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BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 31. — Cold storage holdings of frozen eggs as reported on 

 September 1, 1917. 





Reported for September 1, 1917. | Comparison with September 1, 1916. 



Section. 



Storages 

 report- 

 ing. 



Holdings 

 reported. 



Percent- 

 age of. 

 total ' 

 holdings. 



Storages 

 reporting 

 on both 

 dates. 



September 

 1, 1916. 



September 

 1. 1917. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 





Number. 



7 

 35 



8 

 39 

 45 

 12 

 10 



9 



Pounds. 

 680,066 



7,958,620 

 168,004 



4,262,022 



4,081,644 

 122,176 

 281,352 

 545,378 



Per cent. 



3.8 



44.0 



0.9 



23.5 



22.5 



0.7 



1.6 



3.0 



Number, 

 5 

 12 



24 



30 



8. 



6 



6 



Pounds. 



55,595 

 1,481,083 



2,372,730 



999,437 



14,083 



140,059 



160.499 



Pounds. 



59,116 

 1,481,083 



3,178,399 



3,436,913 



50,866 



90,176 



527,045 



Per cent. 

 + 63 



Middle Atlantic 



South Atlantic 



North Central (E) . . . . 



North Central (W) 



South Central 



Western (N) 



—397.3 



— 34.0 

 + 243.9 

 +261.2 



— 35 6 



Western (S) 



+ 228.4 







Total 



165 



18,099,262 1 100.0 



91 



5,223,486 ' 14,708,351 



+ 181.6 



There were 6,585,202 pounds or 37.9 per cent of the total 

 amount stored in the city of New York. Chicago storages held 

 2,486,139 pounds or 13.7 per cent. Excepting in the city of 

 New York a large proportion of the stock was stored in the 

 producing sections. Of the 23.5 per cent held in the North 

 Central East section only 13.7 per cent was held in Chicago, 

 .and in the North Central West only 5.2 per cent was stored 

 in St. Louis compared with the 22.5 per cent held in the sec- 

 tion. In the New England States only about 100,000 pounds 

 were held outside of the city of Boston. Table j32 shows the 

 increases and decreases in holdings compiled from the monthly 

 report of the Bureau. 



Table 32. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen eggs compared with 



previous month. 



Date. 



Storages 

 report- 

 ing. 



Comparative holdings. 



Current 

 month. 



Preceding 

 month. 



Increase or decrease. 



April 1 



May 1 



June 1 



July 1 



August 1 . . . . 

 September 1 . 

 October 1 . . . 

 November 1 . 

 December 1. 

 January 1 . . 

 February 1 . . 

 March 1 . . . . 

 April 1 . . . . 



Number. 

 126 

 135 

 104 

 105 

 117 

 116 

 144 

 159 

 162 

 161 

 161 

 181 

 177 



Pounds. 



2,347,461 



3,025,3.36 



5,837,822 



12,043,948 



14,429,516 



16,592,263 



16,373,472' 



15,862,051 



12,707,627 



13,706,339 



11,731,551 



9,775,736 



8,834,115 



• Pounds. 



1,267,715 



2,473,288 



2,474,936 



6.843,068 



12,495,458 



14,444,844 



17,908,958 



16,913,124 



15,227,195 



12,784,169 



14,050,137 



12,297,758 



9,750,792 



Pounds. 

 + 1,079,746 

 + 552,048 

 + 3,362,886 

 + 5,200,880 

 + 1,934,058 

 + 2,147,419 



— 1,535,486 



— 1,051,073 

 -^ 2,519,568 

 + 922,170 



— 2,318,586 



— 2,522,022 



— 916,677 



Per cent. 

 + 85.2 

 + 22.3 

 + 135.9 

 + 76.0 

 + 15.5 

 + 14.9 



— 8.6 



— 6.2 



— 16.5 

 + 7.2 



— 16.6 



— 20.5 



— 9.4 



Figure 11 shows the relative monthly holdings from May 1 

 to April 1 for the past two seasons. It will be observed that 

 the greatest increases for this season were during May and 

 June, the holdings decreasing during September, October, 

 November, January and February, but showing a decided in- 

 crease during December. 



The slowness of the decrease in the holdings during this 

 season is probably accounted for by the shortage in the sugar 

 supply resulting in the decrease in the use of frozen eggs by 

 the bakers. It is also possible that the low prices received for 

 cold storage eggs led some dealers to break out and freeze 

 them. 



