Agricultural Economics Series 11
. LIBARY~~
SUPPLY 
AND 
UTILIZATION
OF GRADE A MILK IN ALABAMA
1963 -JUNE 1966
October 1966
800
Total Milk Suppl.
700
600
500
Milk Produce.
400
300
0
1955 1960 1965
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
OF AUBURN UNIVERSITY
E V Smith, Director Auburn, 
Alabama

PREFACE
The Alabama Milk Control Board requires producer-distributor
and distributor licensees to make monthly reports to the Board of
purchases and uses of milk. For a number of years, the Board has
released to interested members of the dairy industry a monthly summary
of milk purchases, class uses and prices paid producers by distributors
in regulated markets. This Agricultural Economics Series report was
compiled from these monthly statistical summaries released by the Board;
however, it is not an official report of the Alabama Milk Control Board.
Because of the procedures used by the Milk Control Board in
collecting and reporting supplies and uses of milk, certain items of
market information, such as butterfat purchases and use of imported
milk by classes, cannot be developed from the monthly summaries. Also,
statistical information for some months appears to be inaccurate. For
example, the reported average price paid producers for Interplant
transfers of milk in November 1965 was $12.16 per hundred pounds,
Table 24. For other months the average price for Interplant transfers
usually averaged less than $4.00 per hundred pounds. Statistical in-
formation as released by the Board was used in this report. No adjust-
ments were made in these data.
The authors express appreciation to the people who aided in the
preparation of this report. Employees of the Alabama Milk Control
cooperated in supplying information for the study.

CONTENTS
Page
Introduction ------------------------------------------------------ 
1
Regulated Milksheds--------------------------------------------------1
Market Classes and Prices -----------------------------------------
Explanation of Statistical Tables --------------------------------- 2
Summary of Statistical Data ---------------------------------------
3
Figures:
Milksheds Regulated by Alabama Milk Control Board,
January 1963 - June 1966, Figure 1 ---------------------------- 
7
Average Daily Deliveries to Distributors, by Source and
Months, January 1963 - June 1966, Figure 2 -------------------- 
.8
Annual Milk Supplies, by Source, 1955 - 1965, Figure 3 -----------
9
Average Daily Utilization of Milk in Class I and Other
Classes, by Months, January 1963 - June 1966, Figure 4 -------- 
10
Annual Utilization of Milk in Class I and Other Classes,
1955 - 1965, Figure 5-----------------------------------------11
Farm Prices for Grade A Milk, by Classes and Average Blend
Price, by Months, January 1963 - June 1966, Figure 6 ---------- 
12
Statistical Tables:
Class Definitions and Prices of Grade A Milk in Alabama,
as of July 1, 1966, Table 1 ------------------------------------ 13
Minimum Class Prices, 1963 - June 1966, Tables 2 - 4 
------------ 14
Butterfat Price Differential, 1963 - June 1966, Table 5 --------- 17
Alabama-Produced and Imported Supplies, 1963 - June 1966,
Tables 6 - 9 -------------------------------------------------- 18

Page
Utilization of Milk Supplies, 1963 - June 1966,
Tables 10 - 13 ------------------------------------------------ 20
Percentage Utilization of Milk by Classes, 1963 - June
1966, Tables 14 - 17 ------------------------------------ 24
Income Received by Alabama Producers From Sale of Milk,
1963 - June 1966, Tables 18 - 21 ----------------------------- 26
Average Class Prices Received by Alabama Producers, 
1963 -
June 1966, Tables 22 - 25 --------------------------------- 30

SUPPLY AND UTILIZATION OF GRADE A MILK
IN ALABAMA---1963 THROUGH JUNE 1966*
Lowell E. Wilson
Harold M. Harris, Jr.
Norman R. McDaniel**
This report consists of statistical supply and utilization data
and related information about marketing of Grade A milk in Alabama.
Presented here are data for the period from January 1963 through
June 1966. There have been two similar reports covering the periods
1958-1960 and 1954-19621/. The purpose of this report is to bring
together information taken from orders and periodic reports of the
Alabama Milk Control Board.
Regulated Milksheds
Areas of the State that are controlled by the Board are defined
as milksheds. Since 1961 the entire State has been regulated by the
Board, There have been no changes in number or makeup of milksheds
The Experiment Station project on which this report is based
was supported by funds provided by the Research and Marketing Act of
1946 and by State research funds. The overall study was done as
part of Alabama Research Project 602, a contributing study to the
Southern Regional Dairy Marketing Project SM-28, "Impact of Changing
Market Structure Upon the Competitive Position of the Dairy Industry
in the South."
**Associate Professor, Instructor and Graduate Assistant in Agri-
cultural Economics.
l/Wilson, Lowell E. Marketing of Milk in Alabama, Department of
Agricultural Economics, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Dec-
ember, 1960. Lowell E. Wilson, Supply and Utilization of Grade A Milk
in Alabama---1954 Through 1962, Agricultural Economics Series 2, Alabama
Agricultural Experiment Station, June, 1963.
2
since 1963. The three current milksheds are designated as the Consolid-
ated, South, and Industrial Milksheds. At the present time, however,
there are no price differences amongu the three milksheds. The three
milksheds, as they are currently designated, are shown in Figure 1.
Market Classes and Prices
Grade A milk sold in Alabama is purchased under a classified
pricing plan. During the past decade, the Milk Control Board has made
many changes in the number of classifications and in prices and definitions
of milk within each class. From January 1963 through June 1966, there
have been three basic classifications of producer milk. Current class
definitions and producer prices are given in Table 1.
