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THE VETERINARIAN, MARCH 1, 1879. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.—C icebo, 
ORDER OF COUNCIL RELATING TO DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, 
AND MILKSHOPS. 
The Order of Council, which we publish, having refer¬ 
ence to the registration of dairymen and cowkeepers, and 
the regulation of dairies and places where milk is stored 
or kept for sale, is based on the 35th section of the Con¬ 
tagious Disease (Animals) Act of last session. While the 
Bill was passing through committee we remember that the 
Dairy Clauses were the most popular of all, in fact, no 
voices were raised against them, probably on account of the 
conviction, which is pretty generally entertained, that our 
milk supply wants looking to; those who are not practically 
familiar, as many of the members of our profession are, with 
the ordinary aspect of a dairy farm of the good old-fashioned 
or primitive sort, do not realise that the owners of such 
establishments seldom or never consume the fluid which 
they distribute so large; in fact seem rather startled than 
otherwise at the request of a visitor for a little of the 
produce which they naturally think must be most abundant, 
but which is almost unknown in the list of alimentary 
substances in a dairy farm. 
London cowsheds are sometimes adduced in illustration of 
all that is ill-kept and unpleasant, but speaking from some 
experience of London and country sheds, we are bound to 
admit that while some model establishments are found in 
the rural districts, the majority of the cowhouses in the 
country are entirely abominable in their dirtiness; and on the 
other hand a large proportion of the London cowsheds are 
remarkably w r ell kept, and some of them are, as nearly as 
may he, perfect. 
Both in urban and rural districts, moreover, there are 
numerous places in which cows are kept for the supply of an 
important article of food, under conditions which are the 
