A MILK MUDDLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 230, 28 September 1935, Page 15

A MILK MUDDLE.

FARMERS AND THE LAW.

VILLAGERS CANNOT BUY MILK.

(Special. —By Air Mall.) LONDON, September 7. Although British farmers by a ST 3K%SSS considerable confusion still exist".- One result of the marketing restrictions is that in some plac mothers and babies in the heat of the countryside cannot buy fresh miiK. SSK.il* i» now widely u.cd lagos surrounded by Cryfan* and factories are subme-cd m i>npr cedentcd surplus supplies b^jM .from the country. MI V J,i districts in lorry-loads from affected every day because the farmers are pioducin" for wholesale purchases. They are, liable to a fine of £200 if they sell retail under a wholesale contract. Here is a typical instance from Somerset Mrs. Tucker, a newly marned woman at present in a hon,o She always uses tinned milk bccall *° the nearest retailer is three-quarters a mile away. Mrs. Steward l| me a farmer, lives almost next door, to her, and could perfectly well supply her f she had a license. Commenting on this and other caeefl, a Milk Maiketi „ Board official said: "Farmers can obtain a producer-retailers license without any charge. There is no justification for these famines." But whatcm the leal position, the extraordinary fact remains that many people living in the heart of dairy farming districts find it , hard to get milk.