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'T^HIS bulletin has been prepared* in explanation of a chart 

 -*■ recently drawn up by the Department of Agriculture for the 

 use of the Federal Reserve Board, in which information regard- 

 ing storage conditions for certain perishable farm products is 

 set forth. 



The information contained in this bulletin and the accom- 

 panying chart has been contributed by L. C. Corbett, William 

 Stuart, and H. C. Thompson of the Bureau of Plant Industry; 

 M. E. Pennington of the Bureau of Chemistry, and I. C. 

 Franklin, N. A. Hardin, C. W. Mann, H. J. Ramsey, and W. M. 

 Scott of the Bureau of Markets. 



Owners and managers of storage warehouses, members of the 

 Federal Reserve Banks, and producers of the farm products 

 discussed will find information of vahie in the data included in 

 this publication. 



