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total holdings, the South Atlantic section having only one-tenth 

 of 1 per cent. Only 13.7 per cent of the holdings of dry salt pork 

 ■was stored outside of the North Central sections, nearly half of the 

 total holdings being stored in the Xorth Central East section. The 

 holdings of sweet pickled pork were distributed in approximately 

 the same proportions, a little more being stored in the New England 

 and the Middle Atlantic sections. Approximately 73 per cent of 

 the lard was stored in the North Central sections and 12.6 per cent 

 in the New England section. The balance of the holdings was 

 very evenly distributed among the other sections excepting the 

 Middle Atlantic section, which held 7 per cent. A much larger 

 proportion, 24.2 per cent, of the holdings of frozen lamb and mutton 

 was held in the Middle Atlantic States; 60 per cent was stored in 

 the North Central States, 6.3 per cent in the New England States, 

 and 7.3 per cent in the South Central States. No firms in the South 

 Atlantic States reported any holdings of frozen lamb and mutton 

 on January 1. either for 1916 or 1917. 



Table 17. — Cold-storage Iwldinos of frozen laml) and mutton as reported on 



January 1, 1917. 





Total holdings, Jan. 1, 1917. 



Comparison with 1916. 



Section. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Pounds. 



Percent- 

 age in 

 each sec- 

 tion. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Jan. 1, 1916. 



Jan. 1, 1917. 



Increase 

 or de- 

 crease. 



New England 



8 



346, 497 

 1,329,754 



6.3 

 24.2 



5 

 26 



Pounds. 

 284,611 

 1,748,499 



Pounds. 

 300, 497 

 1,184,460 



Per cent. 

 + 5.6 



Middle Atlantic 



34 



- 32.3 







North Central (East) 



North Central (West) 



South Central 



18 



19 



8 



4 



11 



2,214,763 



1,089.515 



399; 271 



77, 464 



47,993 



40.2 



19.8 



7.3 



1.4 



.8 



16 



18 



7 



2 



10 



2,237,492 

 408, 166 

 118,833 

 34,000 

 143,927 



2.088,763 



1; 089, 465 



398, 821 



75,529 



47,697 



+ 6.6 

 +166.9 

 +235. 6 



Western (North ) 



+122. 1 



Western (South) 



- 66.9 







Total 



102 1 5.505.257 



100.0 



84 



4, 975, 528 



5,185,232 



+ 4.2 











Figures 10 to 16, inclusive, show the relative holdings on the 1st 

 of each month during the year of 1917, and figures 17 to 23, inclusive, 

 show the comparative holdings of the years 1916 and 1917. 



The division between the holdings of each season is not nearly so 

 clearly defined in the meat-storage" reports as it is in the reports of 

 the other commodities. The holdings of frozen beef reached their 

 lowest point on June 1, when 39.8 per cent of the December 1 hold- 

 ings were stored. On August 1, 63.9 per cent of the January 1 hold- 

 ings were still in storage. The holdings of frozen pork reached a 

 lower point than any of the other meat products, 27.5 per cent of 

 the lioldings of August 1 being held on December 1. Dry salt pork 

 dropped down to 45.9 per cent and sweet pickled pork to 47.2 per 

 cent on November 1. The lard holdings had a very rapid movement 



