Mr. E. P. Smithasked the Minister of Agriculture whether, seeing that when the tuberculin test is made upon any herd the cows will be in various stages of milk production, and in view of the fact that cows in the middle of the milk period are unsaleable, will he consider instituting some reception centres where re-actors could be sent by the small T.T. milk producer away from the farm to await their disposal.
Mr. HudsonNo, Sir. The premium of 4d. per gallon now paid to the producer of T.T. milk is intended to cover the extra cost of producing such milk, including losses incurred in the disposal of reacting cows.