THE PRICE OF MILK
TO THg IDIIOH. Sir,—The farmer 12,14 pence per gallon fpr the niilk in January ]ast, out of which hp had to pay the freight. The consumer pays 2s 8d pe,r Kallpp, The difference U Y.gbdper gallon. Is this the very superipr mi|k supply that the Mayor and opunpillprs are boosting?—l am, etc., F. W. B. GREVILLE, Editor N.Z. Dairyman. 14th April, 1921. [The point in this letter has already been answered in cpijneptipn with earlier correepondonce published in The Post. Though thd price p»id to suppliara in t.he summer varies from is to Is 4d. ppr gallon (oiit of which the supplier pays the freight) the winter prices are higher, and the average price paid by'the Oity Opiineil, according to the manager of the milk dppot. is 1? a^c( the'yeav through.' Tho cost: to tho ilepot ia increased ny the cost of handling, cleaning, and pasteurisation at thY depot, and the balance of tho 2s 8d reijrejent^ tho return to the vendors who distribute the milk. The consumer pays 23 8d per gallon the year through.]
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 92, 19 April 1921, Page 7
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180THE PRICE OF MILK Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 92, 19 April 1921, Page 7
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