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BULLETIN 776. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 35 shows the total holdings of frozen poultry on 
January 1, 1918, segregated by sections and a comparison of 
the holdings of the storages reporting for both seasons with 
their holdings of the previous season. Figure 14 shows graph- 
ically the comparative monthly holdings from July 1, 1917, to 
June 1, 1918, inclusive, and the proportionate quantities of 
the different varieties that were stored on the different dates. 
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Fig. 13. — Relative monthly holdings of frozen poultry in cold storage during seasons of 
1916-1917 and 1917-1918. (Base 100 equals holdings on January 1, 1917.) 
Table 35. — Total cold storage holdings of frozen poultry as reported 
January 1, 1918. 
Section. 
Reported for 
Januaryl, 1918. 
Comparison with January 1, 1917. 
January 1, 
1917. 
January 
1918. 
Decrease. 
Pounds. 
New England 2,451,067 
MiddlelAtlantic 16,193,219 
South Atlantic I 454,633 
North Central (E) '. 31,969,989 
North Central (W) 8,585,640 
South Central , 1,785,540 . 
Western (N) \ 583,416 ! 
Western (S) : 1,472,183 j 
Total i 63,495,687 
Per cent. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Per cent 
3.9 
110,980 
67,025 
39.6 
25.5 
3,721,003 
1,394,529 
62.5 
0.7 
613,901 
431,757 
29.7 
50.4 
10,068,570 
6,969,941 
30.8 
13.5 
13,784,301 
6,064,863 
56.0 
2.8 
2,300,202 
1,240,136 
46.1 
0.9 
889,434 
574,629 
35.4 
2.3 
2,069,325 
1,156,303 
44.1 
100.0 
33,557.716 17,899,183 
46.7 
