Table 1 Plant Receipts of Market Milk and Quantities Used as Fluid Milk 

 Within the State, Four Northeastern States, 1954* 



* Source: Ibid, Jeffrey, A. D., Production-Consumption Balance of Milk in the 

 Northeast Region. 



t Includes fluid cream. 



monthly receipts from producers is the primary problem in balancing milk 

 receipts with fluid sales. 



The study of the production-consumption balance in these states indicated 

 that monthly receipts from producers were more seasonal in the two surplus 

 producing states than the states of Massachusetts and West Virginia, Table 

 2. This suggested that the problem of balancing receipts to fluid sales of 

 independent milk dealers might be different in surplus producing areas 

 (greater seasonality) than in deficit producing areas (relatively uniform 

 monthly production). 



Table 2 Seasonal Indexes of Receipts from Producers shown as a Percentage 



of the Low Month of Production to the High Month of Production, 



Four Northeastern States, 1954* 



States 



Low/High 

 Ratiot 



Production 

 Classification 



Vermont 

 New Hampshire 

 Massachusetts 

 West Virginia 



60 

 69 



77 

 74 



Surplus 

 Surplus 

 Deficit 

 Deficit 



* Source: Ibid, Jeffrey, A. D., The Production-Consumption Balance of Milk in the 

 Northeast Region. 



f A low to high ratio of 70 or more is taken to be an indication of relatively uni- 

 form production. 



However, the existence of a seasonal surplus or a seasonal deficit of milk 

 on a statewide basis need not mean that an individual dealer has a deficit 

 or a surplus operation. To ascertain the actual situation regarding balancing 

 operations of independent dealers, the more detailed survey of individual 

 dealers which constitutes the remaining part of this bulletin was undertaken. 



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