There has been only one major change in the definition of milk
classes since January 1963. Effective November 1, 1963 the Board
ordered skim milk sales to be included in Class I sales. Formerly,
skim milk products were designated as Class II milk. At that time the
Class II price was raised from $4.00 to $4.75 per hundredweight and
Government Contract price was raised from $4.15 to $4.75 per hundred-
weight. Tables 2 through 4 give minimum Class prices paid Alabama
producers from January 1963 through June 1966. The butterfat differ-
ential for the period is listed in Table 5.
Explanation of Statistical Tables
The tables in this report were assembled from data released
monthly by the Alabama Milk Control Board, showing supplies and utili-
zation of Grade A milk received by handlers regulated by the Board.
Since 1961, all milk sold in Alabama has been regulated by the Board;
hence the tables show milk supplies, uses, and prices for the entire
State. A small number of Alabama Grade A milk producers sell milk to
handlers located in adjoining states who do not distribute processed
products in Alabama. These milk supplies are excluded from the report.
Tables 6 through 9 give supplies from producer licensees of the
Board and imported supplies. Most of the imports came from producers
located in Mississippi and Tennessee who are regular suppliers to
Alabama handlers. Some of the imports, however, reflect supplementary
shipments obtained by handlers during periods of short supply Since
the late 1950's the volume of supplementary milk shipments has been
small, amounting to only a few loads annually.
Tables 10 through 13 list the class utilization of all milk
received by licensed handlers. Tables 14 through 17 give percentage
of milk used in each class. These tables give data for Alabama-produced
milk only since class use of imported milk other than Class I was not
available.
Income received by Alabama producers from the sale of Grade A
milk is shown in Tables 18 through 21. Finally, average class prices
received by Alabama producers and blend prices are given in Tables 22
through 25. Differences between class prices listed in these tables
and the minimum class prices in Tables 2 through 4 are because these
average prices have not been adjusted to 4 per cent butterfat.
Summary of Statistical Data
Since the early 1950's Grade A milk production in Alabama has
increased annually, except in 1963. However, the period of rapid
expansion in total milk production has passed. Since 1954 milk sales
4
increased about 75 per cent; during the 
same time the number of dairy
herds decreased almost as much. Larger sales 
of milk resulted from
increased production per cow and more milk 
cows per herd.
The number of Alabama dairymen licensed 
by the Milk Control Board
declined from 1,319 in September 1962 to 
1,013 in June 1966, a 23 per
cent decline. A continued decrease in producer numbers 
is expected for
several more years. The improving returns 
to dairymen because of
higher milk prices may slow the rate of exit 
from this farm enterprise.
It is evident from Tables 6 through 9 that 
Alabama is not a
self-sufficient milk-producing state. Imports 
accounted for about 20
per cent of the volume of milk available to 
Alabama markets during the 3
year period covered by this report. 
This relationship is presented
graphically in Figure 2. Figure 3 shows that 
a similar relationship
has existed for the past 11 years. 
Alabama-produced supplies increased
3.4 per cent from 1963 to 1964, 7.5 per cent 
from 1964-1965, and 3.5 per
cent for the first half of 1966. These increases 
were made despite a
steady decline in number of producers.
Class I sales by Alabama producers increased 
from 420 million
pounds in 1963 to 453 million in 1964. In 1965 
Class I sales increased
to 491 million pounds. For the first half of 1966, 
Class I sales by
Alabama producers were 7 per cent higher than 
in 1965, Tables 10-13.
Class II sales, however, showed a steady decline, from 75 million pounds
in 1963 to 59 million pounds in 1965. Part of this drop in sales
resulted from a reclassification of products in Class II in 1963. 
Use
of milk in Class I and all other classes is shown in Figure 4 for
January 1963 - June 1966. Figure 5 gives Class I sales for 1955 
- 1965.
The decline in use of milk in other classes since 1962 is because of
decreased Class II sales.
The percentage of Alabama-produced milk utilized as Class I is
increasing, while proportion in Class II and Class III (surplus) is
declining, Tables 14-17. This trend is reflected in increased blend
prices received by Alabama producers, Tables 22-25. Blend price for
1963 was $5.71; in 1964, $5.87; and in 1965, $5.91. For the first
6 months of 1966, prices paid to Alabama producers averaged $5.97.
Figure 6 gives a graphic presentation of changes in blend prices and
Class prices by months for the 3 -year period beginning January 1963.
The largest price change occurring in this period was a $0.75 increase
in Class II price in October 1963.
Because of increased sales and higher prices, income received by
Alabama farmers from sale of Grade A milk has risen rapidly, $33.5
million in 1963 to $38.6 million in 1965. For the first half of 1966,
income received by producers from sale of milk was more than a million
dollars over that of the same period a year before,

Figure 1. Milksheds Regulated by the Alabama Milk Control Board, January
1963 - June 1966
Million pounds
per day
3.00 -
2.75 -
2.50 -
2.25 -
2.00 -
1.75 -
1.50 -
1.25 
.0
0
J F MA M J ;JA S ON D J F N A M J J A SO0 N D J F M A M J J AS 0 N D JF
1963 1964
1965 1966
Figure 2. Average Daily Deliveries of Grade A Milk to Distributors Regulated 
by the Alab
Control Board, by Source and Months, January 1963 - June 1966
00
MILK PRODUCED IN ALABAMA
1
v
Imported Milk
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
0
Figure 3.
L[i
542
103
439
/92
1955 1956 1957
Milk Produced in Alabama
759
- I -
/o
1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 
1965
Source of Grade A Milk Supplies Utilized 
by Distributors Regulated
by the Alabama Milk Control Board, 1955-1965
Million
Pounds
I
Million pounds o
per day
3.00
2.75
2.50 -
TOTAL UTILIZATION
2.25
2.00
ALL OTHER CLASSES
1.75
1.50
CLASS I
1.25
1.00
0
JFMA M J JA S ON D J F MA MJ JA SO0N DJ F MA M J JASON DJ FM AMJ
1963 1964 1965 1966
Figure 4. Average Daily Utilization of Grade A Milk Supplies in Class I and All Other Classes, by
Months, Alabama, January 1963 - June 1966
11
All Other Classes
//
//
80070 
-
600.
