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On the basis of the quantities of milk marketed, per capita consumption appears to have
been as follows, in gallons:
1926 23.3
1927 26.2
1928 28.2
1929 29.7
1930 28.2
Paris. Entries by railway only in the three years 1931-1934 varied around 66 million
gallons for a population of about 2,900,000. Per head consumption of milk, excluding arrivals
by means other than rail, was thus about 23 gallons.
Prague. Total milk arrivals between 15 March and 15 December 1935 were 21,220,500
gallons The total for the whole of 1935 may thus be placed at about 28,290,000 gallons. With
a population of 921,000, per head consumption works out at 31 gallons.
Rome. Reasonably complete figures indicating the arrivals of milk are available only for
two recent years, 1932 and 1934. Arrivals in these years were 10,292,000 gallons and 11,509,000
gallons respectively. The population at the mid-point of these two years was 1,031,400 and
1,114,700. Per head consumption thus appears to have been about 10 gallons per head.
Stuttgart. Milk consignments averaged 8,755,000 gallons during the five years 1926-30
and 10,009,000 gallons in the years 1931-35. The average number of inhabitants was 358,000.
and 404,000 respectively. Consumption per head for both periods was thus about 24-25
gallons.
Vienna. Milk entries, supplying a population of 1,863,300, averaged 66,103,000 gallons
in the two years 1929-30, giving an average consumption of about 35 gallons. During the
quinquennium 1931-1934, the average was 60,053,000 gallons for ,a population of 1,861,000,
showing a per head consumption of 32 gallons.
Zagreb. Average milk arrivals in Zagreb in the two years 1929 and 1930 were 3,526,000
gallons while the population was 175,660. In the two years 1931 and 1932 arrivals amounted
to. 2,834,000 gallons and population was 191,360. In 1933 and 1934 they were respectively
4,202,000 gallons and 206,580 inhabitants. Consumption per head was thus 20,15 and 20
gallons respectively. Fodder crops were low in 1931 and 1932.
These figures do not include the quantities (which are smaller) brought to the town from
neighbouring villages by farmers and peasants.
Fresh Vegetables.
Budapest. The quantity of fresh vegetables (onions, other market garden crops, cabbage,
pumpkins, green beans, peas and other green vegetables) arriving by rail or water but not
those entering in other ways (and such quantities may be considerable in the case of certain
kinds of vegetables) reached an average of 41,140 tons during the years 1926 to 1929 and
44,712 during the period 1930 to 1934. These figures are equivalent to about 88 lb. per head.
Paris. Vegetable supplies passing through the Halles Centrales, i. e. quantities received
by appointed consignees and therefore excluding free trade, averaged 53,687 tons in the
years 1925-29 and 78,518 in 1930-34. These figures give an average per head consumption of
42 lb. for 1925-29 and 62 lb. for 1930-34. The figures are obviously incomplete but they
appear to indicate a marked growth in consumption.
1931
1932
1933
1934
26.2
23-3
19.4
18.5