MILK ZONING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 256, 28 September 1942, Page 4

MILK ZONING.

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —In reply to "Imposition" may I say that I think a customer whoso family consumes 1200 pints of milk in a vear (his estimate being £2 5s increase at -Jd a pint for bottling) will soon appreciate the benefit his household obtains from the quality and cleanliness of the bottled article. Milk bottled in the dairy must be more germ free, for it is less exposed to air and receives less (human) handling; another point, each person receives a fair share of fats. My experience of loose milk is that the cream content is inclined to vary and the milk at the bottom of the can appears thinner; as we arc told fats rise, this is a possibility. Most New Zealanders prefer to advance with the times, especially where advance leads to healthier and more sanitary social conditions. "Imposition" knows why local rates are higher to-day than at the opening of the century; therefore if "Imposition" studies his family's health, which means also his family's happiness, he will then see that, the extra lialf-penny per. pint is little enough for this up-to-date modern service, the method the City Fathers introduced in the capital years ago. After years of using bottled milk I deeply regret this one of war time's emergencies, the zoning of milk.—l am, etc., UN-BOTTLED-TO-BE.