16 BULLETIN 792, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TaBLE 10.—Cold storage holdings of cured beef as reported on January 1, 1918. 
Reported for January 1, 1918. Comparison with January 1, 1917. 
. Stor- Percent-| Storages 
BECHGH: ages Holdings age of |jreporting| January 1, January 1, ince ri 
report- reported. total | on both 1917. 1918. decrease 
ing. holdings.| dates. r 
ol Number. Pounds. Per cent.; Number. Pounds. Pounds. Per cent. 
New England___-__ 26 1,389,312 3.6 20 821,371 1,199,312 + 46.0 
Middle Atlantic___ 95 4,553,085 11.9 80 5,649,827 4,164,069 | — 26.3 
South Atlantic____ 34 648,422 if 29 324,424 623,144 | + 92.1 
N. Central (east) _- 94 16,558,496 43.3 87 17,032,000 16,338,459 | — 4.1 
N. Central (west) _ 49 13,294,063 34.7 47 12,985,971 12,913,430 | — 0.6 
South Central_____ 22 607,197 1.6 16 427,529 572,821 + 34.0 
Western (north)___ 20 374,198 1.0 19 488,398 326,015) |) ose 
Western (south) ___ 23 854,491 22 18 509,720 838,298 | + 64.5 
otal! aes 363 38,279,264 100.0 316 38,239,240 36,975,846 | — 3.3 
Table 10 shows the holdings as reported on January 1, 1918, 
segregated by geographical sections and a comparison of the holdings 
of that date with those of January 1, 1917. This segregation shows 
that 90 per cent of the total holdings were stored in the Middle 
Atlantic and North Central sections. More than 900,000 pounds of 
the unreported stocks were stored_in Chicago, so the North Central 
East section held 44.5 per cent of the total holdings of the United 
States, while Chicago storages alone held 38.2 per cent. Greater New 
York held a little less than 5 per cent of the total stocks. 
TaBLE 11.—Monthly storage holdings of cured beef during 1918, and increase or 
decrease during each month. 
Holdings Relative Increase or decrease 
Month. on first percent- : 
of month. age. during month. 
Pounds. Per cent. Pounds. Per cent. 
Tannary: eRe ee ee eee ere 39,242,571 100.0 — 449,932 — 1.1 
Bebraany se eet ee SE ee See een te ee 38,792,639 98.9 — 1,218,058 — 3.1 
March: 22 oles. 1 Suh eee. eee ae ee 37,574,581 Ode — 2,173,443 — Ey 
Aprils yes RW AD aa0l Pte Nie ae Se ee 35,401,132 90.2 — 5,140,153 — 14.5 
Mays. 22. Rees Ser See eae ae eee 30,260,979 ded — 3,920,511 —13.0 
Jane b= :TETGS Ss ose ee eee Jets. 26,340,468 67.1 — 2,704,960 — 10.3 
Bd i th USI is SS RN Eg cts ale a 23,635,508 60.2 +6,000,604 +25.4 
ATVI G2 Ss) A 8 eae ee ea 29,636,112 75.5 + 575,405 + 1.9 
peplemberis 2 ec. Ss ee ee eee 30,211,517 77.0 — 1,282,457 — 4.2 
October 25 05s Seen Ge aa ee ie eerie 28,929,060 73.7 +1,225,298 + 4.2 
Novermber.2 22 2 ys ees NE ee ee 30,154,358 76.8 +2,428,809 + 8.0 
December! 28 =" 25 — ee ee eee eee ae 32,583,167 83.0 +3,583,175 +11.0 
Table 11 shows the total holdings of each month during the year 
and the percentage of the holdings of each month based on the stocks 
of January 1. It also shows the monthly increase and decrease in 
holdings and the percentage that each month’s increase or decrease 
is of the stocks on hand on the first day of that month. The data in 
this table are based on the total monthly stocks reported, plus an — 
estimate of the unreported holdings. 
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