6 BULLETIN 792, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 2. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen beef during i9i8, and increase or 

 decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 



on first 



of month. 



Relative 



percent- 

 age. 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



Janiiary__. 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December, 



Pounds. 



315,571,879' 

 292,114,349 

 276,114,045 

 ^'83,787,972 

 227,575,521 

 204,116,276 

 169,827,618 

 196,520,323 

 185,188,948 

 194,483,023 

 223,873,158 

 229,710,639 



Per cent. 

 100.0 

 92.6 

 87.5 

 89.9 

 72.1 

 64.7 

 53.8 

 62.3 

 - 58.7 

 61.6 

 70.9 

 72.8 



■ Pounds. 

 -23,457,530 

 - 16,000,304 

 + 7,673,9S7 

 -56,212,451 

 -23,459,245 

 -34,288,658 

 + 26,692,705 

 -11,331,375 

 + 9,294,075 

 + 29,390,135 

 + 5,837,481 

 + 67,148,421 



Per cent. 



- 7.4 



- 5.5 

 + 2.8 

 -19.8 

 -10.3 

 -16.8 

 + 15.7 



- 5.8 

 + 5.0 

 + 15.1 

 + . 1 .9 

 + 29.5 



By the curves indicating the increases and decreases in holdings 

 during the months involved, figure 2 shows graphically the relative 

 monthly holdings for the years 1&16 to 1918, inclusive. 



Fig. 2. — Relative monthly cold storage holdings of frozen beef during 1916, 1917, and 1918. Base 

 100 equals holdings on January 1, 1918. 



For several months during the year a few firms failed to report 

 their holdings. A careful estimate has been made of their holdings 

 for these dates. The estimate for each month was based on the hold- 

 ings reported for the previous and succeeding months. 



