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BULLETIN *709, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



The bureau began issuing reports showing the holdings of frozen 

 eggs on May 1, and the holdings of September 1 were larger than for 



COLD STORAGil HOLDINGS 

 F 

 CASE EGGS, 

 Season 1916 - I917. 



On August 1, 1916, 235 storages reported 5,652,571 cases. 

 That amount is taken as 100 per cent in this diagram. 



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any other month during the season. Table 10 shows the holdings for 

 that date, segregated by sections and compared with those on the 