500.
400
300
200
0
93
449
Class I
556
95
461
616
129
487
644
139
/
687
191
496
/
719
205
514
/
730
199
531
/
759
188
571
/
/
/
mI I)I u I I - In * I - mum U .. -
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 
1961 1962
1963 1964 1965
Utilization of Grade A Milk Supplies
Classes, Alabama, 1955-1965
in Class I and All Other
Million
Pounds
542
495
72
423
/ II ili l
Figure 5.
I L _ I I I I I I I
/
/
/
/
/
/
Dollars
6.50
6.00
5.50
5.00
4.50
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.50
0
Class III
JFM A M J J A SO N D J F M AMJ J A S O N D J FMA MJ JAS ON DJFMAM
1963 1964 1965 1966
Figure 6. Farm Prices for Grade A Milk Testing 4 Per Cent Butterfat by Classes and Average Blend
Price, by Months, Alabama, January 1963 - June 1966
rN
Class II
13
Table 1. Class Definitions and Prices of Grade A Milk in Alabama as of
July 1, 19661/
Class of milk Products included Producer price per
hundredwe 
ight
2
7
Raw milk; pasteurized
creamline milk, homogenized
milk; dispenser milk;
whole milk buttermilk;
clabbered whole milk;
milk equivalent of half
and half blend; coffee
cream and whipping cream;
92 per cent of sales of
chocolate milk; skim
milk w/added solids;
plain skim milk
Chocolate or flavored
drinks and 99 per cent
of sales of non-fat or
cultured buttermilk
All milk purchased from
producers in excess of
Class I and Class II milk
$6.56
$4.75
$0.80 plus four times
the average of Chicago
92 score butterfat
quotations for each 2-
week period.
United States
Government
Contract Milk
Inter-plant
transfers of
bulk milk
All controlled Grade A
milk sold under contract
to the United States
Government and its agencies
wherein the resale price
is not controlled by the
Alabama Milk Control Board
All milk sold in bulk
by one licensee plant to
another
$4.75
The selling plant receives
the current fair market
price for such milk and
deducts a 10 per cent
commission. The producer
price is thus 90 per cent
of the selling price. Under
no circumstances may this
price be less than the
current Class III price,
f.o.b. the plant.
l/Obtained from Official Orders 1-63 and 2-63, October 16, 1963, and
Standing Order NS-11, effective September 1, 1961.
2/For milk testing 4 per cent butterfat.
Class I
Class II
Class III
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Table .2. Minimum Class Prices to Producers Per 100 Pounds of Milk
Testing 4 Per Cent Butterfat, by Pay Periods, Alabama, 19631
Pay period Class I Class II Government Class III
$/cwt, $/cwt. $/cwt. $/cwt.
Jan. 1-15 6.56 4.00 4.15 
3.12
Jan. 16-31 6.56 4.00 
4.15 3.12
Feb. .1-15 6.56 4.00 4.15 3.12
Feb. 16-28 6.56 4.00 4.15 3.12
Mar. 1-15 6.56 4.00 4.15 3.12
Mar. 16-31 6.56 4.00 4.15 3.12
Apr. 1-15 6.56 4.00 4.15 
3.12
Apr. 16-30 6.56 4.00 4.15 3.12
May 1-15 6.56 4.00 4.15 3.12
May 16-31 6.56 4.00 4.15 3.12
June 1-15 6.56 4.00 
4.15 3.12
June 16-30 6.56 4.00 4.15 
3.12
July 1-15 6.56 4.00 
4.15 3.12
July 16-31 6.56 4.00 4.15 3.12
Aug. 1-15 6.56 4.00 4.15 3.12
Aug. 16-31 6.56 4.00 4.15 3.12
Sept. 1-15 6.56 4,00 4.15 3,12
Sept.16-30 6.56 4.00 4.15. 3.19
Oct. 1-15 6.56 4.00 4.15 3.16
Oct. 16-31 6.56 4.00 4.15 3.12
Nov. 1-15 6.56 4.75 4.75 3.12
Nov. 16-30 6.56 4.75 4.75 3.12
Dec. 1-15 6.56 4.75 4.75 3.12
Dec. 16-31 6.56 4.75 4.75 3.12
-1/Pricing Order No. 1, effective November 1, 1959. Official Order
2-63, effective November 1, 1963.
15
Table 3. Minimum Class Prices to Producers 
Per 100 Pounds of Milk
Testing 4 Per Cent Butterfat, by Pay Periods, 
Alabama, 19641/
Pay period Class I Class II Government Class 
III
$/cwt, $/cwt. $/cwt. $/cwt.
Jan. 1-15 6.56 4.75 
4.75 3.12
Jan. 16-31 6.56 4.75 
4.75 3.12
Feb. 1-15 6.56 4.75 
4.75 3.12
Feb. 16-29 6.56 4.75 
4.75 3.12
Mar. 1-15 6.56 4.75 
4.75 3.12
Mar. 16-31 6.56 4.75 
4.75 3.12
Apr. 1-15 6.56 4.75 
4.75 3.12
Apr. 16-30 6.56 4.75 
4.75 3.12
May 1-15 6.56 4.75 
4.75 3.12
May 16-31 6.56 4.75 
4.75 3.12
June 1-15 6.56 4.75 4.75 
3.12
June 16-30 6.56 4.75 
4.75 3.12
July 1-15 6.56 4.75 
4.75 3.12
July 16-31 6.56 4.75 4.75 
3.12
Aug. 1-15 6.56 4.75 4.75 
3.14
Aug. 16-31 6.56 4.75 4.75 
3.21
Sept. 1-15 6.56 4.75 
4.75 3.24
Sept.16-30 6.56 4.75 4.75 
3.26
Oct. 1-15 6.56 4.75 4.75 
3.20
Oct. 16-31 6.56 4.75 4.75 
3.22
Nov. 1-15 6.56 4.75 4.75 
3.29 /
Nov. 16-30 6.56 4.75 4.75 
3.29 2/
Dec. 1-15 6.56 4.75 4.75 3.19 
2
Dec. 16-31 6.56 4.75 4.75 
3.192/
-/Official Order 2-63, effective November 
1, 1963.
