Licensed Milk Sales 



There were 453 dealers licensed to sell milk in New Hampshire in 1955. 

 Of these dealers 24 were located in Massachusetts, 6 in Maine, 3 in Ver- 

 mont, and 410 in New Hampshire. Of the 410 license holders in New 

 Hampshire, 223 were licensed to sell less than 100 quarts of milk a day. 

 This means that 53 percent of the New Hampshire dealers were licensed to 

 sell 3.4 percent of the total milk handled by licensed New Hampshire 

 dealers. 



Table 1. Holders of New Hampshire Milk Licenses by Size and by 



State of Residence 



The total milk licensed to be sold in New Hampshire was 195,088 quarts 

 per day, or 153 million pounds in one year.f Vermont dealers were licensed 

 to sell 4,164 quarts per day, Maine dealers 246 quarts per day, and Massa- 

 chusetts dealers 32,176 quarts per day in New Hampshire. Out-of-state 

 dealers were licensed to sell, therefore, 19 percent of the milk sales in New 

 Hampshire. It should be pointed out that the license size is based on an 

 estimated daily average for the year. Therefore, sales will be greater than 

 the licensed quantity during certain seasons and less than the licensed 

 quantity during others. Dealers located in New Hampshire with licenses 

 for 100 quarts and over per day were licensed to sell a total of 153,133 

 quarts per day. These dealers comprised the group studied. 



The Meaning and Size of Surplus 



The term "surplus" is applied to milk purchased by a dealer which is in 

 excess of that required for fluid sales.* The milk purchased by dealers or 

 produced in their own herds is sold in fluid form and as milk products. The 

 size of the surplus each day will depend on the amount sold as fluid milk. 

 Fluid milk is the most general form of sale in New Hampshire, and the 



t Total milk production in N. H. in 1955 was approximately 370 million 

 pounds, of which 190 million pounds was shipped to markets in Massachusetts 

 and Vermont. 



* The term "surplus" as used by the trade, may give rise to misunderstand- 

 ing. "Milk in non-fluid uses" is preferable. 



