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BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



It will be observed both in the table and in the chart that 

 the movement from cold storage was exceptionally slow. The 

 decrease of 14.9 per cent in January, 1918, compared with 

 the decrease of 23.0 per cent during January, 1917, is espe- 

 cially noticeable. In this connection a comparison of the ex- 

 ports of cheese for the two years as shown in Table 21 is very 

 interesting. 



Table 21. — Monthly exports of cheese as shown by the reports of the 

 Department of Commerce. 



October 



November *. 



December 



January 



February 



March 



April 



1916-1917. 1917-1918. 



Total 41,853,837 



Pounds! 



Pounds. 



5,970,313 



464,967 



3,644,915 



744,419 



4,036,169 



1,271,741 



8,101,103 : 



778,583 



7,241,648 ! 



921,244 



7,576,682 



2,669,003 



5,283,007 



1,234,925 



8,084,882 



The comparatively small quantity exported no doubt partly 

 accounts- for the slow movement from storage. On April 1 a 

 quantity equal to 40.6 per cent of the holdings on October 1 

 was still in cold storage as compared with the 18.5 per cent 

 of October 1, 1916, holdings held on April 1 of the previous 

 season. The holdings decreased more than fourteen million 

 pounds during April as compared with a decrease of about 

 one and one-half million during April 1917. There still re- 

 mained, however, a stock of 24,241,545 pounds on May 1. 



REVIEW OF THE 1917-1918 SEASON FOR COLD STORAGE OF 



CASE EGGS. 



The largest number of case eggs reported in cold storage at 

 any one time during the season was 6,602,711 cases as reported 

 by 403 warehouses on August 1, 1917. This was 0.7 per cent 

 more than was stored on the same date of the previous season. 

 Table 23 shows the total holdings of that date segregated by 

 sections and a comparison of the holdings with those of the 

 previous year. 



Table 23. — Cold storage holdings of case eggs as reported on 

 August 1, 1917. 



Section. 



Reported for Augu=t 1, 1917. 



Storages 

 report- 



Holdings 

 reported. 



Percent. 



age of 



total 



holdings. 



Comparison with August 1, 1916. 



Storages 

 reporting 

 on both 

 dates. 



August 1, 

 1916. 



August 1, 

 1917. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



New England 



Middle Atlantic 



South Atlantic 



North Central (E) . 

 North Central (W) . 



South Central 



Western (N) 



Western (S) 



iNumber. 

 . 24 

 77 

 26 

 77 

 76 

 50 

 34 

 39 



Total. 



403 



Cases. 



809,324 

 1,981,492 



178,275 

 1,789,178 

 1,168,990 



261,969 

 ■ 92,899 



320,584 



Per cent. 



Number. 



12.3 



15 



30.0 



55 



2.7 



16 



27.1 



62 



"d 



70 



38 



1.4 



22 



4.8 



34 



Cases. 



569,542 



1,^89,362 



74,299 



1,943,574 



1,082,026 



133,744 



79.262 



288,320 



Cases. 



682,595 



1,952,10? 



89,633 



1,712,707 



1,094,876 



182,045 



71,855 



316,439 



Per cent. 

 -I- 19.8 

 + 3.3 

 + 20.6 



— 11.9 

 + 1.2 

 + 36.1 



— 9.3 

 + 9.8 



6,602,711 100.0 



312 



6,060,129 



6,102,252 1+ 0.7 



