REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



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Table 14. — Monthly storage holdings of dry salt pork during 1918, and increase or 

 decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 



Relative 



on first 



percent- 



of month. 



age. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



252,933,726 



51.6 



341,421,805 



69.6 



402,733,933 



82.2 



449,421,442 



91.7 



471,022,168 



96.1 



490,211,305 



100.0 



396,900,409 



81.0 



369,210,699 



75.3 



333,547,428 



68.0 



283,642,955 



57.9 



246,123,123 



50.2 



283,039,008 



57.7 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



JanuEiry.-. 

 February.. 



March 



AprU 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November. 

 December. 



Pounds. 



+ 88,488,079 

 + 61,312,128 

 +46,687,509 

 + 21,600,726 

 + 19,189,137 

 -93,310,896 

 -27,689,710 

 -35,663,271 

 -49,904,473 

 -37,519,832 

 + 36,915,885 

 + 70,809,373 



Per cent. 

 + 35.0 

 + 18.0 

 + 11.6 

 + 4.8 

 + 4.0 

 -19.0 



- 7.0 



- 9.7 

 -15.0 

 -13.2 

 + 15.0 

 + 25.0 



Fig. 11. — Relative monthly storage holdings of dry salt pork during 1916, 1917, and 1918. Base 100 

 equals holdings on June 1, 1918. 



The holdings increased during the months of January to May, 

 inclusive, then decreased until November 1. Increases again occurred 

 during November and December. The greatest increase was in Janu- 

 ary, amounting to 88,488,079 pounds, while the largest decrease 

 amounted to 93,310,896 pounds in June. The smallest amount re- 

 ported for the year was held on November 1, the holdings of that 

 date being approximately one-half of the June 1 holdings. Table 14 

 shows the monthly holdings, increases, and decreases, and figure 10 is 

 a graphic presentation of the monthly stocks during 1918. 



