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TABLE 33.--Amount of Fluid Milk Received from All Sources in Various Milk
 Marketing Areas by Origin of Supply, April and October 1959

 : Origin of Supply
 Milk : Florida Production
Marketing Within : Other : Total : Out-of- Total
 Area : Marketing : Marketing : Florida : State Supply
 Milk
 S Area : Areas Supply :

 Total Supply of Milk (1,000 Pounds)

Northwest 20,382a 340 20,722 554 21,276
Northeast 29,586 --- 29,586 225 29,811
Central 21,625 2,213 23,838 --- 23,838
Tampa Bay 43,104 3,843 46,947 58 47,005
Southeast 68,596 5,573 74,169 471 74,640
 Total 183,293 11,969 195,262 1,308 196,570

 Percent of Total Supply

 Northwest 95.8 1.6 97.4 2.6 100.0
 Northeast 99.2 --- 99.2 0.8 100.0
 Central 90.7 9.3 100.0 -- 100.0
 Tampa Bay 91.7 8.2 99.9 0.1 100.0
 Southeast 91.9 7.5 99.4 0.6 100.0
 Average 93.2 6.1 99.3 0.7 100,0


Source: Records of individual firms.


 aIncludes Alabama producers shipping on a regular basis
in Pensacola.


to plants


the basis of the value of final product form in which the pooled receipts51/
of all milk were sold to consumers. The products assigned to each use
classification varied according to the type of, or absence of, regulation
in each milk marketing area. In addition, the price designated for each
use classification varied in the same manner. It was possible to compare
average or blend prices received by milk producers supplying each Florida
milk marketing area. This blend price is an average price obtained by
weighting the different class prices by the volume of milk utilized in
each product classification.


 51/ Receipts may be pooled on a market-wide basis or by individual
firms or cooperatives, depending upon the existence of and regulations
issued by regulatory agencies.