COLD STORAGE REPORTS, 1917-1918. 
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Table 37. — Cold storage holdings of roasters as reported on January 
1, 1918. 
Reported 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. 
Increase 
or 
decrease . 
Number. 
21 
44 
5 
33 
42 ' 
14 
6 
13 
Pounds. 
254,266 
4,255,155 
75,119 
9,133,360 
2,522,763 
208,618 
87,587 
61,815 
Per cent. 
1.5 
25.6 
0.5 
55.0 
15.2 
1.3 
0.5 
0.4 
Number. 
8 
15 
5 
17 
29 
11 
6 
8 
Pounds. 
19,262 
692,709 
.123,564 
1,535,090 
4,020,729 
393,643 
47,264 
85,917 
Pounds. 
13,806 
275,796 
75,119 
2,486,424 
2,016,804 
198,612 
87,587 
42,303 
Per cent. 
— 28.3 
Middle Atlantic 
South Atlantic 
North Central (E) . . . . 
North Central (W) 
South Central 
Western (N) 
Western (S) 
— 60.2 
— 39.2 
+ 62.0 
— 49.8 
— 49.5 
+ 85.3 
— 50.8 
Total 
178 
16.598,683 
100.0 
99 
6,918,178 
5,196,451 
— 24.9 
Fig. 16. — Relative monthly holdings of frozen roasters in cold storage during seasons of 
1916-1917 and 1917-1918. (Base 100 equals holdings on January 1, 1917.) 
