COLD STORAGE REPORTS, 1917-1918. 



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Table 37. — Cold storage holdings of roasters as reported on January 



1, 1918. 



Section. 



Reported for January 1, 1918. 



Comparison with January 1, 1917. 



Storages 

 report- 

 ing. 



Holdings 

 reported. 



Percent- 

 age of 

 total 

 holdings. 



Storages 



reporting 



on both 



dates. 



January 1, 

 1917. 



January 1, 

 1918 



Increase 



or 



decrease . 





Number. 

 21 



Pounds. 



254,266 



4,255,155 



75,119 



9,133,360 



2,522,763 



208,618 



87,587 



61,815 



Per cent. 



1.5 



25.6 



0.5 



55.0 



15.2 



1.3 



0.5 



0.4 



Number. 



8 

 15 



5 

 17 

 29 

 11 



6 



8 



Pounds. 



19,262 



692,709 



123,564 



1,535,090 



4,020,729 



393,643 



47,264 



85,917 



Pounds. 



13,806 



275,796 



75,119 



2,486,424 



2,016,804 



198,612 



87,587 



42,303 



Per cent. 

 — 28.3 



Middle Atlantic 



South Atlantic 



North Central (E) . . . . 



North Central (W) 



South Central 



Western (N) 



Western (S) 



44 

 5 

 33 

 42 

 14 

 6 

 13 



— 60.2 



— 39.2 

 -t- 62.0 



— 49.8 



— 49.5 

 + 85.3 



— 50.8 



Total i 178 



16.598.683 



100.0 



99 



6,918,178 



5,196,451 



— 24.9 









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 90 



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70 



6o 



50 



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30 



20 



10 







July 



MiS- 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Deo. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May 



June 



100 



50 

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 70 

 6o 



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 30 



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Fig. 16. — Relative monthly holdings of frozen roasters in cold storage during seasons of 

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



