The producer or supplier delivered 15 percent of all the eggs. In 

 Massachusetts they delivered 23 percent and in Maine 15 percent. In 

 Connecticut and Vermont they delivered 9 and 6 percent while only 

 one percent was delivered in New Hampshire. 



Transport Operations 



Supply Area 



For all firms in all states nearly one-half or 46 percent of all eggs 

 handled were produced or procured either on the home farm or within 

 30 miles of the marketing firm (Table 11) . Nearly 60 percent were pro- 

 duced and procured within 60 miles of the marketing firms. 



Of the eggs procured from sources outside the home state of the 

 marketing firms, about 20 percent came from Maine. Nearly half of the 

 eggs received by New Hampshire firms originated in Maine, and Mass- 

 achusetts firms obtained 31 percent of their supplies from Maine. 



Table 11. Proportion of Eggs Procured According to Distance 

 from Marketing Firm, 1965. 



* Home State. 



t Fractional percent 



Connecticut firms obtained 11 percent of their supplies from out- 

 side New England. The practice was unique among the firms surveyed 

 since firms in none of the other states obtained significant quantities of 

 eggs from sources outside the six state area. 



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