COLD STORAGE REPORTS, 1917-1918. 
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Table 48. — Monthly cold storage holdings of roasters for season 1916-1917 
as compared with previous months. 
Storages 
report- 
ing. 
Comparative holdings. 
Date. 
Current 
month. 
Preceding 
month. 
Increase or decrease. 
Number. 
52 
46 
55 
71 
75 
80 
88 
101 
107 
114 
140 
143 
Pounds. 
242,119 
386,277 
981,079 
2,000,800 
4,631,215 
6,184,653 
5,513,471 
5,350,258 
4,772,702 
5,604,246 
6,967,872 
6,407,242 
Pounds. 
328,863 
312,680 
398,434 
972,656 
1,976,390 
4,895,194 
6,222,169 
6,167,056 
5,494,683 
6,032,829 
7,963,991 
7.539,751 
Pounds. 
— 86,744 
+ 73,597 
+ 582,645 
+ 1,028,144 
+ 2,654,825 
+ 1,289,459 
— 708,698 
— 816,798 
— 721,981 
— 428,583 
— 996,119 
— 1,132,509 
Per cent. 
— 26.4 
+ 23.5 
+ 146.2 
+ 105.7 
+ 134.3 
+ 26.3 
— 11.4 
— 13.2 
April 1 . 
— 13.1 
May 1 
June 1 
July 1 
— 7.1 
— 12.5 
— 15.0 
Table 49. — 'Monthly cold storage holdings of fowls for season 1916-1917 
as compared with previous months. 
Storages 
report- 
ing. 
Comparatr 
?e holdings. 
Date 
Current 
month. 
Preceding 
month. 
Increase or decrease. 
Number. 
63 
60 
69 
89 
94 
93 
99 
117 
127 
131 
155 
154 
Pounds. 
388;349 
863,582 
1,018,180 
1,615,081 
3,546,615 
.5,741,491 
6,554,853 
4,985,630 
3,364,330 
4,196,011 
4,364,944 
3,755,639 
Pounds. 
390,131 
386,790 
829,555 
1,283,345 
1,735,088 
3,937,126 
5,945,038 
6,768,474 
4,992,144 
4,685,604 
* 5,058,295 
4,683,995 
Pounds. 
— 1,782 
+ 476,792 
+ 188,625 
+ 331,736 
+ 1,811,527 
+ 1,804,365 
+ 609,815 
— 1,782,844 
— 1,627,814 
-*- 489,593 
— 693,351 
— 928,356 
Per cent. 
— 0.5 
+ 123.3 
+ 22.7 
+ 25.8 
+ 104.4 
+ 45.8 
+ 10.3 
March 1 
— 26.3 
April 1 
— 32.6 
May 1 . . . 
— 10.4 
— 13.7 
July 1 
— 19.8 
Table 50. — Monthly cold storage holdings of turkeys for season 1916-1917 
as compared with previous months. 
Date. 
Storages 
report- 
ing. 
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 
Number 
59 
47 
57 
72 
77 
97 
108 
122 
. 127 
124 
145 
143 
Pounds. 
148,230 
138,737 
188,022 
313,486 
2,321,957 
2,612,143 
2,737,621 
3,201,978 
2,444,708 
2,938,689 
4,354,613 
3,971,127 
Pounds. 
179,179 
147,243 
143,364 
196,939 
406,232 
2,347,933 
2,774,037 
2,818,308 
3,175,288 
2,868,199 
4,290,907 
4,546,865 
Pounds. 
30,949 
8,506 
44,658 
116,547 
1,915,725 
264,210 
36,416 
383,670 
730,580 
70,490 
63,706 
i 575,738 
Per cent. 
— 17.3 
— 5.8 
+ 31.2 
+ 59.2 
+471.6 
+ 11.3 
— 1.3 
+ 13.6 
— 23.0 
+ 2.5 
+ 1.5 
— 12.7 
Table 51. — Monthly cold storage holdings of miscellaneous poultry for 
season 1916-1917 as compared with previous months. 
Date. 
Comparative holdings. i 
Storages ■' T 
report- Current 1 Preceding , j Increase Or decrease, 
ing. month. month. 
Number. 
89 
84 
99 
. 127 
115 
117 
125 
138 
149 
147 
139 
164 
Pounds. 
5,298,918 
6,723,311 
6,830,107 
24,158,388 
5,642,769 
12,255,876 
9,390,516 
9,194,858 
7,970,741 
4,608,660 
35,323,239 
8,186,381 
Pounds. 
. 5,083,011 
5,985,629 
5,780,579 
15,401,995 
3,957,102 
8,796,700 
10,688,855 
10,020,075 
9,392,650 
5,328,260 
39,675,388 
8,426,829 
Pounds. 
+ 215,907 
+ ' 737,682 
+ 1,049,528 
+ 8,756,393 
+ 1,685,667 
+ 3,459,176 
— 1,298,339 
— 825,217 
— 1,421,909 
— 719,600 
— 4,352,049 
— 240,448 
Per cent. 
+ 4.2 
September 1 
October 1 ;....... 
November 1 . . 
+ 12.3 
+ 18.2 
+ 56.9 
+ 42.6 
January 1 
+ 39.3 
— 12.1 
March 1 
— 8.2 
April 1 
May 1 
— 15.1 
— 13.5 
— 11.0 
July 1 
— 2.9 
