COST OF DISTRIBUTING MILK. 



Place. 



Distributors 

 interviewed. 



Quarts 

 of Milk and 



Cream 

 distributed 



daily. 



Total 

 Number of 

 Distributors 

 in Locality. 



Total Quarts 



daily 

 Distribution 

 Estimates. 



Amherst, 

 Walpole, ■ 

 Pittsfield, 

 Haverhill, . 

 Worcester, . 

 Springfield, 



1,320 

 1,409 



7,690 

 10,828 

 22,809 

 10,149 



5 



5 

 46 

 40 

 167 

 110 



20,000 

 75,000 

 65,000 



In Amherst, Walpole, Haverhill and Pittsfield about 60 per cent, of the 

 total milk distributed is represented. In Springfield there are approxi- 

 mately 65,000 quarts distributed daily, and in Worcester 75,000. The 

 figures presented include approximately 16 per cent, of the Springfield 

 distribution and 30 per cent, of that in Worcester. 



Some idea of the size of the milk business in Worcester and Springfield 

 and the number and character of distributors may be gained from Tables 

 II. and III. These figures were obtained in April and September, 1916. 

 It is interesting that Springfield is suppUed from 694 sources, the milk 

 passing through the hands of 608 distributors handling a daily average of 

 27 gallons each. The average milkman in Springfield sells 118 gallons of 

 milk and cream daily; in Worcester, 107 gallons. 



Table II. — Springfield, Sources, Quantities and Methods of seairing City 

 Milk and Cream Supply. 



