CHART III

Average Daily Production and Daily Sales,

Class 1 Milk, St. Louis Marketing Area, by Months, 1954.

Mr. MASON. You will notice that the production of milk varies widely from month to month, with a high point being in May, and the low point in September. On the other hand, sales do not vary to the same degree nor at the same time. In fact, the high consumer requirement in this particular case is September which happens to be also the month of low production.

Now that again will vary from market to market.

Mr. JOHNSON. What was that surplus for that particular month of September?

Mr. MASON. I do not have the figures here. But it would be very slight?

Mr. JOHNSON. Would it be 10 or 15 percent?

Mr. MASON. It would be less than 10 percent, I am sure. Because at that particular time, it was necessary for handlers in St. Louis to bring in sizable quantities of milk from other areas.

The following page has the same information for the Chicago market, which, as I stated before, is a market that is in a higher producing region compared to the requirements. That is chart No. 4.. (Charts 4 to 12 are as follows:)

CHART IV

Average Daily Production and Daily Sales,

Class 1 Milk, Chicago Marketing Area, by Months, 1954.