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the cans retail at from 5 to 20 cents each, according to the size of 

 the cans and market conditions. 



Evaporated milk, unsweetened condensed milk in hermetically 

 sealed cans, sells from $2.25 to $4.00 per case, according to the size 

 of the cans and market conditions. 



Bulk milk, both sweetened and unsweetened, goes direct from 

 the manufacturer to the purchaser who uses it at prices agreed upon 

 by the contracting parties. The sweetened condensed milk is sold in 

 barrels holding from three hundred to seven hundred pounds 

 (usually about six hundred pounds) to candy and caramel factories, 

 bakeries and confectioners. The price varies from four to- ten 

 cents per pound according to the per cent, of fat, demand and sup- 

 ply. When there is a general "epidemic" of bad canned condensed 

 milk, as is the case in years when the price of sugar is high, due to 

 failure of the sugar cane crop, and many manufacturers are tempted 

 to use inferior cane sugar, which they buy at a comparatively low 

 cost, this spoiled condensed milk is usually turned into candy shops 

 and bakeries, where it is sold for "a song." This condition has 

 always a depressing influence on the price of sweetened condensed 

 bulk milk, which, during such seasons, may have to be sold at a 

 loss. Some milk condensing concerns operate their own candy 

 shops which take care of the condensed milk that is rejected on the 

 market. 



Plain or unsweetened condensed milk is sold in 1 -gallon to 

 10-gallon cans to ice cream factories, the price varying from twenty- 

 five to ninety cents per gallon, according to fat content, concentra- 

 tion and market conditions. The market for this class of goods is 

 not very constant, but the profits are generally high. It reaches ebb- 

 tide in winter when the demand for ice cream is small. Limited 

 quantities of plain condensed bulk milk are also sold in milk and 

 cream bottles for direct consumption. The concentrated milk finds 

 the same markets as the plain condensed bulk milk. 



Exports and Imports. — Canned condensed milk only need be 

 considered here. 



The United States Bureau of Statistics reports the following 

 imports and exports of condensed milk for the year 191 1 1 



1 United States Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau ot Statistics, -Report 

 foj 1912 



