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BULLETIN 709, U. S. DEPAETMEXT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Table 24. — Monthly cold-storage holdings of frozen lamb and mutton during 
1917, and comparison icith holdings of preceding months. 
Month. 
Jan. 1,1917. 
Feb. l, 1917. 
Mar. 1, 1917. 
Apr. 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. 
Storages 
reporting. 
87 
96 
112 
128 
134 
111 
107 
127 
129 
137 
153 
158 
Comparative holdings. 
Current 
month. 
Preceding 
month. 
Increase or decrease. 
4,926,526 
4, 103, 243 
4, 685, 029 
4, 533, 649 
4, 298, 097 
3,331,608 
3, 992, 684 
3, 560, 485 
2, 892, 120 
3.152,313 
4, 609, 309 
6, 072, 665 
716, 
529, 
926, 
833, 
729, 
503, 
262, 
977, 
598, 
918, 
315, 776 
661,257 
Pounds. 
+ 210,418 
-1,426,078 
-1,241,071 
- 299,741 
- 431,635 
—1, 172, 066 
+ 730,486 
- 416,652 
- 704, 651 
+ 234,098 
+1,293,533 
+1,411,408 
Per 
cent. 
+ 4.5 
-25.8 
-20.9 
— 6.2 
- 9.1 
-26.0 
+22.4 
-10.5 
-19.6 
+ 8.0 
+39.0 
+30.3 
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100 
90 
50 
70 
60 
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40 
30 
20 
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July 
Aug. 
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Oct. 
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110 
100 
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70 
60 
50 
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Fig. 23. — Relative monthly holdings of lamb and mutton, frozen, during 1916 and 1917. 
Base, 100=holdings on January 1, 1917. 
Consider able-* difficulty was encountered in obtaining reports of the 
1916 holdings of frozen and cured meats. In asking for data show- 
ing the holdings of each month during 1917, the storages were also 
requested to report amounts held on the same date in the previous 
rear. Some of the figures reported were estimates, and the curve on 
the charts showing the holdings of 1916 should be considered as show- 
ing the general trend of the movement and not exact percentages. 
