36 
BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Tables 36 to 40, inclusive, show the holdings on January 1 
of all varieties except fowls, for which the holdings of Febru- 
ary 1 are shown. The holdings of these dates do not show the 
actual peak loads of the season on account of the large carry 
over from the previous season. They represent, however, the 
peak load for the current, season's stock, and as the segrega- 
tion was very satisfactory at that time, they may be considered 
as representative of the quantities of the different varieties 
stored for the season. 
Table 36. — Cold storage holdings of broilers as reported on January 
1, 1918. * 
Section. 
Reported for January 
1, 1918. 
Comparison with January 1, 1917. 
Storages 
report- 
ing. 
Holdings 
reported. 
Percent- 
age of 
total 
holdings. 
Storages 
reporting 
on both 
dates. 
January 1, 
1917. 
January 1, 
1918. 
Increase 
or 
decrease . 
New England 
Middle Atlantic 
South Atlantic 
North Central (E) 
North Central (W) 
South Central 
Western (N) 
Number . 
19 
45 
9 
32 
41 
17 
5 
Pounds. 
70,161 
2,576,495 
93,751 
4,795,206 
937,163 
346,217 
38,527 
193,335 
Per cent. 
0.8 
28.5 
1.0 
53.0 
10.4 
3.8 
0.4 
2.1 
Number. 
8 
16 
6 
17 
30 
12 
5 
9 
Pounds. 
4,884 
543,477 
161,498 
844,240 
1,832,149 
524,788 
69,759 
310,146 
Pounds. 
10,571 
199,607 
84,683 
1,149,165 
563,794 
317,600 
38,527 
97,115 
Per cent. 
+ 116.4 
— 63.3 
— 47.6 
+ 36.1 
— 69.2 
— 39.5 
— 44.8 
Western (S) 
13 
— 68.7 
Total 
181 
9.050,855 
100.0 
103 
4,290,941 
2,461,062 
— 42.6 
7 -irnfi 
100 
90 
8o 
70 
6o 
50 < 
40 
30 
20 
10 

July 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oot. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
June 
100 
90 
80 
70 
6o 
i 50 
40 
30 
20 
10 

Fig. 15. — Relative monthly hold 
1916-1917 and 1917-1918 
ings of frozen broilers in cold storage during seasons of 
(Base 100 equals holdings on January 1, 1917.) 
