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PRELIMINARY COLD STORAGE STUDIES. 



Tabulation of data furnished by warehousemen Continued. 



(A) ANIMAL PRODUCTS Continued. 



OYSTERS. 



Average maximum time 



Average minimum time 



Average usual time 



'Average temperature 



days.. 50 



do.... 14 



do.... 29 



...F.. 27.6 



REMARKS. One Alaska firm keeps oysters a much longer period than any firm in 

 this country. 



POULTRY (DRAWN). 



Average maximum time days. . 219 



Average minimum time do 34 



Average usual time do 112 



Average temperature F . . 12. 4 



REMARKS. Several firms who handle undrawn poultry state that they do not 

 handle drawn poultry, and one firm says experience has taught them that the undrawn 

 keeps better than the drawn. 



POULTRY (UNDRAWN). 



Average maximum time days. . 256 



Average minimum time do 32 



Average usual time do 131 



Average temperature F. . 11. 7 



REMARKS. In answer to the question: Is the poultry in your house usually drawn 

 or undrawn, seven firms replied "drawn" and twenty-six "undrawn." Sixteen of 

 the latter stated that it was always undrawn. Three answered that they stored both, 

 without stating any preference. 



