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BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 35 shows the total holdings of frozen poultry on 

 January 1, 1918, segregated by sections and a comparison of 

 the holdings of the storages reporting for both seasons with 

 their holdings of the previous season. Figure 14 shows graph- 

 ically the comparative monthly holdings from July 1, 1917, to 

 June 1, 1918, inclusive, and the proportionate quantities of 

 the different varieties that were stored on the different dates. 





SoaBon I916-I917. • • • Season I517-I918. 





100 



90 

 8o 

 70 

 6o 



50 

 40< 

 30 

 20 

 10 



July 



Aug. 



Sapt. 



Cot. 



Nov. 



Sec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



Uay 



June 



100 



90 

 80 

 70 

 60 

 50 

 ) 40 

 30 

 20 

 10 

 













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Fig. 13. — Relative monthly holdings of frozen poultry in cold storage during seasons of 

 1916-1917 and 1917-1918. (Base 100 equals holdings on January 1, 1917.) 



Table 35. — Total cold storage holdings of frozen poultry as reported 



January 1, 1918. 



Section. 



Reported for 

 Januaryl, 1918. 



Comparison with January 1, 1917. 



January 1, 

 1917. 



January 1, 

 1918. 



Decrease. 



New England . .• . . 

 Middle|AtIantic. . . 

 South Atlantic . . . 

 North Central (E) . 

 North Central (W) 

 South Central .... 



Western (N) 



Western (S) 



Total 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



2,451,067 



3.9 



16,193,219 



25.5 



454,633 



0.7 



31,969,989 



50.4 



8,585,640 



13.5 



1,785,540 



2.8 



583,416 



0.9 



1,472,183 



2.3 



Pounds. 



110,980 



3,721.003 



613,901 



10.068,570 



13,784,301 



2,300,202 



889,434 



2,069,325 



Pounds. 



67,025 

 1,394,529 



431,757 

 6,969,941 

 6,064,863 

 1,240,136 



574,629 

 1,156,303 



Per cent. 

 39.6 

 62.5 

 29.7 

 30.8 

 56.0 

 46.1 

 35.4 

 44.1 



63,495,687 i 100.0 



33,557,716 I 17,899,183 I 46.7 



