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Taranaki Daily News, 21 February 1920, Page 11

The Wellington Post's London coirespondcnt, writing with reference to margarine, states that the need for an alternative to butter impelled the ;rection of numbers of margarine factories in the United Kingdom, and the production grew to the enormous figure of 7COO tons a week. "The great question, in which many-New Zcalanders must be interested, is. lias it come to stay permanently? There are several factors that, would seem to make the answer 'Yes,' hut even in spite of these its failure to approach butter in flavor may ultimately doom margarine. Milk production in this country is short, and the 'milk combine,' which is believed to be a branch of the Yankee Heat Trust, has created milk desiccating stations in different parts of the country which further reduce the amount of milk available for butter manufacture. New Zealand butter has never been universally known in Great Britain as a distinctive brand, as its producers and exporters have never bad the determination lo see this marketing accomplished. If the markets of the "Old | Country could be supplied with sufficient quantities of imported butter, margarine would have to go, as it is only eaten on sufferance because of its cheapness, and I the fevre in supply of butter.*'