26 BULLETIN "/OO^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 12. — Hloratjc lioh}'mg>< of cured beef as rci)ortrd on Dec. 1, 1017. 



! 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 ^ 



30 

 103 

 29 

 95 

 40 

 17 

 23 

 24 



1, 754, 432 



5,431,904 



586, 049 



17, 700, 741 



12,39o,969 



51.'), .597 



45S, SSS 



58S.175 



4.3 



13.8 



1.5 



44.9 



31.4 



1.4 



1.2 



1.5 



28 

 85 

 27 

 85 

 38 

 13 

 19 

 23 



Pounds. 



997,211 



5, 0.52, 737 



224,830 



18, 379, 308 



12, 5.52, 700 



238,213 



151,1.56 



361, 431 



Povnds. 



1, 098, 632 



5,098,148 



579, 2C9 



17, .571, 286 



12, 296, 694 



513, 433 



393, 604 



578, 175 



Per cenf. 

 + 70.3 



Middle Ulanlic 



4- 0.9 



South Atlantic 



North Central (east) 



Korth Central (west ) 



South Central 



+ 157.7 



- 4.4 



- 2.0 

 -1-115.5 



AVestern (north) 



-1-160.4 



Western (south) 



+ 60.0 









Total 



361 



39, 459, 755 



100.0 



318 



37,9.57,586 



38, 729, 271 



-1- 2.0 







It will be observed that more than half of the frozen beef was 

 stored in the North Central Ea.st section. Approximately 15 per cent 

 was stored in the Middle Atlantic section and 19 per cent in the North 

 Central West section. The sections of New England, South xVtlan- 

 tic. South Central, and Western North and South held only 13.3 

 per cent of the total holdings. These latter sections held approxi- 

 mately 10 per cent of the holdings of cured beef, approximately 45 

 per cent being stored in the North Central East and 3.4 in the North 

 Central West section. Approximately 14 per cent was stored in the 

 Middle Atlantic section. 



Table 13. — Void-storage holdings of frozen pork as reported on Aug. 1, 1917. 





Total holdings Aug. 1, 1917. 



Comparison with 1916. 



Section. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Pounds. 



Percent- 

 age in 



each sec- 

 tion. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Aug. 1,1916. 



Aug. 1,1917. 



Increase 

 or de- 

 crease. 



New England 



25 

 54 

 17 

 56 

 46 

 20 

 13 

 22 



10,403,625 



6,059,359 



95, 712 



30,983,387 



37,3.55,361 



2,759,438 



2, 779, .51 5 



3,248,013 



11.1 

 6.5 

 .1 



33.0 



39.9 



2.9 



3.0 



3.5 



12 



30 



7 



35 

 38 

 13 

 10 

 15 



Pound/!. 



6,223,914 



4,911,019 



2,000 



33,0.50,916 



32,414,2.57 



3, 446, 281 



4,175,049 



1,621,745 



Pound. f. 



7, 442, 782 



3,901,849 



16, 000 



28, 067, 758 



34,065,783 



2,203,379 



2,274,346 



2,047,658 



Per cent. 

 -1-19.6 



Middle Atlantic 



—20.5 



South Atlantic 



-1-700. 



North Central (east ) 



North Central (west ; 



South Central 



- 15.1 

 . -f- 5.1 



- 36.1 



Western (north) 





Western (south). 



+ 26.3 







Total 



253 



93,684,410 



100.0 



160 



85, 845, 161 



80,019,555 



-6.8 







