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BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
According to the prices quoted on the New York market, 
if that portion of the public which purchased the cold storage 
eggs for the season had purchased fresh eggs instead, the 
6,602,711 cases which they bought for $74,118,668 would 
have cost them $99,593,511 or $25,474,843 more than they 
paid for the storage stock. While it is true that many people 
could not have afforded the fresh eggs at the prices quoted and 
the consumption would have been reduced, it is also true that 
the increased demand, on account of the smaller supply avail- 
able, had there been no storage stock, would no doubt have 
sent prices much higher. 
Table 30. — Value of case eggs distributed from cold storage during 1917- 
1918 season at prices for which fresh eggs were sold during same 
period on New York market. 
Date. 
Percent- 
age of 
total 
holdings. 
Moved out 
of storage. 
Price Selling 
P er price, 
dozen. 
August 
September 
October 
November 1 
November 15 
December 1 
December 15 
January 
February 
Per cent. 
8.4 
8.4 
16.4 
11.8 
13.2 
12.6 
12.1 
15.0 
2.1 
Dozens, 
16,638.832 
16,638,832 
32,485,337 
23,373,597 
26,146,736 
24,958.248 
23,967,841 
29,712,199 
4,159,708 
Cents. 
38.2 
39.8 
40.7 
44.9 
51.6 
54.8 
58.8 
64.8 
57.3 
Dollars. 
6,356,034 
6,622,255 
13,221,532 
10,494.745 
13,491,716 
13,677,120 
14,093,091 
19,253,505 
2,383,513 
Total 
100.0 198,081,330 
50.3 
899,593,511 
It is also apparent that, lacking storage facilities, the eggs 
that were placed in cold storage would otherwise have been 
disposed of through consumptive channels during the season 
of production and probably would have caused a substantial 
reduction in the prices at that time. There is, of course, no 
means of ascertaining the actual reduction that would have 
occurred, but it is probable that in many cases the prices 
would not have covered the cost of production. 
REVIEW OF THE 1917-1918 SEASON FOR COLD STORAGE OF 
FROZEN EGGS. 
The first report of the Bureau of Markets showing holdings 
of frozen eggs was issued on May 1, 1917. Reports were 
received from 125 cold storage plants, and their holdings were 
2,659,380 pounds. The stocks gradually increased until Sep- 
tember 1, when 165 warehouses reported 18,099,262 pounds. 
This was nearly three times as many pounds as were stored 
on the same date of the previous year. Table 31 shows the 
holdings of these firms segregated by sections and the holdings 
of 91 storages compared with the amount held by them in the 
previous season. 
