29 AUGUST 1941, Page 14

THE MILK-SHORTAGE

Sut,—Thank you for the paragraph in The Spectator of August 22nd. Here is a concrete instance of the trouble coming to us. My grand- daughter, aged 18 months, has one and a half pints of milk a day. Under the new scheme she will get one pint only, the deficiency will be made up by taking her parents' half-pint. They are young people and ought not to be put to the choice of dried milk or nothing. Please try to get this scheme adjusted at all events for the young