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BULLETIN 709, U. S, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
during the month of April, leaving 15 per cent in storage on May 1. 
The percentages of decrease, however, in the latter part of the season 
do not represent actual deliveries. The reports as published by the 
Bureau of Markets showed the holdings on the 1st of each month, and 
at this time some of the new stock was no doubt being placed in storage 
before all of the old stock was removed. The percentages, therefore, 
merely show the net decrease during those months. Table 7 shows the 
holdings of each month compared with those of the preceding month 
throughout the season, as published in the monthly reports of the 
bureau. 
Table 7. — Monthly cold-storage holdings of American cheese during the season 
of ,1916 and 1917 and comparisons with holdings of preceding months. 
Month. 
June 1, 1916. 
July 1, 1916. 
Aug. 1,1916. 
Sept. 1, 1916 
Oct. 1, 1916. 
Nov. 1,1916 
Dec. 1, 1916. 
Jan. 1,1917. 
Feb. 1, 1917. 
Mar. 1, 1917. 
Apr. 1, 1917. 
May 1, 1917. 
Storages 
reporting. 
19o 
171 
183 
198 
273 
347 
212 
291 
282 
289 
321 
309 
Comparative holdings 
Current 
month. 
6,968,252 
14, 663, 283 
30,512,859 
33, 545, 179 
44, 308, 627 
44, 694, 020 
31,833,373 
28, 831, 149 
19, 789. 805 
12,-122,176 
8,506.087 
6,969:562 
Preceding 
month. 
Increase or decrease. 
Pounds. 
+ 975, 095 
+ 8,456,218 
+ 14,080,101 
+ 4,123,471 
- 2,467,412 
- 3,668,739 
- 5,736,369 
- 4,734,600 
-10,144,471 
- 6,762,871 
- 4,823,046 
- 1,441,460 
Per cent. 
+ 16.3 
+ 136.2 
+ 85.7 
+ 14.0 
-5.3 
-7.6 
- 15.3 
- 14.1 
- 33.9 
- 35.3 
- 36.2 
- 17.1 
REVIEW OF THE 1916-17 COLD-STORAGE SEASON FOR EGGS. 
The cold-storage holdings of eggs reached their highest point on 
August 1. The 312 cold storages that reported held 6,060,129 cases 
of eggs on that date. The season's holdings were comparatively 
small, being only three -fourths as great as in the previous season. 
It should be considered, however, that an exceptionally large quantity 
was stored during the season of 1915-16. The distribution of the 
holdings is shown in Table 8. The warehouses in the Middle Atlantic 
and North Central sections held more than 80 per cent of the total. 
The major portion was held in the cities of New York, Philadelphia, 
and Chicago. 
Table 8. — Cold-storage holdings of ease eggs as reported on Aug. 1, 1916. 
Section. 
Storages 
reporting. 
Cases. 
Percentage 
in each 
section. 
15 
55 
10 
62 
70 
38 
22 
34 
569, 542 
1,889,362 
74, 299 
1,943,574 
1, 082, 026 
' 133, 744 
79, 262 
288, 320 
9.4 
31.2 
1.2 
32.1 
17.8 
South Central 
2.2 
1.3 
4.8 
Total 
312 
6, 060, 129 
100.0 
