REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 
TasLe 1.—Cold storage holdings of frozen beef as reported on January 1, 1918. 
Reported for January 1, 1918. 
Comparison with January 1, 1917. 
: Stor- Percent-| Storages 
SSONON: ages Holdings age of |reporting| January 1, January 1, dnere Ha 
report- reported. total | on both 1917. 1918. decrease: 
ing holdings.| dates. , arg 
Number. Pounds. Per cent.| Number. Pounds. Pounds. Per cent. 
New England ----- 33: 18,123,176 8 27 4,317,922 6,907,222 | + 60.0 
Middle Atlantic___ 83 46,104,962 14.9 72 50,504,794 43,501,498 | — 13.9 
South Atlantic___- 27 1,798,926 6 25 1,580,006 1,793,826 | + 13.5 
N. Central (east) -- 74 | 154,173,798 49.8 55 98,439,463 | 138,051,374 + 40.2 
N. Central (west) _ 60 72,033,748 23.3 49 37,070,067 56,210,673 | + 51.6 
South Central____- 30 6,716,079 2:2 19 5,398,610 6,091,953 + 12.8 
Western (north) ___ 28 4,964,026 1.6 21 2,796,608 4,000,474 + 43.0 
Western (south) ___ 33 5,707,159 1.8 29 2,334,340 5,595,123 +139.7 
Notalaze we ae. 369 | 309,621,874 100.0 297 | 202,441,810 | 262,152,143 + 29.5 
Table 1 shows that almost one-half of the frozen beef held at that 
time was stored in the North Central States east of the Mississippi 
River, nearly one-fourth in the North Central States west of the 
Mississippi and only 15 per cent in the Middle Atlantic States. Most 
of the holdings in the North Central East section were stored in 
Chicago, that city having 48 per cent of the total stocks of the country. 
Greater New York stored the second largest amount, or 7.9 per cent, 
St. Louis, third, or 5.3 per cent, and Boston fourth, or 4.2 per cent. 
The percentage stored in the North Central East section increased 
during January and February, 1918, from 49.8 per cent on January 1 
to 52iper cent on March 1, then decreased until July 1, when only 
37:9 per cent was stored in that section. By December 1 the per- 
centage had again increased to 44.2 per cent. 
The percentage in the North Central West section increased to 23 
per cent on February 1, then decreased monthly until September 1, 
when only 11.6 per cent was stored in that section; it then increased 
to 15 per cent on December 1. | 
- The percentage stored in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania 
decreased to 13.4 per cent in February, then increased monthly until 
September 1, when 34.4 per cent was held in these States. The per- 
centage again decreased, and on December 1 they held 24.2 per cent 
_ of the total holdings. 
Table 2 gives the monthly holdings reported, plus the estimated 
holdings of those storages whose reports were not received. It also 
shows the increase and decrease in holdings monthly. Comparing 
this table with Table 1, it is shown that the quantities unreported 
monthly were very small, never amounting to more than 2 per cent. 
