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amount, of receipts means a great reduction in the surplus. 

 The receipts for 1901 were the smallest in six years, the sur- 

 plus was the smallest for ten years. The receipts have run 

 uniformly less during each month of the year, but the sales 

 have been very uneven relatively from month to month ; one 

 month they would be less than the average, or the smallest 

 for several years, while the next month they would be the 

 largest on record, with perhaps a single exception. The 

 purchase of milk by the large wholesalers has not kept pace 

 with the increase of population. 



The butter value of milk in cents per can for 1900 and 

 1901 was : — 



Milk in Other Cities. 



A number of milk inspectors have kindly furnished us 

 some information about the milk business in their several 

 cities, from which we compile the following : — 



Somerville : population, 61,643 ; consumption of milk, 

 21,400 quarts per day ; trade fully as good as last year. 



Lowell: population, 94,966; consumption of milk, 

 30,268 quarts daily ; about one-third is sold to boarding 

 houses and stores at wholesale ; nearly all is sold by middle- 

 men ; there is a tendency to take better care of milk 

 brought into the city. 



New Bedford : population, 62,442 ; consumption of milk, 

 27,000 quarts per day ; about one-third is retailed by pro- 

 ducers ; the quality is generally very good. 



Cambridge : population, 91,886 ; consumption of milk, 

 36,344 quarts per day ; about one-half is sold from stores 



