The average daily milk production was 27,965 lb, an increase of 5.77 per cent, and 41.22 per cent. over the figures for September and the corresponding month of last year respectively. The daily production of cream was 220 lb. as compared with 215 lb, for last month, an increase of 2.33 per cent. The number of unsatisfactory samples was 1493 per cent. (includes three unlicensed), as compared to 26.67 per cent. for last month and 3844 per cent. for the corresponding month of last year. All Grade "A" (TT) samples were up to standard and only one Grade "A" was below. Grade "B" milk also showed improvement though not to the same extent as the higher grades. Unlicensed samples continued to be 100 per cent, unsatisfactory.
Anthrax caused three deaths, contageous pleura-pneumonia three, pneumonia one, metritis one, tuberculosis three, panaritium one and other causes 11, making a total of 23 23 post-mortem were carried out.
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