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The sorrow caused to the mothers bv takiii^^ their bahies off the L.T. 

 Milk is a good proof of how much the\ apj-reriated all that had been 

 done for them and their babies. 



It has been rather uphill work trying to teach and unteach many of 

 them, but I think now the good work has been started we may hoj>e tor 

 e^"en better results next vear. 



There have been no complaints in my districts about the L.T. Millc 

 for some time past, and everything has been quite satisfactory. 



A. M. Ingram. 



'Conclusion. 



In conclusion, the Board acknowledges with grateful thanks the \alu- 

 able assistance rendered by the Health Department and the Stock and 

 Dairy Super\'ision Branch of the Department of Agriculture ; the work 

 done by the officers of these Departments has been simply invaluable to the 

 Board. The Board also gratefullv acknowledges the assistance it has 

 received from the directors and manager of the Willsmere Certified Milk 

 Compan}-, who have spared no trouble in carrying out the wishes of the 

 Board, and to* whose enthusiastic co-operation the success has in no small 

 part been due. 



Caulfield Model Dairy Farm — The Approved Farm. 



/. M. B. Connor, Dairy Supcriisor. 



The public spirited citizens of Melbourne who have been the means of 

 establishing the Lady Talbot Milk Institute, having for its object a pure 

 and healthful supply of specially supervised milk for delicate infants, have 

 every reason to be satisfied with their enterprise and' w-ith their success- 

 in obtaining, so early, a milk supply produced under the satisfactory con- 

 ditions obtaining at the farm of Mr. George H. Hope, situated at 

 Caulfield. 



Great as may be the pul)lic ser\ice performed by the Lady Talbot In- 

 stitute in distributing this supply of pure nourishment to poor and delicate 

 children, the indlirect benefit of its example and precept in encouraging 

 the establishment of such farms as the one under review is not less valu- 

 al)le. Owing to the large number of practical farmers and dairymen who- 

 have \isited the premises during the last six months, it may reasonably 

 l)e hoped that the standard of the bulk milk supply to the city will be 

 raised bv this example. 'Certainly, an object les-son has been furnished 

 b\ Mr. Hope, and he has been able to show that the standard conditions. 

 as to sanitary management, laid down \\\ the Institute, can be complied 

 with consi.stentK with ])r()lit making. The encouragement and develop- 

 ment of milk farms similar to tliis one would (HTtainlv have an appreciable 

 effect in iliininishing the rate of infant mortalitv in thf cities. 



The I'' arm Genkrai.lv. 



'I"he farm comprises 63 acres, and is sub-divided into 14 padldocks, 

 \ar\ing in size from i to 7 acres. Most of the paddocks open into a 

 30-feet lane running through the middle of the property, which makes it 

 convenient for the distribution of the dairy herd for grazing, and also 

 for the removal of crops into the barn. Each paddock gate is painted 

 white and numl>ered. Fifty-three acres are under intense cultivation and 

 rotation of fodder cro]>s throughout the year. Se\en acres are used as a 

 run for the dairy herd. 



