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BULLETIN 709, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 20 — Monthly cold-storafic holdings of frozen pork during 1917, and com- 

 parison ivith holdings of preceding months. 



Month. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Comparative holdings. 



Cm-rent 

 month. 



Preceding 

 month. 



Increase or decrease. 



Jan. 1,1917. 

 Feb. 1,1917. 

 Mar. 1, 1917. 

 Apr. 1, 1917. 

 May 1, 1917. 

 June 1, 1917. 

 July 1, 1917. 

 Aug. 1, 1917, 

 Sept. 1, 1917 

 Oct. 1, 1917. 

 Nov. 1, 1917 

 Dec. 1, 1917. 



120 

 121 



153 

 213 

 218 

 209 

 206 

 237 

 221 

 241 

 249 

 274 



45, 648, 436 

 52,833,715 

 49, 948, 393 

 58, 550, 569 

 60,392,987 

 75, 616, 850 

 89, 491, 716 

 93, 408, 245 

 74, 634, 527 

 45, 285, 742 

 28,735,326 

 25,497,926 



29,075,909 

 42,408,647 

 55, 888, 174 

 58, 193, 351 

 54, 732, 728 

 64, 220, 455 

 76, 590, 121 

 91, 689, 280 

 93,388,898 

 75, 029, 920 

 44, 309, 260 

 29,005,340 



Pounds. 

 + 16,572,527 

 + 10,425,068 



- 5,939,781 

 + 357, 218 

 + 5,660,259 

 + 11,387,395 

 + 12,901,595 

 + 1,718,965 

 -18, 754, 371 

 -29, 744, 178 

 -15,573,934 



- 3,507,414 



Per 



cent. 

 +57.0 

 + 24.6 

 -10.6 

 + 0.6 

 + 10.3 

 + 17.7 

 + 16.8 

 + 1.9 

 -20.1 

 —39.6 

 -35. 1 

 -12.1 









110 











/ 



N 















110 



100 







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-'-'' 



V 











100 



90 



P!0 





^y 









/ 





\. 











90 



/ 

 / 



/ 









/ 



/ 





\ 











SO 



70 



/ 

 / 

 / 



\ 





. 



v 





^ 













70 





/ / 

















A 











FT) 





60 



50 



' 

















\ 







/' 



50 



140 

























/ y 



UO 



30 





















\ 



,^' 





30 





1916 

 1917 























/ 



20 





20 





■Jan. 



Feb. 



Uch. 



Apr. 



tlay 



June July 



Auf;. 



Sept . 



Oct. 



tlov. 



Dec. 





Fig. 



19. — Relative monthly holdings of frozen pork during 1916 and 1917. 

 holdings on August 1, 1917, 



Base, 100= 



