14 BULLETIN 1438, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
weight of the bale that was stored in the warehouse was practically 
the same at the beginning and at the end of the experiment. 
From an original total weight of 17,622 pounds not stored in ware- 
houses there was a loss of 3,505 pounds. To state the fact differ- 
ently, there was a loss of 7 full bales from an original lot of 35 bales, 
and 12 of these 35 bales were kept under very favorable conditions. 
The six stored bales lost an average of less than 1 per cent. Bale 
No. 3 lost only 2 per cent. 
