6 BULLETIN 776. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 4. Monthly percentages of holdings of boxed apples in cold storage 
during 1917-1918 season. 
[Based upon January 1 holdings.] 
Oct 
Section. 15 
New England .... 
Middle Atlantic . . . 
South Atlantic .... 
North Central (E) . 
North Central (W) 
South Central 
Western (N) 
Western (S) 
L nited States .... 
Nov, 
1 
Nov. 
15 
Dec. 
1 
Dec. 
15 
jan. 
1 
Feb. 
1 
Mar. 
1 
Apr. 
1 
Ma3' June 
1 1 
1.4 
21.8 
48.9 
62 . 
4.1 
6.2 
19. S 
47.6 
16.2 
39.3 
63.0 
S5.3 
3.5 
18.0 
44.7 
66.6 
11.1 
36.3 
62.3 
Sl.l 
12.0 
31.6 
63.2 
75.1 I 
53.5 
84.3 
122.4 
130.5 
40.2 
69.6 
87.1 
88.2 ' 
24.2 
42.6 
66.1 
82.9 
82.5 
97.5 
85.3 
97.7 
81.3 
106.0 
81.2 
100.0 
So. 3 
100.0 
05.7 
100.0 
82.0 
100.0 
89.9 | 
100.0 
85.4 
100.0 
99.3 ! 
100.0 
94.6 I 
100.0 
^2.7 
100.0 
88.9 
53 . 2 
64.5 
49 . 4 
63.5 
61.0 
69.5 
74.3 
59 
50.2 
44.8 
I 41.6 
41.1 
40.0 
42.5 
35.0 
40.4 
32.3 
19.0 
26.2 
17.8 
16.0 
21.0 
7.6 
19.2 
2.9 
3.4 
5.3 
3.7 
3.1 
3.6 
1.3 
3.4 
64.5 i 40.4 16.6 3 
Figure 2 shows the percentage of the December 1 apple 
holdings reported monthly to the Bureau of Markets for four 
seasons. The maximum holdings of each season occurring on 
December 1 are taken as a basis for each season's percentages. 
Table 5 shows the actual holdings reported on December 1 
each season in barrels and boxes and the percentage of in- 
crease or decrease in holdings over the previous season. It 
also shows the percentage of the stock that was packed in 
boxes. 
Table 5. December 1 holdings of apples in cold storage. 
Year. 
Storages 
report- 
ing. 
Barrels. 
Boxes. 
Percent- 
age 
packed 
in boxes. 
Combined 
holdings 
expressed 
in barrels. 
Increase 
decrease 
over 
previous 
season. 
1914 
340" 
367 
520 
552 
3,347,050 
4,213,203 
3,166,301 
3.306,037 
4,143,306 
3,684.557 
3.077.227 
4,574,076 
Per cent. 
29.2 1 
22.6 
29.5 
31.6 1 
4,728.152 
5,441,389 
4,492,043 
4,830,729 
Per cent. 
1915 
+13.5 
1916 
—32.6 
1917. . 
— 1.4 
Tables 6 to 8, inclusive, show the movement of apples to and 
from storage for the four seasons -for which the Bureau of 
Markets has compiled data. In these tables the figures repre- 
sent the percentages of the December 1 holdings which were 
placed in or removed from storage during the different months. 
The only exception to this rule is in the percentages showing 
the movement of boxed apples from storage during the season 
of 1917-1918. These are based on the holdings of January 1, 
as the peak load of boxed apple holdings for this season oc- 
curred on that date. 
Table 6. — Monthly percentages of increases and decreases in cold storage 
holdings of apples. 
Per cent of increase. 
Per cent, of decrease. 
Bal- 
ance 
Season. 
Before 1 
Oct. Oct. ' Nov. 1 Nov. 
15 16-30 1-15 | 16-30 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar 
Apr. 
on 
May band 
June 1. 
1914-1915 
10.7 
12.0 
10.4 
2.2 
17. i 
14.7 
15.3 
1 5 . 6 
21.9 24.1 
20.1 20.0 
14.8 
16.7 
12.2 
21.7 
9.1 ; 2.3 
1915-1916 
11.9 4.6 
1916-1917 
1917-1918 
3S.1 36.4 20.0 5.5 
36.3 34.0 21.3 8.4 
22.4 
25 . 5 
22.2 
20.4 
12.4 5.1 
11.2 3.4 