- Bi-monthly reporting of Class III prices by the Alabama Milk
Control Board ceased after October 1964.
Table 4_0, Minimum- Class Prices to 
Producers Per 100 Pounds of Milk
Testing 4 Per Cent
June 19 661/
Butterfat, by Months, Alabama, January 
1965 -
Month Glass I Class 
II Government Class III
June A- IF
1965
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1966
January
February
March
April
May
June
2
'Official. Order 2-63, effective 
November 1,
16
$ /cwt,
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
6.56
$ /cwt.
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75"
4.75
4.75
4.,75,
4,75
4.75
4.75
4.75
$/cwt.
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75.
4.75
4,75
4.75
4.75
4.5
4.75
4.75
$/cwt.
3.12
3.12
3.12
3.15
3.16
3.16
3.16
3.24
3.28
3.32
3.33
3.36
3.18
3.26
3.36
3.31
3.33
3.44
a
19630
Table 5. Price Differential for Each Tenth of a Pound
Alabama, January 1963 - June 19661/
of Butterfat,
Pay period 1963 19642-/ 1965?/ 19661/
$/point $/point $/point $/point
Jan. 1-15 .05 .05 .05 .05
Jan. 16-31 .05 .05 .05 .05
Feb. 1-15 .05 .05 .05 .06
Feb. 16-28 .05 .05 .05 .06
Mar. 1-15 .05 .05 .05 .06
Mar. 16-31 .05 .05 .05 .06
Apr. 1-15 .05 .05 .05 .06
Apr. 16-30 .05 .05 .05 .06
May 1-15 .05 !05 .05 .06
May 16-31 .05 .05 .05 .06
June 1-15 .05 .05 .05 .06
June 16-30 .05 .05 .05 .06
July 1-15 .05 .05 .05
July 16-31 .05 .05 .05
Aug. 1-15 .05 .05 .06
Aug. 16-31 .05 .05 .06
Sept. 1-15 .05 .06 .06
Sept.16-30 .05 .06 .06
Oct. 1-15 .05 .05 .06
Oct. 16-31 .05 .05 .06
Nov. 1-15 .05 .06 .06
Nov. 16-30 .05. .06 .06
Dec. 1-15 ..05 .05 .06
Dec. 16-31 .05 .05 .06
-/Price adjustment to 
each producer on each 
class of milk for milk
testing over or under 4 per cent butterfat. Each tenth of a per cent
of butterfat greater or less than 4 per cent is referred to as a butter-
fat point. The differential is added for milk testing mnore than 4 per
cent and subtracted for milk testing less than 4 per cent.
-Bi-monthly reporting of butterfat differential by t1he Alabama
Milk Control Board ceased after October 1964.
17
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Table 6. Alabama-Produced Supplies 
and Imported Supplies of Milk
Received by Distributors 
Regulated by the Alabama Milk 
Control
Board, by Months, 1963
Purchased
from Imported 
Total
Month Alabama 
supplies supplies
producers
Pounds Pounds 
Pounds
January 51,679,353 
11,013,110 62,692,463
February 46,307,094 
10,522,389 56,829,483
March 50,759,994 
11,381,524 62,141,518
April 51,537,095 
11,533,194 63,070,289
May 49,314,992 
12,023,570 61,338,562
June 45,453,558 
11,594,336 57,047,894
July 46,142,466 
12,101,655 58,244,121
August 46,728,749 
12,104,295 58,833,044-
September 49,709,649 
13,212,652 62,922,301
October 50,586,572 13,099,577 
63,686,149
November 48,437,904 
11,925,300 60,363,204
December 50,626,541 
12,192,351 62,818,892
Total 587,283,967 142,703,953 
729,987,920
Table 7. Alabama-Produced Supplies 
and Imported Supplies of Milk
Received by Distributors Regulated 
by the Alabama Milk
Control Board, by Months, 1964
Purchased
from Imported Total
Month Alabama 
supplies supplies
producers
Pounds Pounds 
Pounds
January 50,721,983 
12,013,156 62,735,139
February 49,216,146 
12,084,757 61,300,903
March 51,238,001 
12,024,555 63,262,556
April 51,293,805 
11,879,339 63,173,144
May 50,870,780 
12,815,927 63,686,707
June 45,908,224 
12,301,358 58,209,582
July 47,024,139 
12,605,817 59,629,956
August 48,964,489 
12,595,930 61,560,419
September 52,141,822 
13,666,513 65,808,335
October 52,160,721 
13,153,142 65,313,864
November 52,172,065 
12,928,377 65,100,442
December 55,616,695 
13,314,357 68,931,052
Total 607,328,870 151,383,228 758,712,099
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Table 8. Alabama-Produced Supplies and Imported Supplies of Milk
Received by Distributors Regulated by the Alabama Milk
Control Board, by Months, 1965
Purchased
from Imported Total
Month Alabama supplies supplies
producers
Pounds Pounds Pounds
January 56,860,445 12,805,847 69,666,292
February 50,951,559 11,834,000 62,785,559
March 55,688,257 12,803,999 68,492,256
April 55,977,329 13,022,367 68,999,696
May 54,952,376 13,010,496 67,962,872
June 50,208,511 12,652,911 62,861,422
July 51,553,781 11,944,892 63,498,673
