6 BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 4. — Monthly percentages of holdings of boxed apples in cold storage 

 during 1917-1918 season. 



[Based upon January 1 holdings.] 



Section. 



New England .... 

 Middle Atlantic . . . 

 South Atlantic . . . . 

 North Central (E) . 

 North Central (W) 

 South Central .... 



Western (N) 



Western (S) 



United States. . . . 



Oct. 

 15 



Nov. Nov. 

 1 15 



Dec. 

 1 



D;C. 



Jan. 

 1 



Feb. 

 1 



Mar. 

 1 



Apr. 

 1' 



May 

 1 



.June 

 1 



1.4 



21.8 



48.9 



62.0 



82.5 



100,0 



85.3 



53.2 



50.2 



32.3 



4.1 



6.2 



19.8 



47.6 



76.8 



100.0 



95.7 



64.5 



44.. 8 



19.6 



16.2 



39.3 



63.0 



85.3 



97.5 



100.0 



82.0 



49.4 



41.6 



26.2 



3.5 



18.0 



44.7 



66.6 



85.3 



100.0 



89.9 



63.5 



41.1 



17.8 



11.1 



36.3 



62.3 



81.1 



97.7 



100.0 



85.4 



61.0 



40.0 



16.0 



12.0 



31.6 



63.2 



75.1 



81.3 



100.0 



99.3 



69.5 



42.5 



21.0 



53.5 



84.3 



122.4 



130.5 



106.0 



100.0 



94.6 



74.3 



35.0 



7.6 



40.2 



69.6 



87.1 



88.2 



81.2 



100.0 



82.7 



59.5 



40.4 



19.2 



24.2 



42.6 



66.1 



82.9 



88.1 



100.0 



88.9 



64.5 



40.4 



16.6 



2.9 

 3.4 

 5.3 

 3.7 



Figure 2 shows the percentage of the December 1 apple 

 holdings reported monthly to the Bureau of Markets for four 

 seasons. The maximum holdings of each season occurring on 

 December 1 are taken as a basis for each season's percentages. 

 Table 5 shows the actual holdings reported on December 1 

 each season in barrels and boxes and the percentage of in- 

 crease or decrease in holdings over the previous season. It 

 also shows the percentage of the stock that was packed in 

 boxes. 



Table 5. — December 1 holdings of apples in cold storage. 



Year. 



Storages 

 report- 

 ing. 



Barrels. 



Boxes. 



Percent- 

 age 

 packed 

 in boxes. 



Combined 

 holdings 

 expressed 



in barrels. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease 



over 

 previous 

 season. 



1914 



1915 



340 

 367 

 520 

 552 



3,347,050 

 4,213,203 

 3,166,301 

 3,306,037 



4,143,306 



3,684,557 

 3,977,227 

 4,574,076 



Per cent. 

 29.2 

 22.6 

 29.5 

 31.6 



4,728,152 

 5,441,389 

 4,492,043 

 4,830,729 



Per cent. 

 -1-13 5 



1916 



— 32 6 



1917 



— 1.4 



Tables 6 to 8, inclusive, show the movement of apples to and 

 from storage for the four seasons for which the Bureau of 

 Markets has compiled data. In these tables the figures repre- 

 sent the percentages of the December 1 holdings which were 

 placed in or removed from storage during the different months. 

 The only exception to this rule is in the percentages showing 

 the movement of boxed apples from storage during the season 

 of 1917-1918. These are based on the holdings of January 1, 

 as the peak load of boxed apple holdings for this season oc- 

 curred on that date. 



Table 6. Monthly percentages of increases and decreases in cold storage 



holdings of apples. 





Per cent of increase. 



Pfer cent, of decrease. 



Bal- 

 ance 



Season. 



Before 



Oct. 



15 



Oct. 

 16-30 



Nov. 

 1-15 



Nov. 

 16-30 



Dec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May 



on 



hand 



June 1. 



1914-1915 











10.7 



12.0 



10.4 



2. 2 



17. I 

 14.7 

 15.3 

 15.6 



21.9 I 24.1 

 20.1 1 20.0 



14.8 



16.7 



■ 12.2 



21.7 



9.1 

 11.9 

 12.4 

 11.2 



2 3 



1915-1916 











4 6 



1916-1917 

 1917-1918 



38.1 

 36.3 



36.4 

 34.0 



20.0 

 21.3 



5.5 



8.4 



22.4 



2.T . 5 



22 2 

 20.4 



5.1 

 3.4 



