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BULLETIN 109, V. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



Table 22.- 



-MonthJy storage Jiohliiigs of sweet pickled pork during 1917, and 

 comparison irifJt Jioldings of preceding months. 



Month. 



StoraRCS 

 reporting. 



Comparative holdings. 



Current 

 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. 



301 

 325 

 365 

 388 

 394 

 386 

 408 

 439 

 453 

 468 

 480 

 482 



270, 354, 895 

 316,264,836 

 346, 799, 810 

 322, 128, 168 

 325, 396, 220 

 356, 299, 671 

 397, 423, 620 

 385,653,657 

 315,792,117 

 249, 373, 004 

 194, 188, 681 

 194,995,871 



206, 484, 558 

 277, 434, 589 

 326, 884, 602 

 333, 329, 204 

 322, 993, 115 

 322, 101, 701 

 382, 978, 998 

 401, 956, 728 

 395,811,819 

 314,401,881 

 249, 914, 993 

 188, 178, 419 



Pounds. 

 + 6.3,870,337 

 +38, 830, 247 

 + 19.915,208 

 -11,201,036 

 + 2,403,105 

 +34, 197, 970 

 + 14,444,622 

 -16,303,071 

 -80,019,702 

 -65,028,857 

 -55,726,312 

 + 6,817,452 



Per 



cent. 

 +30.9 

 +14.0 

 + 6.1 

 -3.4 

 + 0.7 

 + 10.6 

 + 3.8 

 -4.1 

 -20.2 

 -20.7 

 -22.3 

 + 3.6 









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June 



July 



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Dec. 





Fig. 21. — Relative monthly holdings of pickled pork during 1916 and 1917. Base, 100= 



holdings on July 1, 1917. 



