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TABLE 22.--Average Total Daily Sales of Fluid Whole Milk and By-Products
 of Processing and Distributing Firms by Milk Marketing Area
 and Size of Firm, April and October 1959


 Milk Size of Firm
Marketing : All
 Area : Small i Medium : Large- : Firms


Northwest
Northeast
Central
Tampa Bay
Southeast


Northwest
Northeast
Central
Tampa Bay
Southeast


Northwest
Northeast
Central
Tampa Bay
Southeast


Northwest
Northeast
Central
Tamp Bay
Southeast


3,997
8,529
4,124
6,091
 588


Fluid Whole Milk
 33,908
 39,804
 19,015
 22,394
 50,126


(gallons)

10,181
27,369
57,281
92,053


Fluid, Cultured and Flavored Skim Milk


460
636
305
484
 46


 '37
 46
 26
 103



 81
 238
 39
 88
. *


4,370 ...
4,246 .
2,154 3,140
2,157 7,753
4,788 9,345
Fluid Cream (gallons)


 415
 755
 374
 468
1,332


Cottage Cheese
 1,727
 3,084
 1,518
 813
 3,290


 392
1,598
3,432


(pounds)


2,828
7,488
9,323


 Source: Records of individual firms.


plants in the State ranged from a low of 34 in Tampa Bay to 78 in
Central Florida. The relation between size of plant (measured by
processing capacity) and efficiency (measured by percent of capacity
utilized) was not consistent between areas. In the Tampa Bay area,
small plants were most efficient. In Northwest and Central Florida,


37,905
58,514
50,508
85,766
142,767


(gallons)
4,830
4,882
5,599
10,394
14,179


 452
 801
 792
 2,169
 4,764


 1,808
 3,322
 4,385
 8,389
12,613