August 52,123,006 12,815,860 64,938,866
September 54,636,039 12,973,305 67,609,344
October 55,801,992 13,547,499 69,349,491
November 54,981,813 13,577,727 68,559,540
December 58,525,360 13,469,656 71,995,016
Total 652,260,468 154,458,559 806,719,027
Table 9. Alabama-Produced Supplies and Imported Supplies of Milk
Received by Distributors Regulated by the Alabama Milk Control
Board, by Months, January - June 1966
Purchased
from Imported Total
Month Alabama supplies supplies
producers
Pounds Pounds Pounds
January 58,153,905 13,777,937 71,931,842
February 51,822,443 12,690,108 64,512,551
March 58,461,059 13,627,972 72,089,031
April 58,088,596 11,523,032 69,611,628
May 57,149,276 14,699,897 71,849,173
June 52,330,842 13,286,495 65,617,337
Table 10. Utilization of Milk Supplies by' Classes .and Months, -Alabama, 1963
Glass I Imported Glass II Class III Sales of
Alabama Imported Total milk used from from milk to
Month produced milk Glass I in lower Alabama Alabama govern- trnfs 
uiiaio
milk class producers producers ment
products agencies
PudonsPounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds
36,477,845
32,959,318
35,757,294
35,288,594
34,891,277
30,298,181
30,990,372
339311,626
36,968,358
39,241,327
37,269,234
36,887,031
9,525,794
8,726,969
9,682,120
9,637,396
9,234,522
7,590,871
8,532,801
9,206,363
9,641,337
10,160,175
9,746,200
9,319,567
46,003,639
'41,686 ,287
45,439,414
p44,925,990
44,125,799
37,889,052
39,523,173
42,517,989
46,609,695
49,401,502
47,015,434
46,206,598
1,487,3-16
1,795,420
1,699,404
1,895,798
2,789,048
4,003,465
3,568,854
2,897,932
3,571,315
2,939,402
219100
2,872,784
6,171,356
5,807,548
6,603,698
6,360,127
6,181,212
6,020,599
6,147,471
6,558,921
6,254,905
6 ,419,341
6,094,788
6,028,919
6,930,965
5,575,369
6,025,850
7,585,857
4,990,181
5,732,592
5 ,451,495
3,017,450
3,460,059
2,910,746
2,923,991
5,3186,060
2,088,027
1,964,859
2,354,223
2,177,901
3,177,667
3, 278,491
3,218,365
3,312,332
2,962,981
1,949,520
1,967,111
2,318,885
11,160
0
18,929
124 ,616
74,655
123,695
334,763
528,420
63,316
65,638
182,780
205,1.64.6
62,692,463
56,829,483
62,141,518
63,070,289
61,338,562
57,047,894
58,244,121
58,833,044
62,922,301
63,686,149
60,363,204
62,818,892
Total 420,340,387 111,004,115 531,344,553 31,699,838 74,648,885 59,790,615 
30,770,362 1,361 729890
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
.IImo
. I . . .
. I - iiu Iv n I II II I I) I I ~IL)YI I1L~ Ill I II I J I I- L~ I- I I II 1 i-1111 r ___0
72 ,97,2
Table 11. Utilization of Milk Supplies by Classes and Months, Alabama, 1964
Class I Imported Class II Class III Sales of 
Inter-
Alabama Imported Total milk used from from milk to 
plant Total
Month produced milk Class I in lower Alabama Alabama govern- 
transfers utilizatio
milk class producers producers ment
products agencies
Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds
Jan. 38,713,613 9,795,968 48,509,581 2,217,188 5,516,833 3,733,077 2,651,712 106,748 
62,735,13
Feb. 37,185,855 9,274,684 46,460,539 2,810,073 5,419,023 3,742,513 2,672,714 
196,041 61,300,90
March 36,852,036 9,921,360 4;6,773,396 2,103,195 5,858,957 6,003,264 2,380,915 142,829 63,262,55
April 36,889,453 9,349,299 46,238,752 2,530,040 6,485,440 4,600,686 3,137,309 180,917 63,173,14
May 36,759,880 9,116,793 45,876,673 3,699,134 5,785,410 5,403,841 2,734,735 
186,914 63,686,70
June 32,783,025 7,682,475 40,465,500 4,618,883 5,834,993 4,676,042 2,545,507 68,657 
58,209,58
July 34,407,256 8,744,053 43,151,309 3,861,764 4,407,654 6,184,592 1,859,516 165,121 59,629,95
Aug. 35,106,994 9,514,216 44,621,210 3,081,714 4,683,394 7,053,534 1,816,209 304,358 
61,560,41
Sept. 41,173,845 10,866,610 52,040,455 2,799,903 4,790,087 4,064,917 2,099,893 13,080 
65,808,33
Oct. 43,544,127 11,332,077 54,876,204 1,821,065 5,057,325 2,532,824 1,014,143 12,302 65,313,86
Nov. 39,487,595 11,011,242 50,498,837 1,917,135 5,144,661 5,785,230 1,690,237 
64,342 65,100,44
Dec. 40,534,537 11,286,055 51,820,592 2,028,302 5,368,236 7,712,449 1,746,777 
254,696 68,931,05
Total 453,438,216 117,894,832 571,333,048 33,488,396 64,352,013 61,492,969 26,349,667 1,696,005 
758,712,09
n
9
3
6
7
2
6
9
5
3
2
2
8
k)
Table 12. Utilization of Milk Supplies, by Classes and Months, 
Alabama, 1965
