SERIOUS MILK SHORTAGE

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14092, 25 March 1939, Page 5

SERIOUS MILK SHORTAGE

FACED BY WELLINGTON. rCectrio Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, Last Night. Concern for an adequate supply of milk to the city and to schools was expressed to-night by Air J. J. Alalier, of Alangaroa, chairman of the Wellington Dairy Farmers’ Cooperative Association, Ltd. Air Maher said that unless rain fell within the next few weeks winter production would be seriously affected. His fellow directors and he were seized of the gravity of the situation and were making every attempt as the principal suppliers to the city and schools to meet it. The position had been put to the farmer suppliers who were already making sacrifices to maintain production. He appealed to the farmers to appreciate the seriousness of the situation and do their utmost to maintain production even at the sacrifice of unfinished pigs and other lines for which the milk was being used. The serious effect of drought conditions extending into the early autumn and the result to early winter growth with consequent detrimental bearing on winter milk production could not bo under-estimat-ed. It was vital to maintain m the face of sacrifice the supply to the city and schools.