Dairy Instruction, (Did Inspection. 



505 



Beechworth Shire 



Bellarine ,, 



Berwick 



Corio 



Chiltern ,, 



Echuca ,, 



Kyneton ,, 



Lancefield ,, 



Ballan Shire 



Boning 



Bright 



Bulla 



Bungaree ,, 



Deakin ,, 



East Loddon Shire 



Glenelg 



Gordon 



Goulburn 



Healesville 



Huntlev 



THIRD CLASS. 



Marong Shire 

 Merriang 

 Minhamite ,, 

 Morwell ,, 

 Mount Franklin Shire 

 Mount Rouse ,, 



Portland ,, 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Kerang Shire 



Kilmore 



Korong ,, 



Maldon 



Meredith ,, 



Mirboo 



Newham United Shire 



Newstead ,, 



North Ovens ,, 



Numurkah 



Omeo 



Pyalong 



Romsey Shire 

 Rutherglen Shire 

 Shepparton ,, 

 Strathfieldsaye Shire 

 Towong ,, 



Tungamah 

 Wodonga 



South Gippsland Shire 

 Springfield Shire 

 Stawell ,, 



Talbot 

 Tambo 



Tullaroop ,, 

 Violet Town ,, 

 Waranga , , 

 Wimmera ,, 

 Woorayl 

 Yarrawonga ,, 



No local body realises tlie requirements of the specification in 

 the first class. Five municipalities reach the standard of the 

 first g-rade in the second class ; twenty-three the second and nineteen 

 the third grade of the same class ; twenty- two come imder the third, 

 and thirty-five in the fourth class. 



Last year, those local bodies paid £2,907 to 55 inspectors, but 

 some appointments are filled by officers who receive no additional pay. 

 The total amount collected was £3,391. 



Under the impression that the levying of dairy registration fees 

 and the appointment of inspectors were compulsory, the system was in 

 many cases nominally adopted, although local administration was not 

 believed in. For instance, the Shire of South Gij^psland, one of the 

 largest dairying municipalities in the State, appointed an inspector 

 last year at a salary of £90, then three months leave of absence 

 without pay was given him, followed by three months more, and 

 finally, when it was found that no action was taken for non-compliance 

 with the Act, the appointment was cancelled. 



Violet Town also appointed a dairy inspector and afterwards 

 suspended the carrying out of the regulations for twelve months, and 

 at the end of that time dismissed him. 



Ballan, Waranga, and Woorayl gave it a trial in addition to other 

 Shires for a period but have discontinued it. The last to secede from 

 the local system was Pyalong, and a number of others have under 

 consideration at the moment the abolition of local inspection. 



In practice, many serious obstacles to success were encountered. 

 The pressure brought to bear by some careless but influential dairymen 

 was the greatest difficulty. 



In many instances, inspectors were appointed who had no know- 

 ledge of dairying or the requirements of the industry, and dairymen 

 consequently took little notice of recommendations made by them. 



