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67 counties of the State. Five of the counties from which no milk was
supplied--(Dixie, Franklin, Liberty, Taylor and Wakulla)--were in
Northwest Florida. The other two counties--(Collier and Monroe)--were
located in Southeast Florida.

 Of the five milk marketing areas, Southeast Florida ranked first
in amount of milk sold by farmers. Producers in that area marketed
68,925,000 pounds, or 35.8 percent of the total for the State. Other
markets in order of rank were: 46,787,000 pounds in the Tampa Bay
area; 31,660,000 pounds in the Northeast area; 27,508,000 pounds in the
Central area; and 17,460,000 pounds in the Northwest area. This was
123,415,000 pounds, or 64.2 percent for the four areas.

 For the two months combined, three counties shipped over 20 mil-
lion pounds each. Broward County ranked first in the State, delivering
26,400,000 pounds. Hillsborough County producers, with a production of
25,106,000 pounds, had the second largest volume. Palm Beach County
producers were third with an output of 21,679,000 pounds. Duval County
ranked fourth with an output of 18,779,000 pounds--slightly under the
top three. Production in these four counties, all of which are among the
most heavily populated in the State, accounted for 48.1 percent of the
total milk output.


 Amount and Source of Producer Milk Supplies by Milk Marketing
Areas.5-/ The major portion of producer milk in each marketing area
came from producers located in that area. However, Northeast Florida
was the only area not receiving some milk from producers outside of the
area.


 Northwest Area.--The fluid milk supply area for Northwest Florida
included fifteen counties within the area, three counties in the North-
east market area and several counties in Southeastern Alabama (Figure 5).
During the months of April and October 1959, a total of 20,722,000 pounds
of milk was received from regular producers. No milk produced on farms
within the area was shipped to other Florida markets.

 Dairy farmers located in Northwest Florida supplied 84.3 percent
 of market receipts (Table 31). Producers in Alabama holding Florida
 permits and supplying plants in Pensacola accounted for 14.1 percent of
 total market receipts. Dairy farms located in three Northeast counties--
 Duval, Gilchrist and Suwannee--supplied 1.6 percent of market needs.
 Milk on one farm in the Northeast area (Duval County) was shipped nearly
 175 miles to a Tallahassee fluid milk plant. Total producer receipts


 50/ Producer milk supplies included only those receipts origi-
 nating from farmers with Florida permits and delivering regularly. No
 receipts from temporary supply sources were included.