Description: Map showing the number of gallons of milk sold from farms in 1899 by state. "The whole milk supply zones of some of the great cities had spread out over large areas by 1899. Boston drew milk from most of New England. New York City drew milk from central and eastern New York, Vermont, and western Massachusetts and Connecticut. In the East most of the milk sold went to the cities, whereas in the West much of it went to cheese and butter factories and some to condesaries."—United States Department of Agriculture Yearbook 1922, 1923
Source: , United States Department of Agriculture Yearbook 1922 (Washington D.C., Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1923) 303
Map Credit: The Private Collection of Roy Winkelman |
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