8 BULLETIN 792, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 3 shows the total quantity reported monthly with a com- 
parison of the holdings of each month with those of the same month 
in 1917. This comparison also is based on the stocks of those ware- 
houses reporting for both dates. All months except December show 
the holdings of 1918 to be much more than those of 1917, the increases 
varying from 8 per cent on February 1 to 91.7 per cent or about 
ninety-five million pounds on June 1. 
TaBLE 3.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen beef during 1918 compared with 
those of 1917. 
Reported for 1918. Comparison with 1917. 
Storages 
SH BD. Storages Holdings reporting 1917 1918 Increase 
reporting.| reported. for both j ; Feet 
dates. ; 
Number. Pounds. Number. Pounds. Pounds. Per cent. 
Mam aTy ee Oa on eee 369 | 309,621,874 297 | 202,441,810 | 262,152,143 +29.5 
Bebruary®: =.) =>) ee 379 | 292,044,788 308 | 190,908,760 | 206,244,760 + 8.0 
Vian chines on eo ei 386 | 276,114,045 318 | 169,792,699 | 188,087,763 +10.8 
Aprils. 12 Sai fe Ne 380 | 283,787,972 322 | 154,192,972 | 250,868,255 +62.7 
MWiay, eee © as oa pa oe 383 | 227,575,521 326 | 118,391,253 | 206,400,834 +74.3 
Srmnes ss. 0: ieee Bees 369 | 204,116,276 321 | 103,006,888 | 197,465,175 +91.7 
Duly eee fe 6 377 | 169,827,618 328 | 109,353,514 | 163,219,536 +49.3 
Ae USt. 22 See a 360 | 196,520,323 323 | 108,728,886 | 182,486,446 +67.8 
September... seek 368 | 185,188,948 327 | 100,453,086 | 170,241,546 +69.5 
October: 2s eee ee 370 | 194,483,023 327 | 119,221,128 | 170,121,857 +42.7 
November e— Sa 2 371 | 222,267,57 339 | 179,031,590 | 195,800,989 + 9.4 
December) S023: 2282 _ 5: 380 | 229,607,772 347 | 235,664,360 | 203,217,071 —13.8 
Figure 3 is a chart showing the comparative monthly holdings of 
frozen beef for 1918. The quantities indicated on the chart are based 
on the quantities reported plus the estimated holdings of unreported 
warehouses as given in Table 3. The monthly increases and decreases 
as shown in Table 3 and on this chart do not have any great degree 
of regularity. They show a general decrease to July 1, except for a 
slight increase during March. From July 1 until] the end of December, 
the holdings increased monthly except for a slight decrease during the 
month of August. The greatest decrease, amounting to more than 
56,000,000 pounds, occurred during April. In December the holdings 
were increased by more than 67,000,000 pounds. 
FROZEN PORK. 
During the months of April to July, 1918, inclusive, the holdings 
of frozen pork were much larger than for the previous two years. 
From August 1 to January 1 the holdings for the three years have 
shown little variation. Table 4 shows the holdings that were reported 
on May 1, 1918, segregated by sections. The holdings of that month 
are the maximum of the season and the largest quantity that has been 
reported to the Bureau of Markets since these reports have been 
collected. The table also compares the holdings of May 1, 1918, with 
those of May 1, 1917, the comparison being based on the holdings 
of only those warehouses which reported for both dates. 
