SKIMMED MILK.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19945, 23 July 1936, Page 4

SKIMMED MILK.

STORABLE FOOD RESERVE. SUPPLY IN CASE OF WAR. In New Zealand at present £6,000,000 worth of skimmed milk is being wasted, said Mr L. C. \Valker at a meeting of the Town Planning Institute at Christchurch. Europe was living in a time of terrible danger and one of the best means by which Great Britain could become ‘ reasonably independent was to estab—-lish-a food reserve consisting in the main of milk. I The Navy was no longer capable

of adequately defending the shores of England, and aeroplanes were coming more and more into the picture. For that reason it was essential that Britain should be able to fecd her populace in lime of \\'Rl‘, because trans—ports would be unable to reach English ports. Owing to this, some use should be made of the huge supply of skimmed milk that was going to waste

" in the Dominion. ‘ ‘Vealth of Vitamins. l After grains, continued Mr Walker. there was no food to equal skimmed milk for the wealth of its vitamins. An added advantage was that it was an easily storable commodity. To dry the milk 300,000 tons of coal would

I }be required. which would give work Ito many miners. \\'hen the Hon. \V. Nash visited England. said Mr Walker. he should be asked to make an endeavour to [arrange with Britain for a supply of 1 dried skimmed milk to be sent to that 1 ununtry as a food reserve. In exchange {New Zealnnd could offer to take [250,000 immigrants.