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on the extent of the milkshed. Keene, situated in the center of a j^ood 

 dairy section, receives most of its milk from within nine miles of the 

 center of town. Berlin, on the other hand, being located in a wooded 

 mountainous section must go from 15 to 18 miles to get a part of its 

 milk. And yet consumption in the two markets, as indicated by sales, 

 does not differ greatly. 



Maps show best the extent of milksheds. To assist the eye, circles 

 with radii of three, six, nine, and twelve miles have been drawn around 

 the centers of the various markets. To supplement, and to some extent 

 to substitute for, the maps, a method of tabular presentation has been 

 adopted. Within each three-mile radius marked off by the circles, the 

 approximate numbers of cows on farms selling to the local market and 

 to other large markets are indicated. In markets where comparisons 

 have been made of daily sales of milk and of cow numbers, the two have 

 been in rough agreement. The number of cows is also helpful in show- 

 ing market inter-relationships. 



Table II shows, for most of the market areas, the number of cows 

 within each three-mile radius up to 12 miles from the market. Over 12 

 miles only three markets — Berlin, Manchester, and Nashua — get ap- 

 preciable amounts of milk. Where purchases are made out-of-state, no 

 attempt has been made to estimate the distances from which the milk 

 comes. The cow numbers estimated in each area under "Other Large 

 Markets" represent estimates of cows on farms shipping to markets 

 other than that under consideration. 



(5) Relationship of Markets to One Another 



Well over half of the milk produced in New Hampshire is con- 

 sumed within the State. Table III, which includes only farms with 

 three or more cows, shows the number of cows in each county on farms 

 shipping out-of-state and supplying local needs. Were one- and two- 

 cow farms included, the estimates of the percentage of production con- 

 sumed within the State would be even higher. Another factor which, 

 if taken into consideration, would increase still further the percentage 

 of local consumption is that, on farms reported shipping out-of-state, 

 some milk is retained for home use. The data in Table III should be 

 read with these two modifying factors in mind. 



State and county estimates of the importance of out-of-state mar- 

 kets, while valuable for some purposes, do not show the influence of other 



Table III. A-pproximate Number of Cows on Farms Shipping Out-of-State 



and Supplying Local Needs 



1 82 per cent of 1935 Census. Does not include farms with very small herds. 



