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BULLETIN 700, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 24. — Moiithlii cold-storage holdings of fro:;cn lamb and mutton during 

 1917, and comparison with holdings of preceding months. 



Month. 



Jan. 1,1917. 

 Feb. 1, 1917. 

 Mar. 1, 1917. 

 Apr. 1, 1917. 

 May !, 1917. 

 Junel, '917. 

 July 1, 1917. 

 Aug. 1, 1917 

 Sept. 1, 1917 

 Oct. 1, 1917. 

 Kov. 1, 1917 

 Dec. 1, 1917. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



96 

 112 

 128 

 134 

 111 

 107 

 127 

 129 

 137 

 153 

 15S 



Comparative holdings. 



Current 

 mouth. 



4, 926, .526 

 4, 103, 243 

 4, 685, 029 

 4,533,649 

 4,298,097 

 3,331,608 

 3,992,684 

 3,560,485 

 2, 892, 120 

 3,152,313 

 4,609,309 

 6, 072, 665 



Preceding 

 month. 



4, 716, 108 

 6,529,321 

 5, 926, 100 

 4,833,390 

 4, 729, 732 

 4,503,674 

 3, 262, 198 

 3,977,137 

 3.598,771 

 2,918,215 

 3,315,776 

 4, 661, 257 



Increase or decrease. 



Pounds. 

 + 210,418 

 -1,426,078 

 —1,241,071 



- 299,741 



- 431,635 

 -1,172,066 

 + 730,486 



- 416, 652 



- 704, 651 

 + 234,098 

 + 1,293,533 

 + 1,411,408 



Per 



cent. 

 + 4.5 

 -25.8 

 -20.9 



- 6.2 



- 9.1 

 -26.0 

 + 22.4 

 -10.5 

 -19.6 

 + 8.0 

 +39.0 

 +30.3 



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 60 

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-Relative monthly holdings of lamb and mutton, frozen, during 1916 and 1917, 

 Case, 100=holdings on January 1, 1917. 



Considerable difficulty was encountered in obtaining reports of the 

 1916 holdings of frozen and cured meats. In asking for data show- 

 ing the holdings of each month during 1917, the storages were also 

 requested to report amounts held- on the same date in the previous 

 year. Some of the figures reported were estimates, and the curve on 

 the charts showing the holdings of 1916 should be considered as show- 

 ing the general trend of the movement and not exact percentages. 



