THE SCARCITY OF BUTTER.

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 30 July 1919, Page 4

THE SCARCITY OF BUTTER.

To the Editor. I Sir,—Gee, but it's good to be a dairy 'and, hand to strole into hany one of Otaki's stores and 'car the fokes asking for butter—factory I.utter, separator butter, eookin' butter, hand 'ave to go away emptee. I Eeel I ham a. man of important the cows will ze milkhig again soon, but just now I can lie in bunk hand listen to our cockrel krow at dawn without 'living to jump *out of bed hand start_*tho -day's toyl, but iristed I lie in the old bunk hand think of the number of folks who 'ave bin buying butter for so long —growsin bekos it was too dear, or wasn't the rite kolor, 'ad two much salt in it, wasn't salty enuff, or summit or other. I met Mrs Brown and'er son yesterday, hand she put hit it in bettor wurds than I coud 'ave done. "New per'aps the folks will komense to thing a bit about us that 'ave to turn out wel, or fine to hobtane that prcchus likwid from which wo hultiniitlce obtane the butter. A few penso on ther bill and moore they will willinlcc give for that raire kommoditee —butter. Yes, trulec it is no larkin matter, and the good fokes who go to kirk on Sundays may 'aye butter in ther thrawts as well as ther daly bred." There his no dowt the cow 'as bin much abused of late, but she is trulec a noble animal, hand I hask you to 'old on a bit. hand she Will be wunse haganc in the holler in a maner of speckin', iguoorin' the jibs hand hinsults flung hat 'c'r, hand sho 'ersclf wunse agane in 'or tru lite — the friend of man. Hi can jest liimagiu the howcll of delite from the kidces hat their brekfust tabid wen they wunse agane get their usal quantatec of butter, hand the cook will also be 'appy has kan wunse agane make milk puddins. Hi was 'oping thai sum wun better wth the penn than hi ham wood 'ave kum forword to sheeld the cow from the krule knoxs it 'as been gcttin' latelee. Hi ham afrade this isn't a very bright letter, but hi arsk you to forgive the spellin.— Yours trulec, .T.B. Otaki, July 2S, 191!>.