Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-11-11
MORE FOODSTUFFS
IN COLD STORAGE
Eggs, Butter. Cheese, Poultry
and Meat in Frozen
State.

From staff Correspondent.
TRENTON, Nov. 11.-Aeoording to
reports made to the State Depart
ment of Health, more of the following
foods were in cold storage in New
Jersey. October 1. 1915, than have
been in storage at any corresponding
time for several years. The excess
over the storage at the same time
last ~year amounts to more than 3,0o0,-
600 dozen eggs, nearly 100000 pounds
OF butter a,0O0,009 pounds of cheese,
more than 100000 pounds of poultry,
. snore than 100000 poun ds of fresh
meat, and more than 100000 pounds
Of salt meat. This represents q very
large excess in storage over the stor-
ago a year ago.
In the case of a few articles of food,
the storage for October this year was
lass than that year ago. In the case
Of fresh fish, the decrease has been
more than 100000 pounds; in the case
Of salt fish. nearly 100000 pounds.
There has also been a slight decrease
u the amount Of green fruit In stor-
age,
The excess in eggs at this time
seems to be due to an abundant crop
and the consequent heavy storage.
Also, owing to the mild weather and
the continual production of eggs, the
storage crop has not yet been drawn
upon.
The broken egg industry has grown
considerably during the past year,
At present most of the broken eggs
are imported from China
The storage of butter is much in ex-
cess of the storage last year. One
warehouse alone reports more butter
in storage than all the houses had a
year ago. According to reports of
forty leading warehouses in the coun-
try, the excess storage on August /
for the entire country over the stor-
age at the same time last year was
about 23,000,000 pounds. In New Jer-
sey the excess storage on October
was about 100000 pounds over the
storage last year. The large storage
Is due to heavy production
The expectation of butter began
about the middle OF October This is
the first time In recent years that but
ter has been exported from the coun-
try. The tendency has been to inn
port butter in small quantities. Gen.
orally each tub of butter for export
is wrapped in heavy wrapping paper
and enclosed in a cheeseeloth bag,
making a neat PACKAGE
The excess in cheese is probably due
to the same cause as the excess in
butter. It is self-ev1dent that this
cheese is American made and that
there is an excess storage in spite OF
the effect of the European war on
Imports.
The 100000 pounds excess in poul-
try on October l is probably due to
large production. This storage OF
poultry for each quarter of the present
year has heen greater than for the
corresponding quarters OF the
previous year,
The 100000 pounds excess in stor-
age OF fresh meat is due TO temporary
storage for shipment abroad. The ex-
cess In salt meat Is probably due to
the same cause. Fresh meat is now
.fored to the capacity of the ware
houses for such product. With sufii-
Client warehouse capacity. 1t is prob
able that fresh meat storage might
! be several times its present amount,
The lessened storage Of fish for
October /. this year, is due to a
scarcity of fish along the Atlantic
coast since the middle OF summer
Tho lessened storage of green fruit
is due to the lack of warehouse space
for such storage.