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BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 38. — Cold storage holdings of fowls as reported on February 
1, 1918. 
Reported for February 1, 1918. 
Comparison with February 1, 1917. 
Section. 
Storages 
report- 
ing. 
Holdings 
reported. 
Percent- 
age of 
total 
holdings. 
Storages 
reporting 
on both 
dates. 
February 1, 
1917. 
February 1, 
1918. 
Increase 
or 
decrease. 
Number. 
29 
40 
11 
33 
41 
15 
14 
18 
Pounds. 
1,217,175 
3,062,721 
58,430 
8,239,577 
1,577,954 
458,829 
163,862 
311,521 
Per cent. 
8.1 
20.3 
0.4 
54.6 
10.4 
3.0 
1.1 
2.1 
Number . 
16 
22 
10 
16 
33 
12 
10 
12 
Pounds. 
174,139 
2,078,672 
68,286 
1,421,152 
3,612,228 
475,293 
140,576 
323,907 
Pounds. 
98,652 
1,337,296 
56,609 
615,451 
1,254,588 
395,040 
159,983 
143,177 
Per cent. 
— 43 3 
Middle Atlantic 
South Atlantic 
North Central (E) . . . . 
North Central (W) 
South Central 
Western (N) 
— 35.7 
— 17.1 
— 56.7 
— 65.3 
— 16.9 
+ 13.8 
Western (S) . . 
— 55 8 
Total 
201 
15,090,069 
100.0 
131 
8,294,253 
4,060,796 
— 51.0 
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Aug. 
Sept. 
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Nov\ 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
June 
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90 
80 
70 
60 
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30 
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Fig. 17. — Relative monthly holdings of frozen fowls in cold storage during seasons of 
1916-1917 and 1917-1918. (Base 100 equals holdings on February 1, 1917.) 
