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of cheese-making, and with disastrous results when the grading of 

 such cheese takes phice. There are times also when milk suppliers 

 have been very careless m the handling of their milk ])rior to its 

 arrival at the factory, but this only accounts for a small percentage 

 of the bad cheese made, and as a general rule the cheese-maker himself 

 is the greatest culprit. Many cheese factories have recently closed 

 down owing to lack of support by their su])])liers and the unmarketable 

 nature of the cheese produced. Good cheese will always find a 

 market, but the inferior article gluts the market and reduces the price 

 of well-made cheese. If a system of payment were inaugurated 

 whereby cheese-makers had their salaries reduced according to the 

 percentage of bad cheese made, and received a bonus for all first-grade 

 cheese produced at a factory, the unsatisfactory state of affairs at 

 present existing might materially be minimized. 



5. General. — Milk recording work is still on the increase, but 

 there are several knotty points which will have to be taken into con- 

 sideration in the near future. If anything is necessary to confirm 

 the importance and necessity for keeping proper official milk records 

 one has only to look back at the magnificent results of the Friesland 

 Breeders' Association sale in England, which would never have taken 

 place if a proper system of milk records bad not been in force. 



The administration of the Dairv Industry Act_ has taken up a 

 good deal of the time of the officers of this Division. Further 

 experience shows that certain additions to the Act will need to be 

 made. 



Inkerman Cid," Head Sire of the Elsenbuig Jersey Herd. 



