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Leominster. — Two and ten-seventeenths cents to peddlers 

 for home use. To milk contractors, 17 cents at door for 8^ 

 quart can. The surplus for May not yet returned. Proba- 

 bly 1\ cents off per can, as in April. 



Harvard. — Graded price at depot, 20 cents per 8| quart 

 can for May; surplus taken out by contractors, 2| cents; 

 cost of getting milk to depot, from 1 to 3 cents per can, 

 according to distance. That would leave the milk producers 

 about IB cents per can on a fair average, or a trifle less than 

 2 cents per quart at the door. Brigham & Co., Boston, 

 grade our milk for April and July, 22 cents per can ; May 

 and June, 20 cents per can ; August and September, 24 cents 

 per can, and then take out what surplus they please. 



WestminMer. — Price of milk sold at the door is 5 cents 

 per quart the year through. Contractors returned 18| cents 

 per can for May. 



Barre. — Sixteen cents per can at railroad station or fac- 

 tory. Some have to pay 1 cent for cartage, some 2 cents, 

 according to distance. 



Worceiiter. — Price per quart, delivered at door of pui- 

 chaser, 5 cents for May. Three cents per quart is paid to 

 the producer by the milk peddlers. 



Littleton. — The milk produced in this town is sold prin- 

 cipally to contractors for the Boston market. The price at 

 the door for May was 2^^^, cents per quart for three-fourths 

 of the quantity sold, and for the other one-fourth of the 

 quantity sold, 1 J^ cents per quart. 



Weston. — Milk in this town is sold to peddlers for 25 

 to 26 cents per 8^ quart can for six months, from April to 

 October. 



Bolton. — Fifteen and seven-eighths cents per 8| quart 

 can to contractors, and 5 cents per quart if retailed in the 

 villao'es. 



Montarjue. — Seventeen and eight-tenths cents per 8J- 

 quart can. 



North Broolijield. — Milk goes mostly to Boston. "Will 

 net in June about 16 cents per can at car. 



Beldtertoicn. — Five cents per quart to local customers. 

 To milk contractors, delivered on cars, 20 cents per 8i quart 

 can. 



