No. 4.] KEPOKT OF DAIKY BUREAU. 



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the consumer can easily afford to pay an increased price for 

 the better article of milk now demanded. 



The following table shows the wholesale price of milk 

 sent to the Boston market for the last ten years : — 



Summer Price. 



Winter Price. 



1 The price in the fifth zone, i.e., the middle territory, is approximately the average 

 ])rice which the producers receive for their milk. 



2 This is a nominal rather than an actual change. With the dropping of the Boston 

 price 2 cents tlie distance discount-schedule was also lowered 2 cents, so that producers 

 received the same price. 



5 The so-called Knapp tables, allowing a variation of 16% per cent either way from 

 the given basis of uniform production, were made a part of this year's contract. Should 

 the producer exceed this limit, up to <a certain point the penalty is that he is obliged to 

 take 1 cent less per can for his entire month's production; if he exceeds that point or 

 second limit, another cent less and so on. 



* It was agreed that in case the cans were washed and returned clean, V2 cent per 

 can should be deducted. 



