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BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 38. — Cold storage holdings of fowls as reported on February 



1, 1918. 





Reported for February 1, 1918. 



Comparison with February 1, 1917. 



Section. 



Storages 

 report- 

 ing. 



Holdings 

 reported. 



Percent- 

 age of 

 total 

 holdings. 



Storages 



reporting 



on both 



dates. 



February 1, 

 1917. 



February 1, 

 1918. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 





Number. 

 29 

 40 

 11 

 33 

 41 

 15 

 14 

 18 



Pounds. 



1,217,175 



3,062,721 



58,430 



8,239,577 



1,577,954 



458,829 



163,862 



311,521 



Per cent. 



8.1 

 20.3 



0.4 

 54.6 

 10.4 



3.0 



1.1 



2.1 



Number. 

 16 

 22 

 10 

 16 

 33 

 12 

 10 

 12 



Pounds. 

 174,139 



2,078,672 

 68,286 



1,421,152 



3,612,228 

 475,293 

 140,576 

 323,907 



Pounds. 



98,652 



1,337,296 



56,609 



615,451 



1,254,588 



395,040 



159,983 



143,177 



Per cent. 

 — 43 3 



Middle Atlantic 



South Atlantic 



North Central (E) 



North Central (W) 



South Central 



Western (N) 



— 35.7 



— 17.1 



— 56.7 



— 65.3 



— 16.9 

 + 13 8 



Western (S) 



— 55 8 







Total 



201 



15,090,069 



100.0 



131 



8,294,253 



4,060,796 



— 51.0 











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Fig. 17. — Relative monthly holdings of frozen fowls in cold storage during eeasons of 

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



