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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. 
Holdings ° 
Relative 
on first Increase or decrease 
SHOE, of each LETLEL = during month. 
month. HSE 
Pounds. Per cent. Pounds. Per cent. 
Janna.) 2s = ea OE eee eee eee 41,663,343 30.9 +19,995,681 +48.0 
Hebruary 22 32s | eee ee epee ene ok ee eh 61,659,024 45.8 +42,971,028 +69.7 
AVE cre a 5 25 es see ob) ng cae pepe Te 104,630.052 lek +26,700,426 +25.5 
IA pr Sb ie ee 1 eee le ee 131,330,478 97.5 + 3,302,543 + 2.5 
ik ee eee ae ee Ea Se Se ee Sp ae 134,633,021 100.0 — 501,507 — 04 
Tune. S62 2 8, PU i Ea a ee ee 134,131,514 99.6 — 16,155,762 —12.0 
ICE LAS eet oe eed ee es ed ee See 117,975,752 87.6 — 9,755,280 — 8.3 
SRUROUIS Go a acre ss Se ee ee ae Re ee ie 108,220,472 80.4 — 36,835,602 — 34.0 
Seplember= =: ts o> A ee eee ee ey eee 71,384,870 53.0 — 24,792,232 — 34.7 
October = = ie. us i ko 5 ees ie al eae 46,592,638 34.6 — 9,624,602 — 20.7 
INGvemiber’: = is ee ee ee ae 36,968,036 21 — 2,218,446 — 5.9 
December'=.20 > 2S ee ee Rae eee 34,749,590 25.9 +26,510,445 +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. 
Reported for 1918. Comparison with 1917. 
Storages 
A Snes Storages | Holdings | reporting 1917. 1918. Increase 
reporting.| reported. for both or 
dates. decrease 
Number Pounds. Number.| Pounds. Pounds. Per cent. 
Janay 5 ese yn eat ee 327 41,100,684 235 50,563,951 33,167,655 — 34.4 
ebrIB anys so 2-0 = ae oan 349 61,646,499 271 66,061,889 5D,1Ddsoz0 | —16.5 
Warcht ass 26 belie foe 364 | 104,630,052 294 63,352,144 89,288,856 +40.9 
d's 071 esa pe pane Ce OE Peg 362 | 131,330,478 305 64,996,160 | 112,676,886 +73.4 
Mayet eet sap 360 | 134,633,021 318 74,727,820 | 126,666,544 +69.5 
June’ 25. ce, Ae eet eA ae 359 | 134,131,514 310 77,533,678 | 127,880,376 +64.9 
July S202 6 2 eae > ees 355°| 117,975,752 | 320 91,562,278 | 112,045,038 +22.4 
ANI OTIS fel: Pare pee EG 353 | 108,220,472 313 96,648,335 | 102,889,405 | + 6.5 
September2-= s0- - “ae st | 345 71,384,870 318 72,286,006 69,960,132 | — 3.2 
October: eer ee 359 46,592,638 320 39,767,455 44,880,387 +12.9 
November__.____________ | 350] 37,505,113 311 | 25.347.070 | 35,485,652 | +40.0 
December_______________ | 351 | 34,621,846 323 | 23,504,075 | 33,842,445 | +440 
Figure 5 shows graphically the quantities of frozen pork in cold 
storage on the first day of each month during the year 1918. 
The Jargest increase in 
holdings occurred during the month of February when the increase 
based on the quantities given in Table 5. 
It is 
