COLD STORAGE REPORTS, 1917-191! 
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Table 39. — Cold storage holdings of turkeys as reported on January 
1, 1918. 
Reportec 
for January 1, 1918. 
Comparison with January 1, 1917. 
Section 
Storages 
report- 
ing. 
Holdings 
, reported. 
Percent- 
age of 
total 
holdings. 
Storages 
reporting 
on both 
dates. 
January 1, 
1917. 
January 1, 
1918. 
Decrease. 
Number. 
20 
48 
15 
35 
39 
25 
8 
22 
Pounds. 
42,554 
910,633 
' 92,877 
2,200,489 
671,868 
340,520 
61,343 
257,083 
Per cent. 
0.9 
19.9 
2.0 
48.1 
14.7 
7.4 
1.4 
5.6 
Number. 
10 
21 
11 
18 
28 
18 
8 
11 
Pounds. 
61,924 
399,247 
124,559 
675,880 
402,835 
761.909 
122.697 
264,435 
Pounds. 
10,285 
65,836 
84,915 
532,481 
284,964 
246,946 
61,343 
156,152 
Per cent. 
83.4 
Middle Atlantic 
South Atlantic 
North Central (E) 
North Central (W) . . . . 
South Central 
Western (N) 
83.5 
31.8 
21.2 
29.3 
67.6 
50.0 
Western (S) 
40.9 
Total. 
212 
4,577,367 
100.0 
125 
2,813,486 
1,442,922 
48.7 
100 
90. 
8o 
70, 
60 
50 
40 
30 
20 
10 
c 

July 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oot. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
June 
100 
90 
80 
,70 
60 
50 
40 
30 
20 
10 

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Fig. lg. — Relative monthly holdings of frozen turkeys in cold storage during seasons of 
1916-1917 and 1917-1918. (Base 100 equals holdings on January 1, 1917.) 
