement of Order by local authorities. Co. Cork.—Cork, 12031-3, 12040-3, 12293-301, 12317- 8: Cork R. D., 12414-49: Kanturk R. D., 12859-68; Mitchelstown R. D., 13399-401. Skibbereen R. D., 13890-9, 1.3982-90; no action taken by Council though every cowshed is reported defective anfl dirty, and several dairies are not registered, 14281-91; Millstreet R. D., not yet in working order, 14904. Co. Limericl-.—Limerick City—see Limerick City for non-effective enforcement; Rathkeale R. D., 15771-3; Kilmallock R. D., there is no inspection of dairies, 16560-7, 16810-4, 16861-3, 17368-73: Croom R. D., 17453-8, 17516-8, 17696-705, 18887- 98. Co. Clare.—Ennis, 16137-42, 16175-8, 16189. Co. Ke/ry.—KiUarney U. D., 19082-9, 19178-91: Killarney R. D., 19081, 19090, 19107-12, and foot- note, p. 177; Kenmare R. D., Order not enforced, 19400-4; Tralee R. D., not enforced, 19783-9, 19858-9, 19801-5; Tralee U. D., 20249-52. Co. Galway.—Galway V. D., 20543-61, 20691-4, 21254-68; Tuam R'. D., 21489-95, 21545-6, 215.38- 42. Co. Ma I/O.—Westport U. D., 22324-8, 22424. 22434-9; (practicallv a dead letter. 22556-8); Castle- bar U. D. (a dead letter), 23112-7, 23274-7: Castle- bar R. D., 228.32-8, 2.3387, 2.3223, 23279. Kinq's Co.—Tullamore (q.v.). Co 'Westiueath.—MulMngar R. D.. 24.377-9, 24446- 63, 24470-3, 24827-43. Co. ^Vaterford.—Watorford (q.v.); Lismore R. D., 25517-23, 25576-80, 25596-601. Constant supervision necessary, 12297. Effect of Order in restricting milk sitpphj. The Order has not put anyone out of trade, 12647-51, 15316, 20562, 20628. Contra, 13852-62, 21441, 21481, 24309, 24339-40. Has not reduced the supply of milk, 12168-9, 15317, 22761; but has improved the standard, 12170. Contra, 24380-90, 24.397-400. Persons who gave up selling milk to avoid coming under the Order, 23942-4, 255.38-9. Rigid enforcement will make milk dearer, 19045-6, 19056-66. There arc many people in the trade who would be better out of'it, 19251. DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, AND MILKSHOPS ORDER, 1908—continued. Some cowkeepers went out of the trade rather than comply with the Order (Mullingar), 24464-6; but iu only one case was the loss to the milk supply serious, 24467-9. Proposed ametidments of the Order. The Order should apply to the by-products of milk, e.(/., separated, skimmed, and butter-milk (also butter and cheese), 14025, 15270-1, 15873, 15961, 16241, 16655, 19115, 19304, 19450-2, 19977, 20081), 20291. 204.39-40, 20611-3, 24292-4, 24955, 25992, 25604. The minimum air space is not necessary in all cases, 16314-29. Ventilation is of more importance than cubic space in a cowshed, 19303, 19383-94. The Order should apply to every cowkeeper, whether he supplies milk or not, 19257, 25554-8. Might be simplified in certain particulars, 24391-7. The M. 0. H. should have some duties under. 25090-4. The County should be the unit for administration of the Order, 25583-7. Loans. Board of Works will not lend less tBan ^35 for erection or improvement of a cowshed, 13336-42. Small loans for alteration, etc., of cowsheds desirable, as a means of enforcing the Dairies Order. 15941-5, 16202-9, 16347-53, 17481, 17711, 1772]-2, 19840-5, 20594-9, 20624-5, 21499, 22209- 17, 23600-4, 24.394, 24712-21. The loans should be given for specific purposes, not for general improvements, 16353. Administration of the Order. See also Inspection. To ensure uniformity of inspection reports should be made on printed forms, 19201. Would have a uniform set of questions for mban veterinary inspectors and another set for rural inspectors, because the conditions are different, 19443-5. City authorities could be trusted to enforce the Order, 12051-5. But not the rural authorities, perhaps, 12053. Difficulty of enforcing, re cleanliness in milking, 12262-5, 19072-6. Strict inspection tends to removal of cows suspected of disease, 12284-7. Ineffective administration of the Order in Kilmallock district, 17368-7F. Dairy Inspectors; no qualifications prescribed by Local Government Board, 25580. No supervision of cattle sent to grass in summer from a city, 12257-61. Efficient administration not secured by a locally appointed inspector, 14160-1. The appointment of Veterinary and Dairy Inspectors does not necessarily mean the enforcement of the Order, 12140. The authority of the local officer would bo strengthened if he was subject to supervision by a central body, 1,5960, 15965-6, 15974-5. Absence of effective administration, notwithstanding appointment of officers, e.fj., see 'Limerick City, 173(i8-73, 23112-7, 23383-92, 25940-6, 25984- 91. Supervision bv central authority required to ensure uniformity and efficiency, 12056, 12121-2, 14155-9, 1,53.30-6, 16331-9, 16335, 17185-91, 17374-5, 17479- 80, 17519-22, 18507-9, 18778-88, 19102-6, 19247- 50, 19407-9, 19504-7, 19849-51, 20793-6, 22343-51, 25581-6, 25924-9. The Order should be worked by officers responsible to a central authority to ensr.re independent in- spection, 23393-6, 25996a. Supervision of Veterinary Inspectors by the Medical Inspector of the Local Government Board meffeetive, 16314, 16333. A strict inspection of cattle would be advantageous to the owners in the long run, 23111. Small salaries paid to officers appointed under Order, 235.58, 25223, 2.5984-91. Veterinary Inspector resigned because of, 25895, 25940-6. Co-ordination of Order and Acts re diseases of animals suggested, 25992. 2 U 2