UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 776 
Contribution from the Bureau of Markets, 
CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief. 
Washington, D. C. 
March, 1919. 
COLD STORAGE REPORTS, SEASON 
1917-1918. 
Apples, Butter, American Cheese, Eggs, and Poultry. 
By John 0. Bell 
Assistant in Market Surveys. 
CONTENTS. 
T A j j.. Page. 
Introduction 1 
Review of the 1917-1918 season for 
cold storage of apples 2 
Review of the 1917-1918 season for 
cold storage of creamery butter.... 7 
Review of the 1917-1918 season for 
cold storage of packing stock 
butter 13 
Page. 
Review of the 1917-1918 season for 
cold storage of American cheese... 14 
Review of the 1917-1918 season for 
cold storage of case eggs 18 
Review of the 1917-1918 season for 
cold storage of frozen eggs 28 
Review of reports on cold storage 
holdings of frozen poultry 31 
Distribution of reports 44 
INTRODUCTION. 
THIS BULLETIN is the second of a series of reviews of the 
storage reports of the Bureau of Markets. The first of 
the series was published as U. S. Department of Agriculture 
Bulletin 709, entitled ''Reports of Storage Holdings. " It gave 
a summary of the work of the Bureau up to January 1, 1918, 
and reviewed the cold storage season of 1916-1917 for apples, 
butter, American cheese and case eggs. It also reviewed the 
previous year's reports on the storage holdings of frozen and 
cured meats. The present bulletin reviews the season of 1917- 
1918 for apples, creamery butter, packing stock butter, Ameri- 
can cheese, case eggs, frozen eggs and frozen poultry. The 
storage holdings of frozen fish and frozen and cured meats 
during 1918 will be reviewed in a separate bulletin which will 
be issued as soon as possible. 
