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producers in the distributing field and 70 local producers selling their milk to 

 distributors. In addition about 20 per cent of the milk in Attleboro market and 

 10 per cent in Newburyport market came from producers located outside of the 

 state. 



Map 1. — Sources of Milk Supply in Gardner 

 1 dot = 100 quarts. 



Production and Purchase of Milk by Producer-Distributors 



The highest proportion of milk purchased by producer-distributors in relation 

 to their own production was found in Newburyport market, where these two 

 items were about equal. It is to be noted (Table 1), however, that there has been 

 a considerable decline in the amount of purchased milk since 1930, while the 

 output of milkby producer-distributors has remained stable. The falling off in 

 the sales of milk in the Newburyport market affected, therefore, in the first 

 place the producers, who were confronted with the problem of disposing of their 

 surplus in the absence of an adequate outlet for their milk. This situation was 

 aggravated by the fact that the loss of business by producer-distributors in that 

 area was in favor of several distributing agencies obtaining their milk largely 

 outside of the local milk shed. 



In the Attleboro market both the production and purchase of milk by producer- 

 distributors have remained on about the same level since 1930. The purchase of 



