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Table 9. Wholesale Distribution of Milk Daily in 1932 



Total Milk Sold at \\ holesale Daily 



Number Quarts — — ■ — 



Selling Sold Quarts Per Cent 



Daily of Total 



Pasteurized and Raw Milk 



The proportion of pasteurized mill; sold was about the same in all three markets, 

 the highest being in Gardner (57.9 per cent of all milk sold) and the lowest in 

 Attleboro (54.4 per cent). (Table 10.) Nevertheless, there have been some signifi- 

 cant changes in the sale of pasteurized milk since 1930 in individual markets. 

 While in Attleboro and Gardner the percentage ©f pasteurized milk sold has 

 decreased slightly, in Newburyport there has been a considerable increase. 

 This has been due largely to expanding sales by producer-distributors in the first 

 two markets, and the opposite development in the other. In all three markets 

 the major portion of the pasteurized milk has been sold by the dealers, and 

 wherever their importance in the market has increased it has been reflected in 

 greater sales of the pasteurized product. With the greater popularity of pasteur- 

 ized milk among consumers, and recent regulations introduced by the local 

 boards of health, it is to be expected that in the next few years there will be a 

 considerable decline in the sale of raw milk in these markets. 



Quality of Milk Sold 



On the basis of the tests made by local milk inspectors, and in some cases by 

 state milk inspectors, it has been possible to obtain figures for the butterfat test 

 of milk sold by dealers and distributors operating in the three markets. The 

 figures given in Table 11 are weighted averages of the monthly tests made for the 

 twelve preceding months. In all the areas the average butterfat test was con- 

 siderably higher than the minimum of 3.35 per cent required by the state regula- 



