TABLE 11.--Estimated


Annual Per Capita Consumption of Fluid Milk Products in Fluid Jhole Milk Equivalent,
 by States and Urbanization, 1955


 Buttermilk, Skim
 Fluid Whole Milka Milk and Creamb Ice Creamc Cottage Cheesed
 State or Rural Rural Rural Rural
 ea Urban lion- Farm Urban Hon- Farm Urban ion- Farm Urban Non- Farm
 Farm Farm Farm Farm

 Pounds
Alabama 215.2 223.6 327.4 38.9 49.2 97.6 52.7 29.3 30.9 23.7 14.0 10.9
Arkansas 229.7 238.3 345.6 39.6 50.1 98.8 55.3 30.7 33.3 26.3 15.4 11.6
Florida 231.8 233.1 355.4 39.7 49.8 98.9 55.7 30.2 33.5 26.6 14.9 11.7
Georgia 217.6 225.5 323.7 39.0 49.3 97.4 53.1 29.5 30.5 24.1 14.2 10.8
Louisiana 219.0 217.6 302.1 39.1 48.8 96.4 53.4 28.7 28.5 24.4 13.4 10.2
Mississippi 207.3 213.5 262.3 38.6 48.6 94.5 51.2 28.3 24.7 22.4 13.0 9.0
Horth Carolina 225.0 233.4 330.4 39.4 49.8 97.7 54.4 30.2 31.1 25.4 14.9 11.0
South Carolina 219.3 213.9 266.3 39.1 48.6 94.7 53.4 28.3 25.1 24.5 13.1 9.1
Tennessee 229.4 252.4 391.8 39.6 51.0 100.6 55.2 32.1 37.0 26.2 16.8 12.7
Texas 245.5 247.5 384.4 40.3 50.7 100.2 58.1 31.6 36.3 29.0 16.3 12.5

South 229.4 232.6 331.7 39.6 49.8 97.8 55.2 30.2 31.3 26.2 14.9 11.0
United States 334.3 313.0 412.5 31.2 31.8 65.9 56.1 50.7 53.9 57.3 45.9 38.2

South as a percent
 of United States 68.6 74.3 80.4 127.0 156.6 148,4 98.4 59.5 58.0 45.7 32.4 28.8


 Source: J. C. Purcell, Prospective Demand
SCS Bulletin 68, October 1959) Table 6,p. 24.

 aWhole milk basis.
 b
 bIonfat-solids basis. No adjustments were
flavored skim milk.


for Milk and Milk Products in the


South (Experiment, Georgia:


made by states for cream. Includes chocolate and other


CFat-solids basis.

d Honfat-solids basis.


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