No. 4.] REPORT OF DAIRY BUREAU. 307 



This shows an increased consumption, one million and a 

 third pounds more than for the year 1901, and an average 

 weekly consumption of about one million pounds. The 

 table shows a steady increase in the consumption of butter 

 from year to year, and the actual increase is much more 

 than the figures show, because Boston is supplying a more 

 and more restricted territory. Worcester, New Bedford, 

 La^vrence and other cities are steadily becoming greater 

 distributing centers, and are therefore supplying consumers 

 who formerly received their product from the Boston market. 



