32 BULLETIN 77 6, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 34. — Monthly holdings of frozen poultry for season 1917-1918. 
Date. 
Total 
holdings. 
Broilers. 
Roasters. 
Fowls. 
Turkeys. Misc. 
poultry. 
July 
Pounds. 
55,704,435 
50,125,012 
52,596,250 
45,608,617 
52,557,223 
49,749,819 
63,495.687 
67,729,215 
57,251,341 
43,834,616 
26,553,783 
18,905.632 
Pounds. 
3,769,671 
3,555,594 
2,517,336 
3,405,894 
5,074,028 
8,877,926 
9,050,855 
8,250,415 
7,383,141 
4,796,790 
3,144.835 
1,720.069 
Pounds. 
5,231,397 
4,962,127 
3,897,323 
3,275,639 
5,160,063 
12,307,964 
16,598,683 
17.978,167 
14,486,271 
11,523,853 
6,974,239 
3,921,708 
Pounds. 
2,033,018 
1,860,764 
1,258,923 
2,021,332 
3,269,014 
8,649,707 
13,219.137 
15,090,069 
12,622,601 
9,165,095 
4,957,940 
2,716,634 
Pounds. 
3,639,182 
3,558,683 
3,193,483 
3,404,313 
6,485,291 
3,298,063 
4,577,367 
10,515,828 
9,824,560 
8,614,438 
6,490,759 
5,935,480 
Pounds. 
41,031,167 
August 
September 
October 
November 
December 
January 
February 
36,187,844 
41,729,185 
33,501,439 
32,568,827 
16,616,159 
20,049,645 
15,894,736 
12,934,768 
9,734,440 
May 
June 
4,986,010 
4,611,741 
Although the Bureau did not begin issuing reports until 
May 1, 1917, in sending out the monthly inquiries, information 
was also requested as to the amount in storage on the same 
date the previous year. The data thus obtained, however, 
were very incomplete as many firms had no records from 
which to report their holdings for the season of 1916-1917. 
Figure 13 shows the relative monthly holdings for the season 
of 1916-1917 and 1917-1918. It will be observed that the 
largest holdings were in storage on January 1, 1917, and that 
the carry-over was so great that on July 1, 1917, they were 
greater than on January 1, 1918, the date on which the largest 
holdings of that season would normally be expected. It is also 
quite probable that this large carry-over and possible ensuing 
losses to the dealers led to a much smaller quantity being 
placed in cold storage, the holdings being about one-third of 
those of the previous season. 
