COLD STORAGE REPORTS, 1917-1918. 



15 



amount on hand on October 1, 1917, was approximately 95,- 

 000,000 pounds. On this date 31 per cent of the total stock 

 was stored in New York State and 12.4 per cent in New York 

 city. Wisconsin storages held 12.7 per cent while only 1.6 

 per cent was stored in Minnesota. The largest quantity stored 



in any one city was 



Relative monthly cold 

 holdings of Pacicing Steele Putt 

 season of l^l'J-l^lQ.^ 



ex -P > o c ,Q 



.00 



90 



70 



Go 



50 



40 



30 



20 



10 



mil 



Mill I 



Mini 



III UN 

 III MM 



100 



90 



80 



70 



storage held in Chicago, 



er for the the holdings there 

 amount to 19.8 per 

 cent. Boston stor- 

 ages held 6.5 per 

 cent, San Francisco 

 storages 2.9 per 

 cent and less than 

 1 per cent was held 

 in Philadelphia. 



Table 18 shows 

 the holdings of Oc- 

 tober 1, 1917, seg- 

 regated by sections 

 and also a com- 

 parison of the hold- 

 ings of 301 storages 

 on that date with 

 the amount they 

 held on September 

 1 of the previous 

 year. 



This comparison 

 shows an increase 

 of 52.4 per cent. 

 The holdings of 

 October 1, 1917, 

 are compared with 

 those of September 

 1, 1916, as the stor- 

 ing season con- 

 tinued for a longer 

 period in 1917 and 

 the largest quan- 

 tities reported dur- 

 ing these seasons 

 were held on those dates. The holdings of the 1916-1917 and 

 1915-1916 seasons were approximately the same, there being 

 a difference of less than onle per cent. 



At the beginning of the season on May 1, 1917, there were 

 almost 8,000,000 pounds already in storage. This quantity 

 was no doubt partly a carry-over from the previous season and 

 partly new stock going into storage very early. These hold- 

 ings were increased by more than 2,000,000 pounds during the 

 month of May. The bulk of the holdings, however, was placed 

 in cold storage during the months of June, July and August, 

 87.8 per cent of the total increases occurring in these months. 



60 



50 



40 



30 



20 



10 



Fig. 5. 



