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by numerous rains and lack of sunshine. Besides, the activity of the 

 buyers and the reports of the Ohio and Indiana floods gave some farmers 

 courage to hold the crop. This explains in part the unusually light ship- 

 ment for September, and the correspondingly heavy shipment for October. 

 The diseased condition of many crops, which made the onions undesirable 

 for storage, was another reason for the heavy shipments during October. 



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Fig. 23. — Note the exceptionally large quantity shipped in March. 

 Onionawere held as long as possible for higher prices, but had to 

 be shipped in March (1) to prevent excessive loss through shrink- 

 age, and (2) to escape competition with the Texas crop reported to 

 be unusually large and early. 



The shipments during November, December, January and February 

 show a marked uniformity similar to that of the 1913-14 shipments. 

 The heavy shipping in March was occasioned by the fact that onions were 

 not keeping and the market was good. Besides, there were reports of an 

 unusually heavy and early Texas crop. As a result, barely 3 per cent, of 

 the crop remained in the local storages after April 1. 