Glass I Imported Glass II Class 
III Sales of
Alabama Imported Total milk used from 
from milk to
Month produced milk Class I 
in lower Alabama Alabama govern- 
tases uiiai
milk class producers 
producers ment
products agencies
PudonsPounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds 
Pounds Pounds
41,838,647
38,415,679
41,907,738
41,202,639
40,389,636
35,374,545
38,317,122
37,792,050
43,483, 955
45,036,971
44,2182,153
43,166,360
10+,712,597
9,427, 798
10,947,271
10,671,507
52 ,551,244
47,843,477
52,855,009
51,874,146
10,932,345 51,321,981
9,293,106 44,667,651
8,432,343 46,749,465
9,063,138 '46 8552.88
9,182,656 52,666,611
10,6146,953 55,183,924
9 ,95 9.9235- 54 ,141, 388
8,934,290 52,100,650
2,093,250
2,406,202
1,856,728
2,350,860
2,078,151
3,35 9,805
3,512,549
3,752,722
3,790,649
3,400,546
3,618,492
4,535 ,366
5,395 ,555
5,013,499
5,478,766
5,239,335
5,524,126
4,777,052
5,001,582
5 ,021 ,014
4,850,359
4,619,700
3,382,861
4,360,364
7,955,463
5,2834,161
5,611,301
8,388,155
6,712,784
5,676,701
3,664,843
4,565,673
2 ,494 ,485
2,609,857
3,515 ,298
4,819,735
1,393,973
1,542,409
2,569,033
1,117,595
2,212,333
3,148,507
3,394,419
3,674,859
3,216,238
3,222,209
3,572, 922
3,930,015
276,807
145,811
121,419
29,605
113,497
1,231,706
1,175,815
1,069,410
591,002
313,255
328,579
2,248,886
69,6&6,292
62,785,559
68,492,256
68,999,696
67,962,872
62,861,422
63,498,673
64,938,866
67,609,344
69,349,491
68,559,540
71,995,016
Total 491,107,495 117,703,239 608,810,734 36,755,320 58,664,21361,848,456 
32,994,512 7
N
N
Jan
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.;
Nov.
Dec .
n
Ih hrr~ rr )C-P~ r\ ?rl r 1 r\/ /
a a I i rp 7 -d r JJ ~ r OVJ 4- r / d / rVJL J e V I VIr
806,719,02
Table 13. Utilization of Milk Supplies by Classes and Months, Alabama, January - June 1966
Class I Imported Class II Class III Sales of Inter-
Alabama Imported Total milk used from from milk to plant Total
Month produced milk Class I in lower Alabama Alabama govern- transfers utilizatio
milk class producers producers ment
products agencies
Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds
Jan. 44,634,055 9,225,893 53,859,948 4,552,044 3,741,354 4,457,530 4,127,601 1,193,365 71,925,84
Feb. 41,292,447 8,117,303 49,409,750 4,572,805 2,737,784 3,396,872 3,464,864 930,476 64,512,55
March 44,560,769 9,030,811 53,591,580 4,597,161 3,618,349 4,917,948 4,255,411 1,108,582 72,089,03
April 44,628,084 9,083,936 53,712,020 2,439,096 4,090,443 4,081,294 4,092,378 1,196,397 69,611,62
May 43,083,866 8,654,316 51,738,182 6,045,581 4,201,552 5,407,613 3,647,757 808,488 71,849,17
June 37,655,121 7,496,895 45,152,016 5,789,600 4,540,189 4,918,762 3,702,879 1,513,892 65,617,33
n
2
1
1
8
3
7
,
Percentage Utilization of Milk,
Alabama, 1963
by Classes and Months,
Govern- Inter-
Month Class I Class II Class III 
ment plant Total
sales transfer
Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent 
Per cent
January 70.59 11.94 13.41 
4.04 .02 100.00
February 71.18 12.54 12.04 4.24 0 
100.00
March 70.44 13.01 11.87 4.64 
.04 100.00
April 68.47 12.34 14.72 4.23 
.24 100.00
May 70.75 12.53 10.12 6.45 
.15 100.00
June 66.66 13.25 12.61 7.21 .27 100.00
July 67.16 13.32 11.81 6.98 .73 100.00
August 71.28 14.04 6.46 7.09 1.13 
100.00
September 74.37 12.58 6.96 5.96 
.13 100.00
October 77.57 12.69 5.76 3.85 
.13 100.00
November 76.94 12.58 6.04 4.06 
.38 100.00
December 72.86 11.91 10.24 4.58 
.41 100.00
Average 71.57 12.71 10.18 5.24 
.30 100.00
Table 15. Percentage Utilization of Milk, by Classes 
and Months,
Alabama, 1964
Govern- Inter-
Month Class I Class II Class III ment 
plant Total
sales transfer
Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per 
cent
January 76.33 10.88 7.35 
5.23 .21 100.00
February 75.56 11.01 7.60 5.43 
.40 100.00
March 71.92 11.43 11.72 4.65 
.28 100.00
April 71.92 12.64 8.97 6.12 
.35 100.00
May 72.26 11.37 10.62 5.38 
.37 100.00
June 71.41 12.71 10.19 5.54 .15 
100.00
July 73.17 9.37 13.15 3.96 .35 
100.00
August 71.70 9.56 14.41 3.71 
.62 100.00
September 78.96 9.19 7.79 4.03 
.03 100.00
October 83.48 9.70 4.85 1.94 
.03 100.00
November 75.69 9.86 11.09 3.24 
.12 100.00
December 72.88 9.65 13.87 3.14 
.46 100.00
Average 74.66 10.59 10.13 4.34 
.28 100.00
24
Table 14.
