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ties are mainly in two counties in New Jersey and in a restricted area 
in the eastern section of Maryland. There are a few houses in the 
Eastern Shore section of Virginia, but they are small and their com- 
bined capacity is relatively unimportant. Although the northeastern 
section has a total storage space much smaller than that of the 
southern section, it actually has facilities for storing a larger per- 
centage of its production. 
STORAGE FACILITIES IN THE SOUTH. 
In the 11 Southern States the combined capacity of 1,087 commer- 
cial houses is 7,957,850 bushels. Georgia ranks first, with storage 
space for approximately 2,000,000 bushels. Texas has storage space 
for over 1,000,000 bushels, and Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, 
South Carolina, and Tennessee each have facilities ranging from 
500,000 to 1,000,000 bushels. With so many houses in the South it 
is possible for shippers to hold their stocks during the heavy move- 
ment from the northeastern section and to market them during the 
period of greatest demand, December to April, inclusive. 
STORAGE FACILITIES IN OTHER SECTIONS. 
Most of the storage houses in other producing States are in Muscatine 
County, Iowa; Union County, 111.; Knox and Vigo Counties, Ind.; 
Graves and Calloway Counties, Ky.; Roosevelt County, N. Mex. ; 
Stanislaus County, Calif.; a few counties in southern Missouri; and 
a few counties in Kansas. The combined capacity of the 77 com- 
mercial houses in these eight States is 654,500 bushels. 
FARM STORAGE FACILITIES. 
In addition to commercial storage facilities, there are more than 
1,700 houses which are classified as farm or individual storage 
houses. These range in capacity from 100 to 2,000 bushels, and are 
used mainly to store supplies for home consumption and local markets. 
In the northeastern section there are very few farm storage houses, 
their total capacity being only about 125,000 bushels. In other 
States outside of the southern group the number and total capacity 
are also negligible. In the Southern States, however, farm storage 
houses outnumber the commercial houses and have a combined 
capacity exceeding 1,200,000 bushels. The States that have the 
largest number of farm storage houses are, in the order named, Ten- 
nessee, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Louisiana, and South 
Carolina. Although these houses are generally used for home and 
local market supplies, a part of the stock is available for shipment, 
especially when market conditions are favorable. 
DISPOSITION OF THE SOUTHERN CROP. 
It is estimated that of the 1920 crop 3.7 per cent of the total pro- 
duction in the Southern States was shipped in car lots, 19.3 per cent 
sold in small lots in near-by markets, 37 per cent consumed on the 
farms, 9.5 per cent fed to livestock, 5.5 per cent saved for seed, and 
25 per cent lost from freezing, disease, and other causes. Estimates 
of the disposition of the southern crop are based on replies to ques- 
tionnaires sent to agricultural officials and other well-informed men 
connected with the industry in their respective States. 
