REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



Table 4. — Cold storage holdings of frozen pork as reported on May i, 1918. 





Reported for May 1 



1918. 



Comparison with May 1, 1917. 





Stor- 





Percent- 



Storages 











ages 



Holdings 



age of 



reporting 



May 1, 



May 1, 







report- 



reported. 



total 



on both 



1917. 



1918. 







ing. 





holdings. 



dates. 











Number. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



Number. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



New England 



35 



10,478,041 



7.8 



31 



7,226,239 



10,031,810 



+ 38.8 



Middle Atlantic... 



83 



22,323,967 



16.6 



75 



9,095,533 



22,176,752 



+ 143.8 



South Atlantic . . 



25 



1,869,225 



1.4 



24 



477,167 



1,793,047 



+275.8 



N. Central (east).. 



76 



47,755,942 



35.4 



65 



21,226,318 



42,616,383 



+ 100.8 



N. Central (west) . 



60 



38,846,295 



28.8 



56 



27,373,956 



37,577,821 



+ 37.3 



South Central 



31 



3,467,867 



2.6 



25 



3,325,443 



2,866,967 



- 13.8 



Western (north).. 



22 



3,845,590 



2.9 



18 



2,741,160 



3,820,216 



+ 39.4 



Western (south) 



28 



6,046,094 



4.5 



24 



3,262,004 



5,783,548 



+ 77.3 



Total 



360 



134,633,021 



100.0 



318 



74,727,820 



126,666,544 



+ 69.5 



More than 80 per cent of the stocks of May 1 were stored in the 

 Middle Atlantic and North Central sections. Chicago cold storages 

 held one-fourth of the stocks and Greater New York cold storages 

 13.6 per cent. The percentages in the North Central and Middle 

 Atlantic sections varied from 80.8 per cent to 71.5 per cent in October. 



Table 5 shows the holdings of each month during the year, including 

 both the stocks reported and an estimate of the holdings of those 

 firms whose reports were not received. It also shows the amount of 

 monthly increases and decreases. 



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Fig. 4. — Relative monthly cold storage holdings of frozen pork during 1916, 1917, and 1918. Rase 

 100 equals holdings on May 1, 1918. 



