Ueport itf the Bacteriologist and Dairy Instructor. 



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Along with the question of fodder crops the allied subject of shelter 

 during the cold months has also received attention. Tlie practice of 

 rugging is now very generally adopted, but the growth of fodder rich 

 in the flesh formers can be most satisfactorily carried on by the help 

 of farmyard manure. Housing the herd therefore becomes increasingly 

 important with the development of improved methods of dairying. 



to suit local conditions 



Lectures on the above lines, but modified 

 have been delivered as under :— 



Bacchus Marsh (2) 



Beech Forest 



Geelong 



Colac 



Eurack 



Terang 



Cobden 



Framlingham 



Woodford 



Warrnambool 



Garvoc 



Koroit 



Wan do Vale 



Condah 



Melbourne (2) 



Brunswick 



Toolern 



Bali an 



Ballarat 



Clunes 



Horsham 



Walmer 



Warracknabeal 



Nhill (2) 



Romsey 



BeaJiba 



Murphy's Creek 



Boort (2) 



Charlton 



Echuca 



Heathcote 



Kilmore 



Tatura 



S hep par ton 



Ardmona 



Seymour 



Longwood 



Euroa 



Balm at turn 



Slieen's Creek 



Gooram 



Strathbogie 



Benalla 



Wangaratta 



Wangaratta North 



Springhurst 



Bainawartha 



Wodonga 



Food Preservatives. 



Myrtle ford 



Milawa 



Whitfield 



Korumburra 



Kongwak 



Poo won g 



Loci 1 



Leongatha 



Yarram 



Pakenham 



Fern Tree Gully 



Warragul 



Lardners 



Sea View 



Bloomfield (2) 



Trafalgar 



Moe 



Hillei.a 



Morwell 



Narracan 



Traralgon 



Matlra 



Boisdale 



The announcement, which has just been made by cable, of the 

 results of the experiments conducted b}' Professor Wiley on the effect 

 of boiacic acid and other preservatives in food, cannot fail to have 

 most far reaching results. These experiments have been carried out 

 on healthy men on a scale and with precautions which have never 

 before been attempted. Hitherto the effects of the continual con- 

 sumption of small quantities of food preservaties have chiefly been 

 deduced from the results of exi)eriments on animals. Professor Wiley's 

 results are apparentl^^ altogether unfavourable to the use of preser- 

 vatives, as it is found that their use inteferes with the due repair of 

 of the living tissues. Should these experiments be confirmed, the 

 laws relating to the use of preservatives in food will probably be 

 speedily altered so as to practically prohibit their use. Victorian 

 butter factories should therefore make i>re|)arations to be independent 

 of them, and, provided the milk or cream is delivered clean and fresh 



