BUTTER STORAGE: 



451 



holdings in these warehouses are stored during the months of 

 June and July, while most of the distribution is within the 

 months of October and March, inclusive. The fact that, accord- 

 ing to these figures, an average of 6.9 per cent of the holdings 

 remain at the opening of the new storage season, suggests that 

 this proportion of holdings is carried over into the next season. 



Miscellaneous, 2.6 % 



STOCKS REPORTED (Pounds) 



76.143.419 



Creameries 13,526,964 

 cold storages 38,558,001 

 Beat peckers 5,895,423 



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Miscellaneous 1,974,222 



Tig. 79. Distribution of Stocks by Important Classes July 1, 1918 



The cold storage holdings of creamery butter by months 

 reported to the United States Bureau of Markets by the great 

 majority of warehouses and including all of the more important 

 warehouses in this country, are issued by this bureau for the 

 benefit of the dealers, free, in the form of monthly reports. 

 The cold storage holdings covering the period of October 1, 

 1916 to December 1, 1919 are recorded in Table 68. 



Storage Conditions. In order to justify storage and to have 

 the storing of butter fulfill the purpose for which it is intended. 



