EEPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 27 



Table 14. — Storofie holdings of dnj salt pork (is rcportcJ on Mar. 1, I'Ml. 





Total holdings Mar. 1, 1917. 



Comparison with 1916. 



Section. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Pounds. 



Percent- 

 age in 



each sec- 

 tion. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Mar 1,1916. 



Mar. 1,1917. 



Increase 

 or de- 

 crea.se. 



New England 



17 

 50 

 27 

 95 

 67 

 25 

 21 

 20 



8,694,867 

 7, 830, 407 

 3,631,022 

 120,156,384 

 92,345,743 

 10,257,985 

 1,216,750 

 2, 058, 024 



3.5 



3.2 



1.5 



48.8 



37.5 



4.2 



.5 



.8 



9 



38 

 20 

 75 

 61 

 18 

 19 

 19 



Pounds. 

 7,577,496 

 5, 020, 292 

 3,220,101 



107,449,792 

 88,086,420 

 10, 545, 524 

 2,300,014 

 2, 704, 139 



Pounds. 

 7,487,092 

 6,611,520 

 3,203,254 

 117,2.56,613 

 92, 136, 180 

 8,971,482 

 1,216,078 

 2, 0.57. .564 



Per cent. 

 — 1.?, 





+31.1 





- 0.5 



North Central (east ) 



North Central (west) 



South Central 



+ 9.1 

 + 4.6 

 — 14.9 



Western (north) 



—47.3 



Western (south) 



—23. 9 







Total 



322 



240, 191, 182 



100.0 



259 



226,909,778 '238.9.39.783 



+ 5.3 











Table 15. — Storage holdings of sireet trickled pork as reported 'On July 1, 1917. 





Total holdings July 1, 1917. 



Comparison with 1916. 



Section. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Pounds. 



Percent- 

 age in 



each sec- 

 tion. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



July 1,1916. 



July 1,1917. 



Increase 

 or de- 

 crease. 



New England 



29 

 94 

 35 

 119 

 64 

 25 

 33 

 31 



28,920,6.55 



21,996,996 



5,302,610 



142,934,579 



102,468,814 



17,487,4.54 



7.284,811 



li; 98.5, 003 



7.3 

 5.5 

 1.3 

 35.9 

 40.8 

 4.4 

 1.8 

 3.0 



20 

 61 

 24 

 90 

 55 

 15 

 24 

 24 



Pounds. 



17,718,955 



18,438,123 



5,384,016 



132,676,127 



152,083,076 



16,652,798 



8,788,283 



7,5.58,808 



PouTids. 



25,127,365. 



17,872,346 



4,666,784 



132,669,253 



157,841,343 



16,633,909 



5, 607, 954 



10,273,067 



Per cent. 

 +41.8 



Middle Atlantic 



- 3.1 



South Atlantic 



—13.3 



North Central (east) 





North Central (west) 



South Central 



+ 3.8 

 — 0.1 



Western (north) .... 



—36.2 





+35.9 







Total 



430 



398,380,922 



100.0 



313 



.359, .300, 186 



370, 692, 021 



+ 3.2 







Table 16. — Cold-storage holdings of lard as reported on Juhj 1, 1917. 





Total holdings July 1, 1917. 



Comparison with 1916. 



Section. 



Stora.ges 

 reporting. 



Pounds. 



Percent- 

 age in 



each sec- 

 tion. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



July 1,1916. 



July 1,1917. 



Increase 

 or de- 

 crease. 



New England 



27 

 86 

 42 

 112 

 67 

 37 

 31 

 32 



10,800,930 

 6,013,098 

 2,091,989 

 38, 504, 135 

 19,334,157 

 2, 342, 484 

 2,654,212 

 3,826,563 



12.6 

 7.0 

 2.5 

 45.0 

 22.6 

 2.7 

 3.1 

 4.5 



15 



58 

 30 

 82 

 55 

 19 

 23 

 25 



Pounds. 

 7, 996, 173 

 3,184,877 

 1,133,634 

 51,814,861 

 1.5,372,207 

 2,359.834 

 2,552,013 

 2, 713; 776 



Pounds. 

 9,484,948 

 5,006,562 

 1,941,973 

 35,926,976 

 17,466,132 

 2,095,273 

 2,006,149 

 3,778,078 



Percent. 

 +18.6 



Middle Atlantic 



+57.2 



South Atlantic 



+71.3 



North Central (east) 



North Central (west) 



South Central 



-30.7 

 +13.6 

 -11.2 



Western (north) 



^21.4 



Western (south) 



+39.1 







Total 



434 



85, 587, 568 1 00. 



307 



87,127,375 



77,704,091 



—10.8 











The lioldings of frozen pork differed from the holdings of beef 

 in that a much larger percentage was stored in the Xew England 

 States. The North Central sections held almost 73 per cent of the 



