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Table VI. 



Total Solids % 



Fat % ' 



Non-fatty solids % 



Dairy Shorthorn 



Pedigree 



Jersey 



Kerry 



Red Polled 



Sussex 



Montgomery 



Welsh 



Ayrshire 



12.9 



12.86 



14.89 



13.70 



13.22 



14.18 



12.61 



14.15 



12.70 



4.03 

 4.03 

 5.66 

 4.72 

 4.34 

 4.87 

 3.59 

 4.91 

 3.68 



8.87 

 8.83 

 9.23 

 8.98 

 8.88 

 9.31 

 9.02 

 9.24 

 9.02 



Conclusions: — 



As the previous remarks in this paper may appear to consist only of 

 destructive criticism of Mr. Main's remarks on the quality of milk in 

 the Malay Peninsula I would endeavour to add a few others of a con- 

 structive nature. 



With reference to Mr. Main's remarks on the general insanitary 

 conditions under which the milk is obtained this also applies to an equal 

 extent to many small dairies at home, where cows are often milked in 

 closed, ill-ventilated sheds and the excreta both on the cows and in the 

 floors of the stalls is rarely removed before the milking process begins. 



In visiting several small dairies kept by Tamils in the vicinity of 

 Kuala Lumpor I have on nearly every occasion seen the udder, at any 

 rate, of the cows washed in water before the milking was com- 

 menced and the cans which are distributed by the Sanitary Board and 

 are of a standard pattern are apparently scrupulously clean. The 

 floors which have to be cemented according to Sanitary Board by-laws 

 are also usually cleaned out before milking. 



The chief difficulty is naturally that of obtaining a good supply of 

 water for washing the utensils etc. 



With good supervision and a little advice from Sanitary inspectors, 

 coupled with fines for breach of by-laws with regard to cleanliness, 

 I think improvement in sanitation will come. 



The only alternative to this is the establishment of Government 

 dairies of which there are already two in the State of Perak — one on the 

 Taipeng Hill mentioned by Mr. Main and the other in Parit Buntar, and 

 I understand there will be shortly an extension in the establishment of 

 other Government dairies in the larger towns, but even in such cases 

 one would be inclined to advocate the selection of good Indian or 

 Siamese cows, which must be more adapted to the climate of the low 

 country of the Peninsula than any other imported cattle. 



\ large number of Europeans— at any rate in Kuala Lumpor — still 

 buy milk from the local dairies, in preference to using the various 

 brands of tinned milk, excellent as they are ; this applies particularly to 

 those having infants, as most people prefer natural fresh cows' milk to 

 the sterilized brands for infant feeding. In one town in the F. M. S. 

 viz., lpoh, a dairy is kept by a private individual and the milk sent out 

 daily in bottles. 



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