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at a price ranging from 1 to 2 cents per quart above that ob- 

 tained for average market milk, is on the increase, and is being 

 met each year by more farmers entering into its production. 

 Elsewhere in this report will be found a list of farms making 

 milk of this class as well as a list of those making certified milk 

 in Massachusetts. It is hoped that by the end of another year 

 many more farmers, so entitled, will be added to this list. 



Milk Consumption. 

 For the first time since 1906 we are able to report a gain in 

 the apparent consumption of fluid milk in Greater Boston. 

 This is a good omen and indicative that the end of the scare 

 crusade against milk is at hand. The milk question is being 

 treated with more and more fairness by both the scientific 

 world and the press. The pasteurization of general market 

 milk (and some other milks) has probably been another factor 

 in restoring confidence and arresting the declining use of this 

 most desirable food product. 



Price of Milk. 

 The retail price of general market milk now varies in this 

 State from 7 to 10 cents per quart, according to locality and 

 conditions. Milk of superior quality and cleanliness, including 

 inspected milk, sells for from 9 to 12 cents (in a few in- 

 stances higher) per quart, and certified milk from 12 to 18 

 cents per quart. There has been thus far but small demand 

 for certified milk in Massachusetts. 



Condensed Milk. 

 In another part of this report there will be found figures 

 showing the amount of wholesale trade in condensed and 

 evaporated milk from Boston. As this is the first year any 

 record of these goods has been kept no exact comparisons can 

 be made. We are inclined to believe, however, that the in- 

 crease of trade in condensed milk is not as great as occurred 

 in the preceding two or three years. 



