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BETTER FRUIT 



March 



Cold Storage Apple Holdings Feb. 1, 1918 



By Charles J. Brand, Chief U. S. Bureau of Markets 



REPORTS from 549 storages show 

 that their rooms contain 2,202,808 

 barrels and .">, 118,438 boxes of apples. 

 The 513 storages that reported for Feb- 

 ruary 1 of this year and last show a 

 present stock of 2,091,03(5 barrels and 

 4,962,898 boxes, as compared with 

 2,121,200 barrels and 3,790,499 boxes 

 last year, a decrease of 1.4 per cent in 

 the barreled apples and an increase of 

 30.9 per cent in the boxed apples, which 

 is the equivalent of the total increase 

 of 361,229 barrels, or 10.7 per cent. For 

 the purposes of this comparison, it is 

 considered that three boxes are equiv- 

 alent to one barrel. The 511 storages 

 that reported for both December 1, 1917, 

 and February 1, 1918, showed a de- 

 crease of 16.9 per cent in the barreled 



apples and 12.3 per cent in the boxed 

 apples, or a total decrease of 15.0 per 

 cent during the month of January, 

 while the 448 storages reporting their 

 holdings for both December 1, 1916, 

 and February 1, 1917, showed a de- 

 crease of 18.6 per cent in the barreled- 

 apple holdings and 8.3 per cent in the 

 boxed-apple holdings, or a total de- 

 crease of 15.3 per cent during January, 

 1917. As a few storages have not re- 

 sponded to our inquiries, this report 

 does not include all holdings. Upon re- 

 quest any or all of the information con- 

 tained in cold storage reports will be 

 telegraphed immediately upon its re- 

 lease. These reports are free except 

 for the telegrams, which are sent 

 charges collect. 



Number 

 of 



Storages 

 Reporting 



Rarrels 



Holdings reported on Feb. 1, 1918. 

 Comparison of holdings — 



February 1, 1917 



February 1, 1918 



Comparison of holdings — ■ 



December 1, 1916 



February 1, 1917 



549 



513 

 513 



448 

 448 



2,202,808 



2,121,200 

 2,091,630 



Roxes 



Combined 



Holdings 



Expressed 



I in Rbls.* 



5,118,438 



3,790,499 

 4,962,898 



2,615,174 3,62G,401 

 1,732,831 3,322,220 



I 



3,908,954 



3,384,706 

 3,745,935 



3,823,974 

 2,840,238 



Comparison 



of Holdings 



on a Pet. 



Rasis 



100.0 

 110.7 



100.0 

 74.3 



• Three boxes to the barrel. 



COMPARISON OF HOLDINGS BY SECTIONS 



New England 



Middle Atlantic . . . 

 South Atlantic 

 North Central (E) . 

 North Central (W) . 



South Central 



Western (N) 



Western (Si 



Number 



Storages 

 Reporting 



26 

 106 

 .-,1 

 95 

 87 

 70 

 39 

 34 



December 1, 1917 



Rarrels 



Roxes 



162,225 

 784,117 

 040,903 

 76G,620 

 447,027 

 239,641 



37,884 

 506,821 



92,704 

 522,945 

 581,428 

 373,901 

 1,343,046 

 968,760 



February 1. 1918 



Barrels Roxes 



131,794 

 493,951 

 424,099 

 613,796 

 327,431 

 136.299 



47,778 

 907,322 



89,197 

 717,017 

 614,319 

 198,277 

 971.1 13 

 903,702 



Increase 



or 

 Decrease 



—15.5 

 —16.4 

 —32.4 



—9.4 

 —17.0 

 —17.0 

 —27.5 



—6.7 



Total. 



■ I 



511 



3,040,533 | 4,427,489 I 2,127,370 | 4,751,755 



—17. 



PERCENTAGE OF DECEMBER 1 HOLDINGS MOVED FROM STORAGE 



MONTH 



December 

 January . , 

 February , 

 March 



April 



May 



Season 1915-1916 Season 1916-1917 Season 1917-1918 



Rarrels j Boxes | Comb'd [ Barrels | Boxes | Comb'd Barrels | Boxes | Com b'd 



0.1 

 8.3 

 30.9 

 28.1 

 12.3 

 15.1 



10.4 

 15.3 

 22.4 

 22.2 

 12.2 

 12.4 



13.1 

 16.9 



+ 19.6 

 12.3 



2.2 



15.6 



Distribution of Cars for Food and Feed 



Director-General McAdoo and the 

 Food Administration have arranged to 

 co-operate in the distribution of cars 

 for the food and feed trades: (1) The 

 grain and grain product and feed ship- 

 pers are to first apply for cars in the 

 usual way through railroad agents; in 

 case of not being furnished within a 

 reasonable time they may then apply to 

 the Zone Representatives of the Food 

 Administration Grain Division at the 



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