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BULLETIN 709, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Tables 18 to 24 show the monthly holdings compared with the 
preceding months* 
Table 18.— Monthly cold-storage holdings of frozen oeef during 1917, and com- 
parison with holdings of preceding months. 
Mouth. 
Storages 
reporting. 
Comparative holdings. 
Current 
month. 
Preceding 
month. 
Increase or decrease. 
Jan. 1, 1917. 
Feb. 1, 1917. 
Mar. 1, 1917. 
Arjr. 1, 1917. 
May 1, 1917. 
June 1, 1917. 
July 1, 1917. 
Aug. 1, 1917. 
Sept. 1, 1917 
Oct. 1,1917. 
Nov. 1, 1917. 
Dec. 1, 1917. 
156 
155 
220 
230 
230 
230 
221 
244 
235 
244 
270 
307 
162,0S1,360 
157,103,183 
157,201,985 
126,360,301 
92, 879, 934 
88,715,445 
104,870,548 
112,112.800 
116,136,428 
136,716,841 
205,824,640 
266,126,640 
125, 594, 410 
155,013,457 
188,482,010 
146,457,651 
121.081,394 
107, 968; 163 
100,228,187 
105, 797, 385 
112,523.410 
116,355,187 
137, 772, 543 
210,224,765 
Pounds. 
+36,4S6,950 
+ 2,089,726 
-31,280.025 
-20,097,350 
-28,201,460 
-19,252,718 
+ 4, 642; 361 
+ 6,315,415 
+ 3,613.018 
+20,361.674 
+68,052,097 
+55,901,875 
Per 
cent. 
+29.1 
+ 1.3 
-16.6 
-13.7 
-23.3 
-17.8 
+ 4.6 
+ 6.0 
+ 3.2 
+17.5 
+49.4 
+26.6 
110 
100 
90 
SO 
70 
60 
50 
no 
30 
20 
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Ar>r . 
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June 
July 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
TIov. 
Dec, 
110 
100 
90 
SO 
70 
60 
50 
40 
30 
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17. — Relative monthly holdings of frozen beef during 1916 and 1917. Base, 100= 
holdings en December 1, 1917. 
