REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 
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Varying from 3 to 23 per cent monthly. The month of April showed 
the most deliveries and the month of January the fewest. 
COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS 
OF 
A M E R I C A N C H E E S E 
Season 1916 - 1917 
On September 1, 1916, 273 storages reported 46,776,039 pounds 
That amount is taken a3 100 per cent in this diagram. 
Per <o >, • ■*=> • • • • * » • 
Cent . d 2 P 2 <d o o <d d o o p. 
100 ^^>^^^o-»^^^^ > n 
Fig. 8. 
By April 1, the holdings had been reduced to 8,768,185 pounds, as 
reported by 347 firms. This was approximately 18J per cent of the 
season's total holdings. An additional decrease of 8 per cent occurred 
