6 BULLETIN 792, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TaBLE 2.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen beef during 1918, and increase or 
decrease during each month. 
Holdings Relative 
Month. on first percent-| Increase or decrease 
of month. age. during month. 
Pounds. Per cent. Pounds. Per cent. 
JANUARY See hehe ht ORE ee, Mee ee 4 oe 315,571,879 100.0 — 23,457,530 — 7A 
Rebrianya 230 PSone SS) Ee ae aes Se ee ee 292,114,349 92.6 — 16,000,304 — 5.5 
Marche) 2 eke fae 2. re Speke hee aliese Pot PERM aoe 276,114,045 87.5 + 7,673,927 + 2.8 
TaN Ghat ea eS AN Ses meer e ek ee Fors eee 283,787,972 89.9 — 56,212,451 | — 19.8 
May wa aoe Sek ie 5 et see ee es Se PPAR (SSP 72.1 — 23,459,245 — 10.3 
PUI ee Ee ake SAS fg eR ee eer nee 204,116,276 64.7 — 34,288,658 | ~—16.8 
ANd Kes Soc ie og PO ee Na oll ee re 2 A eae 169,827,618 53.8 +26,692,705 +15.7 
IETS Ga ED eR ee eT Se 196,520,323 62.3 — 11,331,375 — 5.8 
September. 228 32-4 See a ae we ees rae 185,188,948 58.7 + 9,294,075 + 5.0 
OGtobete 2 tee ie 6 “es erie eee Seis eas 194,483,023 61.6 +29,390,135 | +15.1 
INOVeM Dens =2 = Se nee Se Sie ee NS 223,873,158 | 70.9 + 5,837,481 + 1.9 
+29.5 
1D Ye eYes ca 0%) Pee eye ett Te I Sy apes Wee andl aay ee | 229,710,639 72.8 + 67,148,421 
By the curves indicating the increases and decreases in holdings 
during the months involved, figure 2 shows graphically the relative 
monthly holdings for the years 1916 to 1918, inclusive. 
100 
Fic. 2.—Relative monthly cold storage holdings of frozen beef during 1916, 1917, and 1918. Base 
100 equals holdings on January 1, 1918. 
For several months during the year a few firms failed to report 
their holdings. A careful estimate has been made of their holdings 
for these dates. The estimate for each month was based on the hold- 
ings reported for the previous and succeeding months. 
