COLD STORAGE REPORTS, 1917-1918. 7 



Table 7. — Monthly percentages of increases and decreases in cold storage 

 holdings of barreled apples. 





Per cent, of increase. 



Per cent, of decrease. 



Bal- 



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 



1 





12.1 

 12.2 

 15.1 

 13.1 



19.2 



14.2 

 18.6 

 16.^ 



21.1 

 19.9 

 18.6 

 22.8 



23.5 

 20.4 

 19.4 

 17.2 



14 5 t S d. 



1 2 



1915-1916 









17.3 

 12.0 



IS.l 



12.2 

 11.3 

 8.6 



3 8 



1916-1917 

 1917-1918 



42.2 40.7 



41.3 36.8 



15.9 

 17.8 



1.2 

 4.1 



6.0 

 3.3 



Table 8. — Monthly percentages of increases and decreases in cold storage 

 holdings of boxed apples. 





Per cent, of increase. 



Per cent, of decrease. 





Bal- 



Season. 



Before 



Oct. 



15 



Oct. Nov. Nov. 

 16-30 1-15 16-30 



Dec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May 



on 



band 



June 1. 



1914-1915 





^ 



6.7 



11.5 



0.1 



+ 11.9 



11.3 1 24.3 

 16.5 1 20 9 



25.7 

 18.1 

 28.1 

 24.1 



15.6 

 14.6 

 12.3 

 23.8 



11.0 

 11.6 

 16.1 

 13.6 



5 4 



1915-1916 







6 9 



1916-1917 

 1917-1918 



29.1 25.7 



24.2 18.4 



. . . 

 29.6 15.6 

 23.5 22.0 



8.3 

 11.1 



30.9 

 24.4 



6.2 

 3.0 



REVIEW OF THE 1917-1918 SEASON FOR COLD STORAGE OF 

 CREAMERY BUTTER. 



On May 1, 1917, the beginning of the 1917-1918 season, 

 the total holdings of creamery butter as reported by 304 cold 

 storage plants amounted to 2,695,473 pounds. This was about 

 one and one-fourth more than was held at the beginning of the 

 previous season. The movement into storage was much slower, 

 however, than in the preceding season as by June 1 there was 

 only one-fifth more and by July 1 there was 17.1 per cent less 

 than on the same dates the previous year. The August 1 hold- 

 ings were 20.5 per cent less than in 1916-1917 but by Septem- 

 ber 1 the difference was only 10.6 per cent and on the first of 

 October they were only 3 per cent less. There was an increase 

 of 76,952 pounds during the month of September as compared 

 with a decrease of 8,192,630 pounds during September of the 

 previous season. 



The holdings in the Western North section reached their 

 highest point in August and in the Western South in Septem- 

 ber. The holdings in the North Central West section were the 

 largest in September, while in the Middle Atlantic States the 

 maximum holdings occurred on November 1. The monthly 

 decrease was most rapid in the North Central West and West- 

 ern South sections, while the decreases in the New England, 

 South Atlantic and South Central sections were the slowest. 

 These increases and decreases probably occurred earlier in the 

 producing sections and later in the consuming sections on ac- 

 count of the shipments from western to eastern storages. 



The largest quantity reported to the Bureau of Markets at 

 any one time during the season was 106,475,760 pounds, rep- 

 resenting the holdings of 404 storages on October 1. An esti- 

 mate of the holdings of the storages not reporting for October 



