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BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 45. — Monthly cold storage holdings of miscellaneous poultry for 

 season 1917-1918 as compared with previous months. 



Storages 

 report- 

 ing. I 



Comparative holdings. 



Current 

 month . 



Preceding 

 month. 



Increase or decrease. 



August 1 . . . 

 September 1 

 October 1 . . . 

 November 1 

 December 1. 

 January . . . . 

 February 1 . 

 March 1. . . . 



April 1 



May 1 



June 1 



July 1 



Number 

 153 

 153 

 171 

 190 

 190 

 211 

 224 

 235 

 243 

 238 

 242 

 235 



Pounds. 

 35,602,249 

 31,995,244 

 32,729,238 

 32,421,891 

 7,816,416 

 18,239,448 

 15,439,245 

 12,566,909 

 9,672,387 

 4,975,171 

 4,429,679 

 5,781,039 



Pounds. 

 39,731,499 

 35,077,131 

 40,310,178 

 33,226,460 

 8,104,946 

 14,780,241 

 19,767,286 

 15,151,338 

 12,905,018 

 8,694,017 

 4,975,096 

 4,611,548 



Pounds. 

 ;— 4,129,250 

 :— 3,081,887 

 ;— 7,580,940 

 I— 804,569 

 I— 288,530 

 + 3,459,207 

 I— 4,328,041 



— 2,584,429 

 I— 3,232,631 



— 3,718,846 

 ;— 545,417 



+ 1,169,491 



jPer cent. 

 I— 10.4 



— 8.8 



— 18.8 

 I— 2.4 



— 3.6 

 + 23.4 



— 21.9 

 1— 17.1 



— 25.0 

 :— 42.8 



i— n.o 



1+ 25.4 



Table 46. Monthly cold storage holdings of total frozen poultry fori 



season 1917-1918 as compared with previous months. 



Date. 



Comparative holdings. 



Current 

 month. 



Preceding 

 month. 



Increase or decrease. 



August 1 . . . 

 September 1 

 October 1 . . . 

 November 1 

 December 1. 

 January 1 . . 

 February 1 . 

 March 1. . . . 



April 1 



May 1 



June 1 



July 1 



Pounds. 

 46,030,369 

 42,624,775 

 41,067,758 

 44,725,103 

 30,572,506 

 58,734,249 

 63,324,331 

 55,450,334 

 43,690,940 

 26,401,548 

 18,707,217 

 17,880,593 



Pounds. 

 53,855,714 

 47,982,648 

 51,003,429 

 45,145,433 

 27,488,437 

 45,400,035 

 62,605,289 

 66,958,837 

 56,747,788 

 42,526,908 

 26,518,037 

 18,865,994 



[ Pounds. 

 ;— ■ 7,825,345 

 '— 5,357,873 

 ]— 9,935,671 

 ,— 420,330 



+ 3,084,069 

 ! + 13,33-1,214 

 i + 719,042 

 1—11,508,503 



—13,056,848 

 1—16,125,360 

 '— 7,810,820 

 :— 985,401 



+ 



Per cent. 



— 14.5- 



— 11.2 



— 19.5 

 0.9 



11,2 

 29.4 

 + 1.1 



— 17.2 



— 23.0 



— 37.9 



— 29.5 



— 5.2 



Tables 47 to 52, inclusive, show the same data for the sea- 

 son of 1916-1917. As previously stated, on account of the 

 lack of reports from many warehouses these figures are very 

 incomplete. 



Table 47. — Monthly cold storage holdings of broilers for season 1916-1917 

 as compared w^ith previous months. 



Date. 



Storages 



Comparative holdings. 





reporting. 



Current 



Preceding 



Increase or decrease. 





month. 



month. 





Number. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Per cent 



58 



317,135 



178,571 



-f 138,564 



+ 77. 6 



49 



440,556 



243,166 



+ 197,390 



+ 81.2 



65 



1,099,604 



661,589 



-f 438,015 



+ 66.2 



81 



2,007,799 



1,272,953 



+ 734,846 



-1- 57.7 



84 



3,135,704 



2,112,296 



+ 1,023,408 



+ 48.5 



86 



3,720,338 



3,376,080 



-1- 344,258 



4- 10.2 



90 



3,903,888 



4,177,467 



— 273,579 



— 6.5 



105 



4,301,277 



4,146,388 



+ 154,889 



+ 3.7 



111 



3,143,788 



4,337,197 



— 1,193,409 



— 27.5 



113 



3,429,852 



3,562,298 



— 132,446 



— 3.7 



134 



4,387,479 



5,104,412 



— 716,933 



— 14.0 



135 



4,237,654 



4,940.446 



— 702,792 



— 14.2 



August 1 . . . 

 September 1 

 October 1. . . 

 November 1 

 December 1 . 

 January 1 . . 

 February 1 . 

 March 1 . . . . 



April 1 



May 1 



June 1 



July 1 



