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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. 
Percent- Storages 
Holdings , age of reporting 
reported. total on both 
holdings: 1 dates. 
September 
1, 1916. 
September 
1, 1917. 
Increase 
or 
decrease. 
New England 
Middle Atlantic 
South Atlantic 
North Central (E) . . . . 
North Central (W) 
South Centra] 
Western (N) 
Number. 
si 
8 
39 
45 
12 
10 
9 
Pounds. 
680,066 
7,958,620 
168,004 
4,262,022 
4,081,644 
122,176 
281,352 
Per cent. 
3.8 
44.0 
0.9 
23.5 
22.5 
0.7 
1.6 
Number, 
5 
12 
24 
30 
8. 
6 
Pounds. 
55,595 
1,481,083 
2,372,730 
999,437 
14,083 
140,059 
160.499 
Pounds. 
59,116 
1,481,083 
3,17S,399 
3,436,913 
50,866 
90,176 
527,045 
Per cent. 
+ 6.3 
—397.3 
— 34.0 
-^243.9 
+261.2 
— 35.6 
Western (S) 
545,378 3.0 i 6 
+228 4 
Total 
165 
18,099.262 inn n pi 
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 v 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 32 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 
Comparat 
lve holdinss. 
• 
report- 
Current 
Preceding 
Increase or decrease. 
ing. 
month. 
month. 
Number. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Per cent. 
126 
2,347,461 
1,267,715 
+ 1,079,746 
+ 85.2 
135 
3,025,336 
2,473,288 
+ 552,048 
+ 22.3 
104 
5,837,822 
2,474,936 
+ 3,362,886 
+ 135.9 
105 
12,043,948 
6.843,068 
+ 5,200,880 
+ 76.0 
117 
14,429,516 
12,495,458 
+ 1,934,058 
+ 15.5 
. 116 
16,592,263 
14,444,844 
+ 2,147,419 
+ 14.9 
144 
16,373,472 
17,908,958 
— 1,535,486 
— 8.6 
159 
15,862,051 
16,913,124 
— 1.051,073 
— 6.2 
162 
12,707,627 
15,227,195 
— 2,519,568 
— 16.5 
161 
13,706,339 
12,784,169 
+ 922,170 
+ 7.2 
161 
11,731,551 
14,050,137 
— 2,318,586 
— 16.5 
181 
9,775,736 
12,297,758 
— 2,522,022 
— 20.5 
177 
8,834,115 
9.750,792 
— 916,677 
— 9.4 
April 1 
May 1 
June 1 
July 1 
August 1 . . . . 
September 1 
October 1. . . 
November 1 . 
December 1. 
January 1 . . 
February 1 . . 
Mar^h 1 
April 1 . . . . 
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. 
