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COWSHEDS, MILKSHOPS AND DAIRIES.
Number of Registered Cowkeepers and Dairymen 22
Number of Registered Dairymen and Milksellers 32
One additional farm building has been converted into a
cowshed, and after the requirements with regard to lighting,
ventilation, drainage, etc., under the Cowsheds and Milkshops
Regulations were carried out, the keeper was registered.
Six cowsheds are at present disused.
Two new dairy premises have been registered.
Four milksellers have given up and removed.
There are about 347 milch cows stalled in the cowsheds,
but this number fluctuates at different periods of the year.
The majority of the cows are habitually grazed.
In the past two or three years many cowsheds have been
disused, and the number of cows kept in the district has
greatly decreased.
The cowsheds and dairies have been inspected very frequently
throughout the year by the Sanitary Inspectors, and
the cows examined at intervals by Mr. E. R. Sherren,
M.R.C.V.S., the Council's Veterinary Surgeon.
Mr. Sherren reports: "I have examined the cows in your
district, which numbers about 347. Only two have I had
to report to the County Inspector, Mr. Sidney Villar, the milk
from which was not being used. In many of the cowsheds the
cows looked absolutely as they should do, but I was glad to
find not any of them 'bad'."
Any cows viewed with suspicion or exhibiting any sign of
disease have been reported to the County Authorities under
the Tuberculosis Order, 1913, and have been satisfactorily
dealt with by Mr. Sidney Villar, the County Veterinary
Surgeon.