25
Table 16. Percentage Utilization of Milk, by Classes and Months,
Alabama, 1965
Govern- Inter-
Month Class I Class II Class III ment plant Total
sales transfer
Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent
January 73.59 9.49 13.99 2.45 .49 100.00
February 75.40 9.84 11.45 3.03 .28 100.00
March 75.25 9.84 10.08 4.61 .42 100.00
April 73.61 9.36 14.98 2.00 .05 100.00
May 73.50 10.05 12.22 4.02 .21 100.00
June 70.46 9.51 11.31 6.27 2.45 100.00
July 74.32 9.70 7.11 6.58 2.28 100.00
August 72.50 9.63 8.77 7.05 2.05 100.00
September 79.59 8.88 4.56 5.89 1.08 100.00
October 80.71 8.28 4.68 5.77 .56 100.00
November 80.36 6.15 6.39 6.50 .60 100.00
December 73.76 7.45 8.23 6.72 3.84 100.00
Average 75.30 8.99 9.48 5.06 1.17 100.00
Table 17. Percentage Utilization of Milk, by Classes and Months,
Alabama, January - June 1966
Govern- Inter-
Month Class I Class II Class III ment plant Total
sales transfer
Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent
January 76.75 6.43 7.67 7.10 2.05 100.00
February 79.68 5.28 6.55 6.69 1.80 100.00
March 76.22 6.19 8.41 7.28 1.90 100.00
April 76.82 7.04 7.03 7.05 2.06 100.00
May 75.39 7.35 9.46 6.38 1.42 100.00
June 71.96 8.68 9.40 7.07 2,89 100.00
Table 18. Income Received by Producers From Sale of Milk, by. Classes and Months, Alabama,16
Govern- I'tr
Month Class I Class II Class III -menit plnToa
sales tranfe
2,400,325.08
2,168,119.87
2,329,731.71
2,286,688.26
2,258,696.67
1,961,407.45
2,010,612.32
2,162,377.00
2,399,655.97
2,546,528.90
2,436,651.51
2,421, 714.14
Dollars
248,157.54
232,421.60
261,143.77
199,093.18*
243,173.83
23.7 ,012.75
242,622. 79
248,448.76
237,736.2.7
255 , 558.02.
240,843.72
250,357.63
Dollars
230,694.95
183,112.67
184,749.43
244,320.73
156 ,002.61
181,900.52
174,234.26
97, 871.41
111,875.04
99,730.35
102,971.38
172,766.10
Dollars
86,650.29
81,292.16
96 ,437.54
89,359.78
129,906.49
134,128.08
131,667.04
116,146.56
121,468.51
79,871.15
81,016.87
96,803.21
Dollars
368.29
0
877.12
4,101.69
2,628.17
4,044.42
11,416.08
18,296.39
2,936.33
2,628.93
7,072.22.
8,224.88
Dollars
2,966,196.15
2,664,946.30.
2,872,939.57
2,823,563.64
2,790,407.77
2,518,493.22
2,570,552.49
2,643,140.12
2,873, 672.12
2,984,317.35
2,868,555.70
2,949,865996
Total 2-7382.508.88. 2.896v569.61.940-229v45 1.2447 7.68 6259.5233526650.39
Dollars
January
February
March
April
May
June
August
September
October
November
Dec mber
IL
1,94 1-29,4 1,24,77.6 62,54.5 33 2660.3
Tota 27,82,58.8 2,896,56908
Income Received by Producers From Sale of Milk, by Classes and Months, Alabama 1964
Govern- Inter-
Month Class I Class II Class III ment plant Total
sales transfer
Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars
January 2,537,477.91 227,345.15 120,023.95 109,930.29 
4,200.73 2,998,978.03
February 2,430,573.31 221,560.74 125,431.61 109,786.87 7,394.46 
2,894,746.99
March 2,403,982.76 241,310.63 197,907.68 97,828.01 5,405.12 2,946,434.20
April 2,401,606.11 258,032.34 146,324.21 129,102.79 1,033.69 
2,936,099.14
May 2,391,851.43 237,250.99 173,476.31 113,313.75 
7,126.63 2,923,019.11
June 2,133,780.40 238,754.74 149,647.71 101,582.78 2,652.12 2,626,417.75
July 2,236,035.43 206,799.81 213,232.72 86,654.82 6,282.46 2,749,005.24
August 2,284,081.90 218,273.53 239,682.31 85,396.54 13,642.06 2,841,076.34
September 2,675,773.66 212,793.60 148,316.57 97,979.20 504.88 3,135,367.91
October 2,840,726.97 238,463.25 103,339.16 48,114.59 476.08 3,231,120.05
November 2,578,761.91 243,769.29 208,071.07 79,518.35 2,623.52 
3,112,744.14
December 2,655,093.98 254,487.55 267,596.21 82,921.75 9,919.42 
3,270,018.91
Total 29,569,745.77 2,798,841.62 2,096,049.51 1,142,129.74 
61,261.17 35,668,027.81
Ni
v-
Table 19.
Income Received by Producers From Sale of Milk, by Classes and Months, Alabama, 1965
00
Govern- Inter-
Month Class I Glass II Glass III ment platToa
sales tranfe
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2,732,637.20
2,393,238.38
2,737,791.02
2,680,856.84
2,559,359.33
2,299,434.19
2,502,293.16
2,458,262.33
2,824,679.31
2, 933,448.56
2,881,947.24
2,816,628.26
Dollars
243,842.28
236,793.24
258,700.74
245,531.69-
256,518.44
243,083.77
229,460.63
236,497979
228,798.44
218,844.44
159,319.99
206,323.29
Dollars
285, 70 6.e54
204,413.58
184,187.13
293,794.51
230,550.53
185,435.91
115,594.88
149,473.63
78,70158
92,610.51
124,260.89
190,328.64
Dollars
65,265.43
73,124.90
121,489.32
52,903.76
104,677.66
148,357.17.
