SUPPLY OF GOAT MILK

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27397, 9 July 1954, Page 8

SUPPLY OF GOAT MILK

FARMER’S REPLY TO CORRESPONDENT "In time we will be able to meet the demand, but at the present time, such is the demand for goats’ milk for sick babies that production is fully absorbed,” said Mr A. D. Clark, a goat farmer, of Mount Pleasant, in a statement to "The Press." Mr Clark was commenting on a letter written by a correspondent and published in "The Press” on Wednesday. The correspondent, who signed himself “Solids and Fats,” asked if it was still correct that goats’ milk was produced only for those with a medical certificate who required it The correspondent said that on inquiry it was learned that the milk' was available only to certain infants and that the lack of demand was causing the Scheme to be abandoned. Mr Clark said that a few months ago the district medical officer of Health (Dr D. P. Kennedy) had reported to the Christchurch Metropolitan Milk Board that goat farmers were going out of business because they were not getting the demand for the milk. “In some respects that is wrong,” said Mr Clark. One goat farmer was not getting the demand, since, to obtain his milk, customers had to travel to his farm on the outskirts of the city and many would not do so. "The demand for milk is such that we have been obliged to give it to people who definitely need it, such as sick babies. Some people ring us up and ask to receive supplies, not because they are sick or need milk, but because they might not like other types of milk, but there is such a demand for it, that we have to refuse. It is all a question of being fair to the babies who need it.” A doctor's certificate was not nesessarily; required to receive the milk, but it was usual, said Mr Clark,