Table 2. Number and Type of Plants in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, 

 by Size, Purchasing Milk for Resale — 1955 



State 



1 For Vermont — 10-249 quarts per day. For New Hampshire — 100-249 quarts 

 per day. 



2 8 manufacturing plants included here. 



A Federal milk marketing order 

 defines the Greater Boston Marketing 

 Area, and it zones out from Boston 

 the minimum price payable to farm- 

 ers who sell milk in that market. As 

 the distance from Boston increases, 

 the price at the farm decreases. The 

 decrease is accounted for bv in- 

 creased transportation and by hand- 

 ling charges to move the milk from 

 plants. 



In 1955, 55 percent of the milk 

 receipts in the Greater Boston Mark- 

 eting Area was sold as fluid or Glass 



I milk. The remaining 45 percent 

 was utilized in Class II or non-fluid 

 outlets. 



The three states, Maine, New 

 Hampshire, and Vermont have cer- 

 tain unique characteristics. Total 

 milk production is greater in Ver- 

 mont than in either of the others. 

 (See Figure 1.) A comparison of the 

 dairy herd sizes by States shows that 

 within each State the largest pro- 

 portion of herds in 1954 was in the 

 10-29 cow group. 



Table 3. Percentage Distribution of Dairy Herds by Number of Cows 



per Herd — 19541 



Less than 10 



10-29 



30-49 



50 or more 



All Herds 



HJ. S. Census of Agriculture, 1954, vol. II, ch. VI, Table 26, page 493. 



The herd sizes were larger in Ver- 

 mont, which had about one-third of 

 its herds with 30 cows or more, while 

 Maine had only 12 percent of its 



dairy herds in that size group. Aver- 

 age milk production per herd was as 

 follows: 



