In the neighbourhood of Con-raught Road several dairies are situated, and these were visited. The first was in a room probably 20 by 30 feet in area in which four animals were standing. The feed pans and milk pails made of wood stood close at hand, while the sleeping straw and blankets of the coolies were in the corner. Behind the premises was either a ditch or obstructed creek into which the drainage from the stable seeped. Water was probably taken from mitted to rigid chemical analysis|thig slimy hole for the washing of for determination of legal the bottles, though none was actual-fat content—3 per cent. ly seen being drawn, neither were minimum allowed under existing|any arrangemente for heating the regulations. The bacteriological water seen. A single rough hole in Problem is of a far greater nature. ithe wall was utilized to admit light, the whole room being in twilight though the day was bright. The animals were standing on a rough stone floor with no provisions for adequate drainage, and the matted straw and bedding for the cows served the double purpose of fodder The second place visited. also in the same general vicinity, was of the same type, as we would style it "a one man affair." In quartera not much larger than the first, were found five cows and a buffalo, all suffering from the prevalent cow disease—rinderpest—of one of which it was expected the death would shortly take place. The others had been treated with serum and will probably recover. This structure was made of brick and had a leaky tile roof, with a rough earthen floor, Some of the vessels for containing milk were standing in the stable though to one side was a smaller room which was utilized for bottling purposes. Not the slightest attempt was made to keep this room in any degree of clean-lines and a meses of tools and brushes stood round about. Some unsealed bottles full of the mornirg's milk probably nine hours old, stood on the table, and the uncleaned strainer with a fine wire sieve lay openly there. A child about eight or nine years of age played round the premises. It was suffering from diseased eyes which appeared to be affected with trachoma.
The third place visited was better than either of the first two. It was 2 large and comparatively spacious building in which the stock were housed; for each of the six cows there was a small window made of four panes of glass. A stone floor was provided with drainage canals which led to a central opening in the stonework, allowing the seepage te run below the stable. A small kettle stood over a native made brick fire apparatus, evidently for the purpose of heating the water for washing the bottles.
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