BULLETIN 792, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 3 shows the total quantity reported monthly with a com- 

 parison of the holdings of each month with those of the same month 

 in 1917. This comparison also is based on the stocks of those ware- 

 houses reporting for both dates. All months except December show 

 the holdings of 1918 to be much more than those of 1917, the increases 

 varying from 8 per cent on February 1 to 91.7 per cent or about 

 ninety-five million pounds on June 1. 



Table 3. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen beef during 1918 compared with 



those of i917. 



Month. 



Reported for 1918. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Holdings 

 reported. 



Comparison with 1917. 



Storages 



reporting 



for both 



dates. 



1917. 



Increase 



January 



February. . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November. 

 December. 



Number. 

 369 

 379 

 386 

 380 

 383 

 369 

 377 

 360 

 368 

 370 

 371 

 380 



Pounds. 



309,621,874 

 292,044,788 

 276,114,045 

 283,787,972 

 227,575,521 

 204,116,276 

 169,827,618 

 196,520,323 

 185,188,948 

 194,483,023 

 222,267,572 

 229,607,772 



Number. 

 297 

 308 

 318 

 322 

 326 

 321 

 328 

 323 

 327 

 327 

 339 

 347 



Pounds. 



202,441,810 

 190,908,760 

 169,792,699 

 154,192,972 

 118,391,253 

 103,006,888 

 109,353,514 

 108,728,886 

 100,453,086 

 119,221,128 

 179,031,590 

 235,664,360 



Pounds. 

 262,152,143 

 206,244,760 

 188,087,763 

 250,868,255 

 206,400,834 

 197,465,175 

 163,219,536 

 182,486,446 

 170,241,546 

 170,121,857 

 195,800,989 

 203,217,071 



Per cent. 

 +29.5 

 + 8.0 

 + 10.8 

 + 62.7 

 +74.3 

 +91.7 

 +49.3 

 + 67.& 

 ■ +69.5 

 +42.7 

 + 9.4 

 -13.8 



Figure 3 is a chart showing the comparative monthly holdings of 

 frozen beef for 1918. The quantities indicated on the chart are based 

 on the quantities reported plus the estimated holdings of unreported 

 warehouses as given in Table 3. The monthly increases and decreases 

 as shown in Table 3 and on this chart do not have any great degree 

 of regularity i They show a general decrease to July 1, except for a 

 slight increase during March. From July 1 until the end of December, 

 the holdings increased monthly except for a slight decrease during the 

 month of August. The greatest decrease, amounting to more than 

 56,000,000 pounds, occurred during April. In December the holdings 

 were increased by more than 67,000,000 pounds. 



FROZEN PORK. 



During the months of April to July, 1918, inclusive, the holdings 

 of frozen pork were much larger than for the previous two years. 

 From August 1 to January 1 the holdings for the three years have 

 shown little variation. Table 4 shows the holdings that were reported 

 on May 1, 1918, segregated by sections. The holdings of that month 

 are the maximum of the season and the largest quantity that has been 

 reported to the Bureau of Markets since these reports have been 

 collected. The table also compares the holdings of May 1, 1918, with 

 those of May 1, 1917, the comparison being based on the holdings 

 of only those warehouses which reported for both dates. 



