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



Table 5. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen pork during 1918, and increase or 

 decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 

 on first 

 of each 



Relative 

 percent- 



month. 





Pounds. 



Per cent. 



41,663,343 



30.9 



61,659,024 



45.8 



104,630,052 



77.7 



131,330,478 



97.5 



134,633,021 



100.0 



134,131,514 



99.6 



117,975,752 



87.6 



108,220,472 



80.4 



71,384,870 



53.0 



46,592,638 



34.6 



36,968,036 



27.5 



34,749,590 



25.9 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November. 

 December. 



Pounds. 

 + 19,995,681 

 + 42,971,028 

 + 26,700,426 

 + 3,302,543 



- 501,507 

 -16,155,762 



- 9,755,280 

 -36,835,602 

 -24,792,232 



- 9,624,602 



- 2,218,446 

 + 26,510,445 



Per cent. 

 +48.0 

 + 69.7 

 +25.5 

 + 2.5 



- 0.4 

 -12.0 



- 8.3 

 -34.0 

 -34.7 

 -20.7 



- 5.9 

 +80.7 



Table 6 shows the total holdings reported for each month during 

 the year together with the comparison of the holdings of each month 

 with those of the same date of the previous year. It will be observed 

 that in April, May, and June the holdings of 1918 were approximately 

 50,000,000 pounds greater than those of 1917. However, the 1917 

 stocks for those months were much smaller than those of 1916. In 

 figure 4 are plotted the relative holdings of each month, for the years 

 1916 to 1918, inclusive, on a percentage basis. This shows not only 

 the monthly stocks during the three years but also the monthly 

 increase and decrease in holdings. 



Table 6. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen pork during 1918 compared with 



those of 1917. 



Month. 



Reported for 1918. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Holdings 

 reported. 



Comparison with 1917. 



Storages 



reporting 



for both 



dates. 



1917. 



1918. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



January 



February. _ 



March 



April 



May . 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Number. 

 327 

 349 

 364 

 362 

 360 

 359 

 355 

 353 

 345 

 359 

 350 

 351 



Pounds. 



41,100,684 



61,646,499 



104,630,052 



131,330,478 



134,633,021 



134,131,514 



117,975,752 



108,220,472 



71,384,870 



46,592,638 



37,505,113 



34,621,846 



Number. 

 235 

 271 

 294 

 305 

 318 

 310 

 320 

 313 

 318 

 320 

 311 

 323 



Pounds. 

 50,563,951 

 66,061,889 

 63,352,144 

 64,996,160 

 74,727,820 

 77,533,678 

 91,562,278 

 96,648,335 

 72,286,006 

 39,767,455 

 25,347,070 

 23,504,075 



Pounds. 



33,167,655 



55,155,327 



89,288,856 



112,676,886 



126,666,544 



127,880,376 



112,045,038 



102,889,405 



69,960,132 



44,880,387 



35,485,652 



33,842,445 



Per cent. 

 -34.4 

 -16.5 

 +40.9 

 +73.4 

 + 69.5 

 + 64.9 

 +22.4 

 + 6.5 

 - 3.2 

 + 12.9 

 +40.0 

 +44.0 



Figure 5 shows graphically the quantities of frozen pork in cold 

 storage on the first day of each month during the year 1918. It is 

 based on the quantities given in Table 5. The largest increase in 

 holdings occurred during the month of February when the increase 



