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production of diverse food products caused by the war has 
opened vast new markets for, and has caused the demand and 
consumption of condensed milk to grow by leaps and bounds. 
The consumption of canned condensed milk in our home markets 
has, also, been increasing rapidly within recent years, and 1s 
today assuming astonishing proportions. This increase has oc- 
curred, in part at least, at the expense of the consumption of 
fluid milk. While conclusive statistics on this subject are not 
available, the trend toward larger domestic consumption of con- 
densed milk accompanied by decreased consumption of Auid milk 
is suggested in the following tables, in which Prof. J. O. Jordan, 
President of the International Association of Dairy and Milk 
Inspectors, shows the situation in the city of Boston, Mass.: 
Consumption of Condensed Milk in Boston, Mass. 
Cases of Condensed Milk by Years 
Source of Statistics 1916 1917 1918 1919 * 
Cases Cases Cases Cases 
Business of a firm 
operating chain 
StOPESs. ce aaa ols 30,500 52,700 76,500 77 000 
Receipts according 
to records of Board 
Oly Trades ie secu 762,446 | 880,072 | 1,237,647 | 1,647,264 
Daily Consumption of Fluid Milk in Boston, Mass. 
Quarts of Milk 
which should 
have been con- 
t f Milk sumed daily, 
Year ae con- aa ee Hstimated 
t 
sumed daily and quarts used Population 
in 1916 by esti- 
mated popula- 
tion 
TOV Gis Sosgoceeteer erste OAT Loo Fl pap hiperen: 760,400 
HOV. ocho rn rent ths 342,244 353,209 772,370 
NUS Robern tea 342,451 358,617 784,340 
ONO. es eon leks 333,506 364,157 796,310 
1 Jordan, Address, Eighth Annual Convention International Association 
Dairy and Milk Inspectors, 1919. 
*1919 figures are for ten months only. 
