No. 4.] 



MILK SUPPLY OF CITIES. 



51 



The receipts and sales for five years are as follows : 



Years. 



Sold. 



Surplus. 



The receipts and sales by months for the past four years 

 are graphically illustrated on pages 52 and 53. The figures 

 at the left indicate the number of thousand cans. 



During the year 1895 the milk sales by the large whole- 

 salers in the "greater Boston" ranged from 105,000 to 

 195,000 quarts per day, the average being about 180,000 

 quarts per day. The Boston milk inspector estimates that 

 34,000 additional quarts are brought into the city from near- 

 by territory. The Cambridge milk inspector estimates that 

 nine-tenths of the supply of that city is furnished by the Bos- 

 ton wholesalers, the remainder coming from outside towns 

 in the vicinity; in Somerville and Chelsea the figures would 

 probably be about the same, which may be estimated for the 

 three places at 26,000 quarts. This makes the consumption 

 of milk in the " greater Boston " 240,000 quarts daily, con- 



