THE SPRINGFIELD MILKSHED 



Figure 2. Location of Farms in the Springfield-Holyoke Chicopee Milkshed 

 in Relation to Roads, 1935 



marketing. The region from which Springfield and contiguous municipalities 

 draw their milk supply is on the east a source for Worcester; on the south, for 

 Hartford, Connecticut; on the north, for Boston; and throughout, for the small 

 markets within the larger shed. The overlapping is shown in figure 1. 



Disposal of Commercial Production 



Based on the shipments of 1853 full-time dairy farmers, the commercial produc- 

 tion within the Springfield-Hohoke-Chicopee milkshed was apportioned among 

 the several markets as shown in table 2. Of the annual commercial^ production 

 within the shed in 1935, local markets^ took 13.9 percent, Springfield 59.5 percent, 

 and outside markets* 26.6 percent. No attempt has been made to determine the 

 extent of seasonal variation in shipments to the market groups other than Spring- 

 field. Factors other than seasonality of production were probably generally 

 responsible for producers' market outlets. 



The quality standards prevailing in the various markets were in all practical 

 details similar. Inability of producers to meet the standards for a particular 

 municipality could scarcely have been a factor creating supply-market ties. 



^That sold off the farm. 



'Greenfield, Northampton, Amherst, Ware, and Palmer 



< Boston, Worcester, Hartford. 



