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BULLETIN 177, U. S. DEPARTMENT 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 PHILADELPHIA. 
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 until 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 quarts of milk received at Philadelphia, 1890-1911. 
Year. 
Pennsylvania 
R. R. system. 
Philadelphia 
& Reading 
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 
6, 000, 000 
1905 
1906 
6,000,000 
6,000,000 
6, 000, 000 
1907 
1908 
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 
8,280,000 
6, 960, 000 
6, 000, 000 
1895-1899 
1900-1904 
1905-1909 
Year. 
Trolley lines 
at 63d and 
Market 
Streets. 
Lehigh Val- 
ley R. R. via 
Philadelphia 
& Reading. 1 
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 
104, 720, 142 
1902 
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 
140,362,996 
145, 994, 863 
1908 
1909 
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 
96,191,459 
106,770,838 
134, 468, 280 
1895-1899 
1900-1904 
1905-1909 
4, 977, 172 
1, 896, 968 
454, 940 
1 Originating at stations on the Lehigh Valley Railroad and forwarded to Philadelphia over the Phila- 
delphia & Reading Railroad. 
