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BULLETIN 7 76, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 52. — Monthly cold storage holdings of total frozen poultry for 
season 1916-1917 as compared with previous months. 
Date. 
Comparative holdings. 
Current 
month. 
Preceding 
month. 
Increase or decrease. 
August 1 . . . 
September 1 
October 1 . . . 
November 1 . 
December 1. 
January 1 . . 
February 1 . 
March 1 
April 1 
May 1 
June 1 
July 1 
Pounds. 
6,394,751 
8,552,463 
10,116,992 
30,095,554 
19,278,260 
30,514,501 
28,100,349 
27,034,001 
21,696,269 
20,777,458 
55,398,147 
26,558,043 
Pounds. 
6,159,755 
7,075,508 
7,813,521 
19,127,888 
10,187,108 
23,353,033 
29,807,566 
29,920,301 
27,391,962 
22,477,190 
62,092,993 
30,137,886 
Pounds. Per cent. 
+ 234,996 + 3.8 
4- 1,476,955 
4- 2,303,471 
4-10,967,666 
4- 9,091,152 
+ 7,161,468 
— 1,707,217 
— 2,886,300 
— 5,695,693 
— 1,699,732 
— 6,694,846 
— 3,579,843 
+ 20.9 
4- 29.5 
+ 57.3 
4- 89.2 
+ 30.7 
— 5.7 
— 9.6 
— 20.8 
— 7.6 
— 10.8 
— 11.9 
Figures 15 to 19, inclusive, show the comparative monthly 
holdings and movement of each variety from July 1, 1916, to 
July 1, 1918.- It is realized that the monthly holdings and 
increases and decreases in holdings as shown for these two 
seasons are probably abnormal and cannot be considered as 
representative of the average season. 
DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS. 
The reports of storage holdings issued by the Bureau of 
Markets are distributed upon specific request to all firms or 
individuals desiring them. Application should be made to the 
Bureau of Markets, Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C. 
In addition to the detailed mail reports a brief summary of 
each is distributed free of charge through the branch offices 
of the Bureau. This summary does not contain as much infor- 
mation as the detailed report and is issued several days in 
advance of it. It is sent over the Bureau's leased wires to 
34 branch offices in some of the more important cities 
throughout the United States. The following list of offices 
now publish monthly summaries: Atlanta, Buffalo, Birming- 
ham, Boston, Butte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, 
Detroit, Denver, Des Moines, Fargo, Fort Worth, Houston, 
Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Lancaster, Memphis, 
Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Oklahoma City, Omaha, 
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, St. Louis, St. Paul, Salt 
Lake City, San Francisco, and Spokane. 
Any person or firm in these cities desiring this advance 
information may secure it by making arrangements with these 
offices direct. Persons in cities not having branch offices may 
request that it be sent them by telegraph, charges collect, thus 
receiving it at approximately the same time that it is published 
in Washington or in the branch offices. 
