Nonfarm Consumption of Fluid Milk and Cream: A Revised Series of Statistics (United States, 1924-50, Urban Markets, 1944)

Excerpt from the report Preface: The study reported in this publication was initiated for two purposes. The first of these was the construction of a benchmark estimate of the annual consumption of fluid milk and cream by the nonfarm population for the calendar year 1944. A benchmark was needed for checking and, if necessary, revising the previously published series of annual data showing consumption of fluid milk and cream in cities and villages in the United States. The benchmark indicated that a revision in the level of the series for 1944 should be made. After the level of the series was revised for 1944, the entire series from 1924 through 1950 was reviewed and certain changes were made in it. The second purpose was publication of estimates of the annual per capita consumption of fluid milk and fluid cream for each State and for many urban markets for which such information had not previously been available. This report embodies the revised series showing annual consumption of fluid milk and cream in cities and villages for 1924-50, the benchmark estimates for each State and for the United States, and the sample indications obtained from 114 separate urban milk markets, together with a discussion of the methods by which the sample indications were obtained and combined.