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BULLETIN 109^ U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Tables 18 to 24 sliow the monthly holdings compared with the 

 l^receding months. - 



Table IS. — Monthly cold-storage holdings of frozen 'beef during 1917, and com- 

 parison icith Jialdings of preceding months. 



Month. 



Jan. 1, 1917. 

 Feb. 1, 1917. 

 Mar. 1, 1917. 

 Anr. 1, 1917. 

 Mavia917. 

 June i;i917. 

 July 1,1917. 

 Aug. 1, 1917. 

 Sept. 1, 1917 

 Oct.l, 1917. 

 Nov. 1,1917. 

 Dec. 1, 1917. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



15G 

 155 

 220 

 230 

 230 

 230 

 221 

 214 

 235 

 244 

 270 

 307 



Comparative holdings. 



Current 

 month. 



162,081,360 

 157,103,183 

 157,201,985 

 126,360,301 

 92, 879, 934 

 88,715,445 

 104,870,548 

 112,112,800 

 116,136,428 

 136,716,841 

 205, 824, 640 

 266,126,640 



Preceding 

 month. 



125, 

 155, 

 188, 

 146, 

 121, 

 107, 

 100, 

 105, 

 112, 

 116, 

 137, 

 210, 



591,410 

 013,457 



482, 010 

 457, 651 

 081,394 

 968, 163 

 228,187 

 797, 385 

 523; 410 

 355,167 

 772, 543 

 224, 765 



Increase or decrease. 



Pounds. 

 +36,486,950 

 + 2,089,726 

 -31,280,025 

 -20,097/350 

 -28,201,460 

 -19,252,718 

 + 4,642,361 

 + 6,315,415 

 + 3,613,018 

 + 20,361,674 

 +68,052,097 

 +55,901,875 



Per 



cent. 



+29.1 



+ 1.3 



-16.6 



-13.7 



-23.3 



-17.8 



+ 4.6 



+ 6.0 



+ 3.2 



+17.5 



+49.4 



+26.6 



^10 : : _/llO 



100 : .Z! 100 



90 _-_ _ . U- 90 



SO \^ . /- J- SO 



70 ...^ N /____/_ 70 



60 — 1:1-.^::^^ 7_^ J\ 60 



50 \ , — ^, ^ LZ 50 



UO \N^ "^ , _^L 1^0 



30 — _[ v.,^ —^ 30 



igiS "^^ -''' 



20 illL , , 20 



Jan. I Feb. I Mch. | Apr . I i^ay [June [July [Aug. |Sept.| Oct.l Nov. I Dec. 



Fig. 17. — Relative monthly holdings of frozen beef during 1916 and 1917. Base, 100= 

 holdings on December 1, 1917. 