160,081.21
173,038.12
150,600.23
146,531-.27
168,725.24
155,815.88
Dollars
11,093.13
5,187.48
4,709.26
1,164.54-
3,778.66
43,090.96
63,736.82
37,964.97
23,623.64
13,206.63
39,809.76
81,536.00
Dollars
3,338,544.58
2,912,757.58
3,306,877.47
3,274,251.34
3,154,884.62
2,919,402.00
3,071,166.70
3,055,236.84
3,306,403.20
3-,404,641.41
3,374,063.12
3,450,632.07
Total 3180558 2,6,747 
2,3,083 1,2,601 32,018 
38,568,860.93
Dollars
1A 7') 1Ar '~I II
Table 20.
Total t 3180552 2,763714.4 2,15,05.33 1520,10?1 328 91.5 8,6886,9
Table 21. Income Received by Producers From Sale of Milk, by Classes and Months, Alabama, 
January - June 1966
Govern- Inter-
Month Class I Class II Class III ment plant Total
sales transfer
Dollars Do lars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars
January 2,917,053.39 179,482.22 .146,014.91 
194,799.66 44,020.45 3,481,370.63
February 2,695,389.33 129,893.87 111,687.38 163,685.51 35,251.01 
3,135,907,10
March 2,932,575.71 171,483.51 166,624.53 201,967.66 
42,724.93 3,515,376.34
April 2,914,335.42 194,337.76 137,055.39 192,239.71 
47,488.89 3,485,457.17
May 2,803,117.40 198,068.87 182,914.27 
171,755.91 31,594.69 3,387,451.14
June 2,455,109.06 213,988.12 168,348.91 175,886.90 57,087.76 
3,070,420.75
30
Table 22. Average Prices Received 
by Producers Per 100 Pounds of
Milk, by Classes and Months, Alabama, 1963
Govern- Inter-
Month Class I Class II 
Class III ment plant Blend
sales transfer price
Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars 
Dollars Dollars
January 6.58 4.02 
3.33 4.15 3.30 5.74
February 6.58 4.00 3.28 
4.14 0 5.75
March 6.52 3.96 3.07 
4.10 4.63 5.66
April 6.48 3.13 
3.22 4.10 3.29 5.48
May 6.47 3.93 
3.13 4.09 3.52 5.66
June 6.47 3.94 
3.17 4.09 3.27 5.54
July 6.49 3.95 3.20 
4.09 3.41 5.55
August 6.49 3.79 3.24 
3.51 3.46 5.66
September 6.49 3.80 
3.23 4.10 4,64 5.78
October 6.46 3.98 3.43 
4.10 4.01 5.90
November 6.54 3.95 3.52 
4.12 3.87 5.92
December 6.57 4.15 
3.33 4.17 4.00 5.83
Average 6.51 3.88 3.25 
4.05 3.61 5.71
Table 23. Average Prices Received 
by Producers Per 100 Pounds of
Milk, by Classes and Months, Alabama, 
1964
Govern- Inter-
Month Class I Class II Class III 
ment plant Blend
sales transfer price
Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars 
Dollars Dollars
January 6.55 4.12 
3.30 4.15 3.94 5.92
February 6.54 4.09 3.36 
4.11 3.78 5.88
March 6.53 4.12 3.30 
4.11 3,79 5.75
April 6.51 3.98 
3.18 4.12 5.72 5.72
May 6.51 4.10 3.21 
4.15 3.82 5.75
June 6.51 4.10 3.20 
4.00 3.87 5.72
July 6.50 4.70 3.45 
4.66 3.81 5.85
August 6.51 4.66 3.40 
4.71 4.49 5.80
September 6.50 4.45 
3.65 4.67 3.86 6.01
October 6.53 4.72 4.08 
4.75 3.87 6.19
November 6.53 4.74 3.60 
4.71 4.08 5.97
December 6.55 4.74 3.47 4.75 
3.90 5.88
Average 6.53 4.35 3.41 
4.34 3.62 5.87
31
Table 24, Average Prices Received 
by Producers Per 100 Pounds of
Milk, by Classes and Months, Alabama, 
1965
Govern- Inter-
Month Class I Class 
II Class III ment plant 
Blend
sales transfer price
Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars 
Dollars Dollars
January 6.53 4.52 
3.59 4.68 4.00 5.87
February 6.23 4.72 3,50 
4.74 3.56 5.72
March 6.53 4.72 3.34 
4073 3.88 5.94
April 6.51 4.69 
3.50 4.73 3.93 5.85
May 6.37 4.64 
3.43 4.73 3.33 
5.74
June 6.50 5,09 
3,33 4.71 3.50 5.81
July 6.53 4.59 3.15 
4.72 5.42 5.95
August 6.50 4.71 
3.27 4.71 3.55 5.86
September 6.50 4.72 
3.16 4.68 4.00 
6.05
October 6.51 4.74 
3.56 4.55 4.22 
6.10
November 6.52 4.71 3.53 
4,72 12.16 6.14
December 6.53 4.73 3.95 
3.96 3.63 5.90
Average 6.48 4.71 
3.45 4.61 4.30 
5.91
Table 25. Average Prices Received 
by Producers Per 100 Pounds 
of
Milk, by Classes and Months, Alabama, 
January - June 1966
Govern- Inter-
Month Class I Class 
II Class III ment plant 
Blend
sales transfer price
Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars 
Dollars Dollars
January 6.54 4.80 
3.28 4.72 3.69 
5.99
February 6.53 4.74 
3.29 4,72 3.79 6.05
March 6.58 4.74 
3.39 4.75 3.86 6.01
April 6.53 4.75 
3.36 4.70 3.97 6.00
May 6.51 4.71 
3.38 4.71 3.91 5.93
June 6.52 4.71 
3.42 4.75 3.77 5.87