No. 4.] REPORT OF DAIRY BUREAU. 



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The Milk Supply 



of the cities of the Commonwealth is one of the most im- 

 portant branches of the food question, both commercially 

 and hygienically. The milk contractors of Boston, whose 

 business includes the " greater Boston," and is estimated at 

 three-quarters of the entire supply, report the business of 

 1894 in eight and one-half quart cans as follows : — 



