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TABLE 21.--Number
 Ranges in


of Processing and Distributing Firms, Average and
Daily Sales by Milk Marketing Area and Size
 of Firm, April and October 1959


 Milk Number Average Range
Marketing of Firmsa Daily Sales i Low High
 Area
 (Gallons) (Gallons)


Northwest
Northeast
Central
Tampa Bay
Southeast
 Average or Total

Northwest
Northeast
Central
Tampa Bay
Southeast
 Average or Total


Northwest
Northeast
Central
Tampa Bay
Southeast
 Average or Total


Northwest
Northeast
Central
Tampa Bay
Southeast
 Average or Total


8
23
10
8
2
51

6
7
3
5
10
31


0
1
2
4
5
12


14
31
15
17
17
94


Small Firms

 500
 371
 412
 761
 294
 457
Medium Firms
 5,651
 5,686
 6,338
 4,479
 5,013
 5,331

Large Firms


10,181
13,685
14,320
18,411
15,574
All Firms
 2,708
 1,888
 3,367
 5,051
 8,398
 3,996


 Source: Records of individual firms.

 aSeveral Firms operate more than one processing and distributing
facility. Each individual plant was considered as a firm in this publi-
cation. Producer-distributors are also included in this table.


 57
 15
 53
 69
 80
 15

2,990
2,653
4,843
2,941
2,578
2,578


13,294
12,009
12,907
12,009


 57
 15
 53
 69
 80
 15


 510
1,986
 808
1,782
 508
1,986

5,651
9,271
9,084
6,782
9,550
9,550


14,075
19,938
27,197
27,197


5,651
10,181
14,075
19,9-8
27,197
27,197