REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



Table 1. — Cold storage holdings of frozen beef as reported on January i, 1918. 





Reported for January 



1. 1918. 



Comparison with January 1, 1917. 





Stor- 





Percent- 



Storages 







Increase 





ages 



Holdings 



age of 



reporting 



January 1, 



January 1, 





report- 



reported. 



total 



on both 



1917. 



1918. 







ing. 





holdings. 



dates. 











Number. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



Number. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



New England 



33 



18,123,176 



5.8 



27 



4,317,922 



6,907,222 



+ 60.0 



Middle Atlantic 



83 



46,104,962 



14.9 



72 



50,504,794 



43,501,498 



- 13.9 



South Atlantic 



27 



1,798,926 



.6 



25 



1,580,006 



1,793,826 



+ 13.5 



N. Central (east)_- 



74 



154,173,798 



49.8 



55 



98,439,463 



138,051,374 



-1- 40.2 



N. Central (west) . 



60 



72,033,748 



23.3 



49 



37,070,067 



56,210,673 



-1- 51.6 



South Central 



30 



6,716,079 



2.2 



19 



5.398,610 



6,091,953 



+ 12.8 



Western (north)-.. 



28 



4,964,026 



1.6 



21 



2,796,608 



4,000,474 



+ 43.0 



Western (south) 



33 



5,707,159 



1.8 



29 



2,334,340 



5,595,123 



-M39.7 



Total 



369 



309,621,874 



100.0 



297 



202,441,810 



262,152,143 



+ 29.5 







Table 1 shows that almost one-half of the frozen beef held at that 

 time was stored in the North Central States east of the Mississippi 

 r»iver, nearly one-fourth in the North Central States west of the 

 Mississippi and only 15 per cent in the Middle Atlantic States. Most 

 of the holdings in the North Central East section were stored in 

 Chicago, that city having 43 per cent of the total stocks of the country. 

 Greater New York stored the second largest amount, or 7.9 per cent, 

 St. Louis, third, or 5.3 per cent, and Boston fourth, or 4.2 per cent. 



The percentage stored in the North Central East section increased 

 during January and February, 1918, from 49.8 per cent on January 1 

 to 52 per cent on March 1, then decreased until July 1, when only 

 37.9 per cent was stored in that section. By December 1 the per- 

 centage had again increased to 44.2 per cent. 



The percentage in the North Central West section increased to 23 

 per cent on February 1, then decreased monthly until September 1, 

 when only 11.6 per cent was stored in that section; it then increased 

 to 15 per cent on December 1. 



The percentage stored in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania 

 decreased to 13.4 per cent in February, then increased monthly until 

 September 1, when 34.4 per cent was held in these States, The per- 

 centage again decreased, and on December 1 they held 24.2 per cent 

 of the total holdings. ,. ,- ■ 



Table 2 gives the monthly holdings reported, plus the estimated 

 holdings of those storages whose reports were not received.. It also 

 shows the increase and decrease in holdings monthly. Comparing 

 this table with Table 1, it is shown that the quantities unreported 

 monthly were very small, never amounting to more than 2 per cent. 



