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BULLETIN 177, U. S. DEPAKTMEISTT OF AGRICULTURE. 



miles. Prior to 1900 all of the milk for Boston carried over the New 

 York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad came from stations within 34 

 miles of the city. But the demand increased so that the farthest 

 shipping points were 85 miles distant in 1900 and 210 in 1910. Several 

 of the shipping points for Boston are in regions from which milk is 

 shipped to New York City also, and therefore these two cities are 

 competitors at these points. 



MILK SUPPLY OF PHILADELPHLV. 



Prior to 1870, Philadelphia was receiving its milk from an area 

 within a radius of 50 miles of the city, and the greater part of the 

 milk received was transported by railroads. Prior to 1910 the far- 

 thest points on the Pennsylvania Railroad system from which milk 

 was shipped to Philadelphia were near Harrisburg and Reading, in 

 Pennsylvania, and Milford, Princeton, Hightstown, Bridgeton, and 

 Salem, in New Jersey, But in 1911 the area was extended imtil it 

 reached to points in New York State within a few miles of Buffalo. 

 The Reading system in 1910 was drawing its milk for Philadelphia over 

 practically as large an area as was the Pennsylvania Railroad system. 

 Table 7. — Number of qvMrts of milk received at Philadelphia, 1890-1911. 



Year. 



Pennsylvania 

 R. R. system. 



Philadelphia 



& Readmg 



R. R. 



Baltimore 

 & Ohio R. R. 



Wagons 

 (estimated). 



1900 



Quarts. 



39,820,550 



42,041,944 



44,295,196 



47,984,643 



49,777,425 



51,438,909 



54,974,613 



56,284,822 



58, 513, 720 



62, 678, 151 



Quarts. 



39, 490, 498 



37,586,960 



36, 836, 840 



38, 842, 186 



39,064,700 



41,686,952 



49,534,862 



53,399,354 



55, 434, 606 



52,746,857 



Quarts. 



6,029,436 



6,268,120 



6,502,916 



7,015,284 



6,986,160 



7,640,540 



9,440,360 



11,022,260 



11,285,260 



13, 319, 444 



Quarts. 

 7, 200, 000 



1901 



7, 200, 000 



1902 



7,200,000 



1903 



7, 200, 000 



1904 



6, 000, 000 



1905 



6,000,000 



1906 



6,000,000 



1907 



6,000,000 



1908 



6,000,000 



1909 



6,000,000 



1910 





1911 



67,883,718 



62,212,211 



12,788,504 



4,800,000 







Averages: 



1890-1894 



37,716,398 

 38, 413, 831 

 44,783,952 

 56,778,043 



36,570,061 

 35, 063, 470 

 38,364,237 

 50,560,526 



5,743,388 

 6,275,870 

 6,560,383 

 10,541,573 



10,260,000 



• 1895-1899 



8,280,000 



1900-1904 



6,960,000 



1905-1909 



6,000,000 







Year. 



TroUey lines 



at 63d and 



Market 



Streets. 



Lehigh Val- 

 ley R. R. via 

 Philadelphia 

 & Reading.! 



Adams 

 Express Co. 



United States 

 Express Co. 



Total. 



1900 



Quarts. 



Quarts. 



10,015,824 



10,340,320 



9,885,190 

 10,200,920 

 10,069,080 



9,815,740 



5,580,950 

 898,600 



Quarts. 



Quarts. 



Quarts. 

 102,556,308 



1901 









103,437,344 



1902 









104, 720, 142 



1903 









111,243,033 



1904 









111,897,365 



1905 



3,818,829 

 4, 120, 597 

 4,378,952 

 5, 667, 660 

 6,899,821 







120, 400, 970 



1906 







129,651,382 



1907 



3,157,560 

 2,629,510 

 3,697,770 



789, 640 

 832,240 

 652,820 



135,931,188 



1908 



140, 362, 996 



1909 





145, 994, 863 



1910 







1911 



9,098,066 





5,290,520 



427, 560 



162,500,579 









Averages: 



1890-1894 





2,152,200 

 8,158,288 

 10,102,267 

 3,259,058 







92,442,047 



1895-1899 









96, 191, 459 



1900-1904 









106, 770, 838 



1905-1909 



4,977,172 



1,896,968 



454, 940 



134, 468, 280 







1 Originatiag at stations on the Lehigh Valley Railroad and forwarded to Philadelphia over the Phila- 

 delphia & Reading Railroad. 



