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BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 52. — Monthly cold storage holdings of total frozen poultry for 

 season 1916-1917 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. 

 6,394,751 

 8,552,463 

 10,116,992 

 30,095,554 

 19,278,260 

 30,514,501 

 28,100,349 

 27,034,001 

 21,696,269 

 20,777,458 

 55,398,147 

 26,558,043 



Pounds. 



6,159,755 



7,075,508 



7,813,521 



19,127,888 



10,187,108 



23,353,033 



29,807,566 



29,920,301 



27,391,962 



22,477,190 



62,092,993 



30,137,886 



Pounds. 

 + 234,996 

 + 1,476,955 

 + 2,303,471 

 + 10,967,666 

 + 9,091,152 

 + 7,161,468 



— 1,707,217 



— 2,886,300 



— 5,695,693 



— 1,699,732 



— 6,694,846 



— 3,579,843 



Per cent. 

 + 3.8 

 + 20.9 

 + 29.5 

 + 57.3 

 + 89.2 

 + 30.7 



— 5.7 



— 9.6 



— 20.8 



— 7.6 



— 10.8 

 -^ 11.9 



Figures 15 to 19, inclusive, show the comparative monthly 

 holdings and movement of each variety from July 1, 1916, to 

 July 1, 1918. It is realized that the monthly holdings and 

 increases and decreases in holdings as shown for these two 

 seasons are probably abnormal and cannot be considered as 

 representative of the average season. 



DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS. 



The reports of storage holdings issued by the Bureau of 

 Markets are distributed upon specific request to all firms or 

 individuals desiring them. Application should be made to the 

 Bureau of Markets, Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C. 



In addition to the detailed mail reports a brief summary of 

 each is distributed free of charge through the branch offices 

 of the Bureau. This summary does not contain as much infor- 

 mation as the detailed report and is issued several days in 

 advance of it. It is sent over the Bureau's leased wires to 

 34 branch offices in some of the more important cities 

 throughout the United States. The following list of offices 

 now publish monthly summaries: Atlanta, Buffalo, Birming- 

 ham, Boston, Butte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, 

 Detroit, Denver, Des Moines, Fargo, Fort Worth, Houston, 

 Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Lancaster, Memphis, 

 Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Oklahoma City, Omaha, 

 Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, St. Louis,. St. Paul, Salt 

 Lake City, San Francisco, and Spokane. 



Any person or firm in these cities desiring this advance 

 information may secure it by making arrangements with these 

 offices direct. Persons in cities not having branch offices may 

 request that it be sent them by telegraph, charges collect, thus 

 receiving it at approximately the same time that it is published 

 in Washington or in the branch offices. 



