PRICE OF MILK

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22656, 10 March 1939, Page 15

PRICE OF MILK

TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS Sir, —Mr J. R. D. JMms did not go far enough in presenting the case for the Dairymen’s Society, Ltd., as to why milk should rise in price to Is a gallon at the farm from March 1, and it will take more than Is a gallon to bring milk supplies to normal yearround requirements for th. metropolitan area. Many dairymen have found it necessary to purchase cows at a high price to keep up their supply, owing to the effect of continuous dry weather. There is evidence to show that cows coming profit between December and March are a liability, not an asset, and by the time June and July come along it is necessary again to replace. «It is the contract to supply the year round that makes the price of city milk out of all proportion to seasonal butter-fat value a gallon; The larger milk vending concerns in the city take advanage of the seasonal supply of butter and cheese factories in keeping down the purchase price, and the genuine all-the-year-round supplier is robbed of his just reward. These tactics, coupled with the higher cost of production, are having a detrimental effect on the city supplies, and all help to add to the burden of the small farmer. —Yours, etc., H. BLISS. Heathcote, March 9, 1939.