REPOE.TS OF STORAGE HOLDIITGS. 



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same date in the previous season. This comparison, based on the 

 holdings of 91 cold-storage plants, showed an increase of more than 

 180 per cent over the previous year's stocks. Two-thirds of the stock 

 were stored in the Middle Atlantic and North Central sections. The 

 holdings decreased during the months of September, October, and 

 November, but increased during December. The monthly decreases 

 as indicated in the reports showed a very slow movement. As this 

 product is largely used by bakeries and confectioners, its use was 

 probably curtailed by the shortage of sugar. 



REVIEW OF THE 1917 COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS OF FROZEN AND 

 CURED MEATS AND LARD. 



The reports of the Bureau of Markets for the year 1917 showed the 

 holdings and movement of approximately a billion pounds of frozen 

 and cured meats and of lard. The commodities reported were frozen 

 beef, pork, and lamb and mutton, cured beef, dry salt and sweet 

 pickled pork, and lard. The maximum holdings during the year of 

 the different commodities were as follows : 



Pounds. 



Frozen beef, December 1 277, 284, 941 



Cured beef, January 1 : 37,301,283 



Frozen pork, August 1 - 94,119,901 



Dry salt pork', March 1 249, 218, 917 



Sweet pickled pork, July 1 !___ 412, 328, 689 



Lard, Aug^ist 1 111, 943, 363 



Larab and mutton, frozen, January 1 4, 885, 678 



Table 11. — Cold-storage hohlings of frozen ieef as reported on Dec. 1, 1911. 





Total holdings, Dec. 1, 1917. 



Comparison with 1916. 



Section. 



Storages 

 report- 

 ing. 



Pounds. 



Percent- 

 age in 

 each 



section. 



Storages 

 report- 

 ing. 



Dec. 1, 

 1916. 



Dec. 1, 



1917. 



Increase 

 or de- 

 crease. 



New England 



37 

 79 

 30 

 75 

 52 

 29 

 25 

 34 



18,22»,689 



41, 229, 1S3 



1,516,723 



147, 036, 771 



52, 053, 458 



6, 281, 454 



6, 420, 835 



4,517,828 



6.6 



14.9 



.6 



53.0 



18.8 



2.2 



2.3 



1.6 



26 

 63 

 25 

 64 

 46 

 21 

 22 

 30 



Pounds. 



2,681,058 



34, 407, 083 



1,215,160 



83,213,567 



28, 926, 292 



4, 014, 663 



1, 780, 058 



1,910,123 



Pounds. 

 5,886,771 



86 866,293 



1, 194, 098 



141, 837, 668 



47,884,209 

 5, 901, 801 

 4, 383, 245 

 4, 469, 464 



Per cent. 

 -H19.6 



Middle Atlantic 



+ 7.1 

 — 1.7 



North Central (east) 



North Central (west) 



South Central 



-1- 70.5 

 + 6.5.5 

 + 47.0 



Western (north) 



-1-146.2 



Western (south) 



+134.0 







Total 



361 ,277.284.941 



100.0 



297 



158,148,004 



248, 423, 549 



+ 57.1 







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