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A " Clean Milk " Centre. 



[Sept.. 



The actual expenditure on all cases will have fallen short of the 

 total estimates by about £45,000, owing to a certain number 

 of approved schemes not being proceeded vi^ith and to others 

 having been carried out below the estimated cost. Exact 

 figures, however, are not yet available. Taking the total 

 expenditure at £388,000 to £340,000 it is interesting to note 

 that this would represent just about £1 per acre over the areas 

 benefited. 



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A "CLEAN MILK" CENTRE AND 

 WHERE TO FIND IT. 



Major H. P. G. Maule, D.S.O., M.C., F.K.I. B. A., 



Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. 



Articles in the July and August issues of this Journal 

 have dealt with the plans and descriptions of new cow houses 

 and farm buildings designed expressly for the purpose of pro- 

 ducing milk under the best and most modern hygienic condi- 

 tions. To many practical farmers struggling under the present 

 adverse economic conditions such plans, involving considerable 

 capital outlay, may seem a counsel of perfection which it were 

 folly to pursue, but from the number of inquiries since received 

 from various parts of the country, including Scotland, seeking 

 further information, the writer is encouraged to hope that the 

 subject may be further exploited without fear of loss of interest. 



It , is obvious that at the present time capital outlay on a 

 large scale for farm buildings must be limited to comparatively 

 few undertakings while, on the other hand, the heritage of 

 the War with the enforced neglect of repairs and the high cost 

 of building since 1919 have combined to retard the improve- 

 ment and repair of existing buildings, though such are now 

 urgently needed to ensure better and more profitable results 

 from dairy farming. 



The recent fall in the cost of building prices is naturally 

 tending towards a revival of building activity, especially in 

 making good long-neglected repairs, and the opportunity 

 may now come to many to effect such slight alterations or 

 additions to existing premises as may well enable the farmer 

 to revolutionise his methods of milk production at very small 

 capital outlay. 



In many cases both landlords and tenants are unaware of 

 the comparative ease and cheapness with which the adaptations 

 can be made, and the necessary apparatus for sterilizing uten- 



