REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



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Table 9. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen lamb and mutton during 1918 com- 

 pared with those of 1917. 



Month. 



January 



February „. 



March 



April 



May • 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Reported for 1918. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Number. 

 200 

 201 

 210 

 211 

 209 

 201 

 205 

 214 

 210 

 225 

 231 

 226 



Holdings 

 reported. 



Pounds. 



7,356,166 

 6,314,420 

 7,855,181 

 6,348,160 

 4,032,887 

 4,242,760 

 3,493,461 

 4,101,370 

 4,046,377 

 5,241,761 

 8,610,224 

 9,046,250 



Storages 



reporting 



for both 



dates. 



Number. 

 147 

 157 

 166 

 170 

 171 

 169 

 173 

 179 

 178 

 185 

 195 

 203 



Comparison with 1917. 



1917. 



Pounds. 



4,885,678 



5,895,319 



4.948,954 



4,871,723 



4,368,770 



3,508,294 



4,380,373 



3,912,194 



2,715,659 



2,768,033 



4,193,668 



5,405,770 



1918. 



Pounds. 



5,456,148 

 5,365,317 

 6,929,546 

 5,653,730 

 3,663,231 

 3,963,836 

 3,149,321 

 3,728,697 

 3,788,231 

 4,543,219 

 7,738,444 

 8,311,337 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



Per cent. 



+ 11.7 



- 9.0 

 + 40.0 

 + 16.1 

 -16.1 

 + 13.0 

 -28.1 



- 4.7 

 +39.5 

 + 64.1 

 + 84.5 

 + 53.7 



Figure 7 illustrates the relative quantities held on the first day of 

 each month during 1918. 



REVIEW OF THE 1918 STORAGE HOLDINGS OF CURED 

 MEATS AND LARD. 



The three varieties of cured meats on which reports are made by 

 the Bureau of Markets are cured beef, dry salt pork, and pickled 

 pork. The reports also cover the stocks of lard and miscellaneous 

 meats. Included in miscellaneous meats are all stocks of beef, pork 

 and mutton trimmings and all stocks of beef, pork and mutton edible 

 offal whether frozen, cured or otherwise prepared for food. It does 

 not include sausage and canned meat products. Reports on these 

 commodities were not requested until August 1, 1918, and sufficient 

 data have not been secured to show the holdings and movement for 

 a season. In the cured meat products are included meats in process 

 of cure as well as meat on which the process of curing is completed. 



CURED BEEF. 



The largest quantity of cured beef reported during the season was 

 held on January 1, 1918. The 363 storages that reported for that 

 date showed stocks of 38,279,264 pounds. It is estimated that the 

 holdings of the 3 storages that did not report amounted to 963,307 

 pounds, making a total of 39,242,571 pounds. This was about S}4 

 per cent less than the holdings for January 1, 1917. 



