The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-30
Committee of Inquiry Rec
!, ommends More Produc-
ton and Better Care
SHOULD EDUCATE
MILK PRODUCERS
Itinerate instruction Should Be Provid-
ed - Dairy Workers Should Have
Share In the Business - Two Deliv-
cries Day Desired.

LONDON, Jan. 30.-The final report
of the committee of which Viscoumt Aston
was chairman, appointed to deal with the
subject of the production and distribution
of milk, has now been issued.
A national policy is advocated, and
says that, among other things, the aims
the committee in its recommendations
of an enlightened milk policy should be
to bring about the utmost possible econ
omy in production, to improve the hy-
gienic quality Of milk, increase the total
supply, prevent the exploitation of the
producer or the consumer by any trust
or combination, and arrange for better
distribution of the milk.
In regard to education and research
the committee recommend that in Eng
land and Wales the development of re-
search in dairying should be assisted to
the fullest extent, and the provision
should be made for adequate itinerant
instruction in every county. In Scot
land additional equipment in respect
of plant should be provided at the dairy
school for Scotland, and centers should
be established with special respect to the
training of small holders in dairying
while in Ireland more comprehensive
courses of instruction should be pro
vided for the teachers. For the United
Kingdom, generally, various recommen'
dations are made which include further
instruction for farmers and herdsmen
as to the best methods of feeding and
management of dairy herds and further
financial assistance for dairy research
Institutes to enable them to carry out
Investigations into the efficacy of milking
machines.
Labor occupies a prominent part in the
report, and it is recommended that la
the wages of dairy workers should be at
least as favorable as those of other
agricultural laborers; (k) the. conditions
of labor and rate of wages Should be the
subject of more frequent discussion be
tween the farmer and his men; (cl
schemes should be introduced by farm
ers, whenever possible, whereby their EN-
| ployes may be given an interest in the
conduct and prosperity of the business
| tdl the hours of labor, wages, and holi
days of women employed partly in dairy
farming and partly in domestic work
should be dealt with by the agriculture
wages board as in the case of other wo
men farm workers; (el at least one
member of the staff of labor exchange:
in rural districts should be thoroughly
conversant with farming conditions ant
the various types of labor required by
| farmers.
| On retail distribution, the committee
| recommends that the system of two de
liveries per day should be resumed az
soon as possible; delivery churns should
be sealed, and control sample taker
from each
On the transport of milk the commit
tee recommends among other things thai
the railway companies should provide
milk trains twice daily; the opening
of churns on railway stations should b
| forbidden.
| The committee also recommends among
other means for increasing the production
| of milk, that numbers of dairy stock il
the country should be increased as IA
as possible; and that arabic dairy farm
ing should be extended.