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BULLETIi^ 709, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



during the month of April, leaving 15 per cent in storage on May 1. 

 The percentages of decrease, however, in the latter part of the season 

 do not represent actual delR^eries. The reports as published by the 

 Bureau of Markets showed the holdings on the 1st of each month, and 

 at this time some of the new stock was no doubt being placed m storage 

 before all of the old stock was removed. The percentages, therefore^ 

 merely show the net decrease during those months. Table 7 shows the 

 holdings of each month compared with those of the preceding month 

 throughout the season, as published in the monthly reports of the 

 bureau. 



T.VBLE 7. — Monthly cold-storane holdings of American cheese during the season 

 of 1916 and 1917 and comparisons with holdings of preceding months. 



Month. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



June 1, 1916. 

 July 1,1916. 

 Aug. 1,1916. 

 Sept. 1, 1916 

 Oct. 1,1916. 

 Nov. 1, 1916. 

 Dec. 1, 1916. 

 Jan. 1,1917. 

 Feb. 1, 1917. 

 Mar. 1, 1917. 

 Apr. 1, 1917. 

 May 1,1917. 



19G 

 171 

 18:3 

 19S 

 273 

 347 

 212 

 291 

 282 

 289 

 321 

 309 



Comparative holdings. 



Current 

 month. 



6,968,252 

 14, 663, 283 

 30, 512, 859 

 33, .545, 179 

 44,308,627 

 44, 694, 020 

 31,833,373 

 28, 831, 149 

 19, 789, 805 

 12,422,176 

 8, 506, 087 

 6, 969, 502 



Preceding 

 month. 



Increase or decrease. 



Pounds. 

 + 975, 095 

 + 8,456,218 

 + 14,080,101 

 + 4, 123, 471 



- 2,467,412 



- 3, 668, 739 



- 5,736,369 



- 4, 734, 600 

 -10,144,471 



- 6,762,871 



- 4,823,046 



- 1,441,460 



Per cent. 



+ 16.3 

 +136.2 



+ 85.7 



+ 14.0 



- 5.3 



- 7.6 



- 15.3 



- 14.1 



- 33.9 



- 35.3 



- 36. 2 



- 17.1 



REVIEW OF THE 1916-17 COLD-STORAGE SEASON FOR EGGS. 



The cold-storage holdings of eggs reached their highest point on 

 August 1. The 312 cold storages that reported held 6,060,129 cases 

 of eggs on that date. The seasoh's holdings were comparatively 

 small, being only three-fourths as great as in the previous season. 

 It should be considered, however, that an exceptionally large quantity 

 was stored during the season of, 1915-16. The distribution of the 

 holdings is shown in Table 8. The warehouses in the Middle Atlantic 

 and North Central sections held more than 80 per cent of the total. 

 The major portion was held in the cities of New York, Philadelphia, 

 and Chicago. 



Table 8. — Cold-storage holdings of case eggs as reported on Avg. 1. 1916. 



Section. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Cases. 



Percentage 

 in each 

 section. 





15 

 55 

 16 

 62 

 70 

 38 

 22 

 34 



569, 542 



1,889,362 



74, 299 



1,943,574 



1,082,026 



133, 744 



79, 262 



288, 320 



9.4 



Middle Atlantic 



31.2 





1.2 





32.1 



North Central (west) 



17.8 





2.2 



Western (north) 



1.3 



Western (south) 



4.8 







Total 



312 



0, 060, 129 



100.0 







