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Statistical Review of New York Egg Market, March, 1912, to October, 1913, 

 Showing Receipts, Movement to and from Storage and Range of Prices. 



Month, 



1912 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



1913 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 1 to 15 



Receipts, 

 Cases, 



459,859 

 742,893 

 923,261 

 561,402 

 435,169 

 367,494 

 309,384 

 256,697 

 158,634 

 157,406 



194,642 

 257,679 

 447,250 

 679,102 

 742,862 

 571,774 

 455,366 

 342,536 

 332,170 

 288,851 

 107,078 



Stock in 

 Storage, 

 First of 

 Each 

 Month. 



None 



Negligible 



307,000 



906,000 



1,083,000 



1,154,000 



1,134,000 



1,086,000 



914,500 



662,000 



350,000 

 132,000 

 15,000 

 Negligible 

 225,500 

 593,000 

 818,000 

 872,000 

 819,000 

 686,000 

 537,500 



Net Input to 

 Storage (+) 



and 

 Output ( -) 



Calculated 



Total 



Output 



from 



Wholesale 



Market. 



Negligible 

 +307,000 

 +599,000 

 + 177,000 

 + 71,000 



- 20,000 



- 48,000 

 -171,500 

 -252,500 

 -312,000 



-218,000 

 -117,000 



- 15,000 

 +225,500 

 +367,500 

 +225,000 

 + 54,000 



- 53,000 

 -133,000 

 -148,500 

 -109,500 



450,000 

 416,000 

 349,000 

 384,000 

 364,000 

 387,000 

 357,000 

 428,000 

 421,000 

 469,000 



423,000 

 383,000 

 440,000 

 454,000 

 365,000 

 347,000 

 401,000 

 396,000 

 450,000 

 437,000 

 217,000 



Range of Prices for 

 the Better Grades. 



Refrigerator. 



None 



22i@23^ 

 22i@24i 

 22i@24| 

 21 @24 

 18 @23 



18^@21 

 15|@21 

 15 @17| 



23 @24i 



24 @27 



25 @28| 

 27i@30 



Summary. 



Cases. 



Receipts, March 1 to October 31, 1912 , 4,056,159 



Receipts, March 1 to October 31, 1913 3,859,911 



Decrease for above period ' 196,248 



Average monthly trade output, March to October, 1912 391,850 



Average monthly trade output, March to October, 1913 411,250 



Deficiency in greatest storage accumulations, August 1, 1913, compared 



with 1912 282,000 



Deficiency in storage accumulations, November 1, 1913, compared with 1912 377,000 



As bearing upon the reasonableness of present holding prices for storage eggs 

 particular consideration should be given to the following: 



Prospective needs, November 1 to January 31, based upon average Cases. 



output since March 1 1,233,750 



Storage reserve November 1 537,500 



Receipts November 1, 1912, to January 31, 1913 511,000 



1,048,500 



Prospective deficiency 185,250 



