ONION SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION. 



89 



Month. 



Percentage of 

 Entire Crop. 



December, . 

 January, 

 February, . 

 March, . ^ 



April, . 

 May, . 



8.1 

 7.3 

 7.6 

 14.0 

 3.2 

 .1 



Taking the 40.3 per cent, held in storage, 34.7 per cent, of them were 

 shipped in March, 18.8 per cent, in February and 18.1 per cent, in January. 



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J^UUf At/6. gCPT OCT. WOV. PIC 9AH. FEB. MAR- APR. mV 



CONNECTICUT VALLEY QUI ON SHIPMENTS 

 FROM LOCAL POINTS 1913-14. 



Fig. 21. — Note the uniformity of the shipments from November to 

 April. 



The maximum length of time onions are held in local storage is eight 

 months; the minimum about one month; while the average period of 

 storage is approximately tliree montlis. 



