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be marked on each package with the words "Cold Storage/' the 

 volume of butter that is "Short Held" or stored not in excess of 

 thirty days has increased greatly and the practice of "rotating" 

 the butter stored, on a 30 day rotation basis, has become quite 

 prevalent. This does by no means take the place of the "long 

 held" cold storage of butter, but in a limited way it helps the 

 creamery and dealer to bridge over and take care of temporary 

 surplus and shortages and to thus avoid sudden embarrassing 

 extremes of supply and demand. 



Distribution of Commercial Stocks of Butter. During the 

 major portion of the "long held" storage season the butter held 

 in cold storage represents close to 50 per cent of the commercial 

 stocks of butter in the country. The remaining stocks of butter 

 are divided between the wholesale dealers, creameries, retail 

 dealers and meat packers. According to statistics furnished by 

 the United States Bureau of Markets, 1 the distribution of com- 

 mercial butter stocks July 1, 1918 and July 1, 1917 was as 

 follows : 



Table 67. Stocks of Butter on Hand July 1, 1918, with Com- 

 parative Figures for July 1, 1917, by Classes of Business. 



1 Food Surveys, Bureau of Markets, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Special Issue, Vol. II, No. 3, August 31, 1918. 



