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during that time, and if the consumption of cold-storage eggs is com- 

 bined with that of fresh eggs, the consumption of the two during the 

 winter would be expressed by a depressed line. 



Many persons imagine that goods are allowed to remain in cold 

 storage for very long periods of time. This study of actual conditions 

 indicates that the bulk of the beef is delivered within a period of seven 

 months after entering storage and that a large fraction is stored less 

 than one month. The movement of fresh pork is still more rapid, 

 so that little remains after storage for two months. After dressed 

 poultry has been stored for one month the exhaustion of the stored 

 stock proceeds steadily, and after the lapse of half a year only a 

 small fraction is continued in storage. The distribution of butter 

 for consumption proceeds with comparative evenness from about the 

 second month of storage onward for six months, so that by the end of 

 the eighth month 88 .4 per cent has been withdrawn. Eggs are com- 

 monly kept in storage for from six to nine months, and by the end 

 of ten months 97 . 2 per cent have been taken out. (See table.) 



PERCENTAGE OF RECEIPTS OF 1909-10 DELIVERED AFTER STORAGE 

 FOR ONE, TWO, THREE, ETC., MONTHS 



* Less than o . 05 of i per cent. 



