REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 13 
Leap 8.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen lamb and mutton during 1918, and 
increase or decrease during each month. 
ee Poliines oes Increase or CCEESS 
of month. age. ISIS HOLLING 
Pounds. Per cent. Pounds. Per cent. 
JE WOO EVA es si at Aa GD TN a 7,403,093 81.9 — 1,088,073 —14.7 
1B) OTT NEW EN peg a (OT Pa sa aN a a a TIL 6,315,020 69.8 + 1,540,161 + 24.4 
IVVate hive re pcre ial Nhu a UE! ial ee ly 7,855,181 86.9 — 1,507,021 —19.2 
eM OVEN Legs a ae tS i a Oa 6,348,160 70.2 — 2,315,273 — 36.5 
TF es Se TCS SAN og a 4,032,887 44.6 + 209,873 + 5.2 
LUTE SE a aa aS a a I a 4,242,760 46.9 —. 749,299 —17.7 
iu ya pets ene een ei CS 3,493,461 38.6 + 676,079 +19.4 
ROVE TSH Be Rs DA ee a 4,169,540 46.1 — 123,163 — 3.0 
Septembers eeepc wy Sh ee 4,046,377 44.8 + 1,195,384 +29.5 
OGtober eer Um LO 5,241,761 58.0 +3,042,570 +58.0 
INoyember* sssaveniipaneeeneil) OW SOE 8,284,331 91.6 + 761,919 + 9.2 
Decembers seen wees GO Oe a 9,046,250 100.0 +3,398,668 +37.6 
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Fic. 6.—Relative monthly cold storage holdings of frozen lamb and mutton during 1916, 1917, and 
1918. Base 100 equals holdings on January 1, 1919. 
Table 9 shows the holdings reported monthly during the year and 
a comparison of the holdings of each month with those of the same 
date of the previous year. This comparison includes only the hold- 
ings of those warehouses reporting for both dates. Figure 6 shows 
the relative holdings of each month for the past three years. This 
chart is prepared on a percentage basis and it also shows the relative 
monthly percentage of increase or decrease during those years. It 
shows that the movement of frozen lamb and mutton to and from 
storage was rather erratic, 
