BREAD.

Evening Star, Issue 22462, 6 October 1936, Page 11

BREAD.

TO TUB EDITOR. Sir, —“ Fed Up’s ” letter further reveals his lack of understanding of the true position regarding the quality of bread produced from this season’s flour. The attempt to hold together a weak reply with an addition of string, wood, etc., is not worth consideration. The bakers responsible for such carelessness are not supported by the writer. “ Good Bread ” is as much interested in quality bread as “Fed Up,” and is not engaged in tho commercial production of bread, as “ Fed Up ” wishes to infer. I would recommend “ Fed Up ’’ to read the article in the ‘ Star ’ of October 1 rcgarding..Canadian wheat, and the remarks of the head of a large bakery concern regarding the baking scores and higher gluten content, etc., of Canadian flour.—l am, etc., Goon Bread. October 5. TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —In your article ‘ Our Daily Bread ’ in the ‘ Evening Star ’ of October 1, in which you report the arrival of Canadian wheat in the Limerick, there is a remark which should be corrected. You state that millers seem to be somewhat grieved over the fact that the gristing of this wheat has been entrusted to one mill instead of being distributed amongst all mills. As tho gristing of Canadian wheat requires alterations in tho mills doing the job, it is a matter of efficiency and economy to have the work done in the least number of mills possible. As only 600 tons were being gristed in Dunedin the committee considered that this could be most economically milled by the Crown Milling Company. The important point, however, which your miller friend apparently overlooked is that tho quantity of Canadian flour gristed by the Crown Milling Company and other mills is deducted from their allocation of New Zealand flour, and the extra trade is thus automatically distributed over all mills in New Zealand, including those Dunedin mills that are not gristing Canadian wheat. As all mills share in the benefit, you will now understand why your friend evaded tho question when you asked him why he did not protest against the allocation of the Dunedin proportion of Canadian to one mill.—l am, etc., Robert M'Phersox. General Manager the Wheat Committee. October 3.