16 
BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The largest quantity was stored during July, the reports of 
307 storages showing an increase of 28,915,736 pounds during 
that month. As all the storages did not report for both June 
1 and July 1, this does not show the entire increase, and it is 
believed that the total movement into storage was approxi- 
mately 32,000,000 pounds. 
Table 18. — Cold storage holdings of American cheese as reported 
October 1, 1917. 
Reported for October 1, 1917. Comparison with October 1, 1916. 
Section. 
Storages 
report- 
ing. 
Holdings 
reported. 
Percent- Storages 
age of reporting 
total i on both 
holdings, dates. 
September 1, 
1, 1916. 
October 
1, 1917. 
Increase 
or 
decrease. 
New England 
Middle Atlantic 
South Atlantic- 
North Central (E) 
North Central (W) 
South Central 
Western (N) 
Number. 
27 
112 
45 
101 
60 
53 
30 
36 
Pounds. 
7,189,137 
33,299,963 
3,349.778 
35,046,307 
3,807,940 
2,400,108 
1,165,397 
6,191,366 
Per cent. Number. 
7.8 , 14 
36.0 ; 70 
3.6 25 
37.9 ! 70 
4.1 44 
2.6 30 
1.3 21 
6.7 | 27 
Pounds. 
5,368,958 
19,570,564 
2,133,294 
12,920,190 
3,134,781 
530,681 
1,023,029 
4,087,351 
Pounds. 
6,826,779 
28,289,141 
1,829,511 
26,031,363 
3,581,400 
712,338 
914,722 
fi.154-.fi3Q 
Per cent. 
+ 27.2 
+ 44.5 
— 14.2 
+ 101.5 
+ 14.2 
+ 34.2 
— 10 6 
Western (S) 
+ 50 6 
Total 
464 
92,449,996 
100.0 ' 301 
48,768,848 
74.339,893 
+ 52.4 
Table 19 shows the increases and decreases in holdings each 
month as compiled from the reports issued monthly by the 
Bureau. Figure 6 shows the relative quantities on hand on 
the first of each month during the past two seasons, and Table 
20 shows the monthly percentage of increase and decrease for 
the two seasons for which the Bureau has compiled data. 
Table 19. — Monthly cold storage holdings of American cheese as com- 
pared with previous months. 
Date. 
July 1 
April 1 
May 1 
Comparat 
ve holdings. 
report- 
Current 
Preceding 
Increase or decrease. 
ing. 
month. 
month. 
Number. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Per cent. 
313 
9,553,845 
7,480,495 
+ 2,073,350 
+ 27.7 
292 
25,884,240 
8,594,581 
+ 17,289,659 
+201.2 
307 
60,091,534 
31,175,798 
+28,915,736 
+ 92.8 
323 
74,300,651 
58,218,536 
+ 16,082,115 
+ 27.6 
360 
81,638,837 
81,280,743 
+ 358,094 
+ 0.4 
411 
84,380,977 
90,254,258 
— 5,873,281 
— 6.5 
419 
78,765,033 
84,245,843 
— 5,480,810 
— 6.5 
410 
68,791,566 
77,398,312 
— 8,606,746 
— 11.1 
432 
55,837,977 
67,011,022 
—11,173,045 
— 16.7 
448 
47,726,437 
60,204,975 
—12,478,538 
— 20.7 
459 
38,167,559 
48,073,044 
— 9,905,485 
— 20.6 
455 
24,218,143 
38,249.521 
—14,031,378 
— 36.7 
Table 20. — Monthly percentages of increases and decreases in holdings of 
American cheese in cold storage. 
Season. 
Per ct. 
on hd. 
May 1 
Per cent of increase. 
May 1 June 1 July 1 Aug. 
Per cent of decrease. 
Per ct. 
on hd. 
Sept. 
Oct. | Nov. 
Dec. j Jan. 1 Feb. j Mar.i Apr. 
Mayl. 
191G-1917.... 
1917-1918.... 
17.1 
9.6 
2.9 27. 2' 40.5 12.3 
2.6! 26. 3i 37.9 23 1 
5.3 
+0.5 
7.2| 8.5 
6.5 7.0 
11.1 
9.4 
23.0! 15.91 10.5 3.1 
14.91 12. Ol 9.6| 14.7 
15.4 
25.9 
