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BULLETIN 792, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The holdings reported for each month during 1918 are tabulated 

 in Table 15 together with a comparison of the stocks of each month 

 with those of the same date in 1917. Each month's holdings greatly 

 exceeded the quantities reported for the same month in 1917. The 

 increase varied from about 33,000,000 pounds or 16 per cent on Janu- 

 ary 1 to 65,000,000 or 125 per cent on June 1. Figure 11 is a graphic 

 comparison of the storage holdings and movement during the years 

 of 1916 to 1918, inclusive. It shows very clearly the comparative 

 uniformity of holdings and movement during 1916 and 1917 and the 

 abnormally large stocks held during 1918. The peak load of the 

 previous two years came on March 1, while in 1918 the stocks did 

 not reach their highest point until June 1. 



Table 15. — Monthly cold storage holdings of dry salt pork during 1918 compared with 



those of i9i7. 



Month. 



Reported for 1918. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Holdings 

 reported. 



Comparison with 1917. 



Storages 



reporting 



for both 



dates. 



1917. 



1918. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November. 

 December. 



Number. 

 421 

 446 

 466 

 482 

 485 

 480 

 485 

 485 

 478 

 481 

 466 



Pounds. 

 252,633,335 

 341,391,805 

 402,683,433 

 449,287,442 

 471,092,198 

 490,193,305 

 396,170,409 

 369,902,599 

 333,547,428 

 283,642,955 

 246,848,522 

 282,821,332 



Number. 

 338 

 379 

 401 

 411 

 431 

 436 

 436 

 437 

 432 

 430 

 419 

 413 



Pounds. 

 200,998,361 

 228,423,710 

 259,058,920 

 234,395,683 

 219,818,561 

 213,801,699 

 224,812,596 

 231,905,289 

 195,677,563 

 143,318,686 

 110,652,298 

 150,882,126 



Pounds. 

 233,087,576 

 316,763,231 

 381,854,062 

 417,733,224 

 455,908,772 

 481,039,210 

 385,181,429 

 364,349,447 

 330,329,390 

 278,984,296 

 237,270,754 

 277,456,636 



Per cent. 

 + 16.0 

 + 38.7 

 + 47.4 

 + 78.2 

 + 107.4 

 + 125.0 

 + 71.3 

 + 57.1 

 + 68.8 

 + 94.7 

 + 114.4 

 + 83.9 



PICKLED PORK. 



The term pickled pork includes sweet pickled, plain brine, and 

 barreled pork. The reports as received include meats in process of 

 curing, in both cold storage and packing houses, as well as meats 

 actually cured. 



Table 16. — Storage holdings of pickled pork as reported on May 1, 1918. 





Reported for May 1, 



1918. 



Comparison with May 1, 1917. 





Stor- 





Percent- 



Storages 











ages 



Holdings 



age of 



reporting 



May 1, 



May 1, 







report- 



reported. 



total 



on both 



1917. 



1918. 







mg. 





holdings. 



dates. 











Number. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



Number. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



New England 



33 



28,203,215 



6.9 



30 



27,020,113 



28,188,948 



+ 4.3 



Middle Atlantic 



127 



30,071,229 



7.4 



119 



30,580,537 



29,190,699 



- 4.5 



South Atlantic 



54 



8,449,654 



2.1 



46 



7,150,383 



■ 7,627,770 



+ 6.7 



N. Central (east),. 



151 



165,806,233 



40.8 



140 



136,865,142 



165,416,592 



+ 20.9 



N. Central (west) _ 



80 



144,694,088 



35.6 



78 



141,948,289 



142,766,738 



+ 0.6 



South Central 



28 



11,606,658 



2.9 



25 



19,389.320 



11,335,068 



- 41.5 



Western (north).,. 



37 



5,503,784 



1.3 



35 



7,006,398 



5,494,084 



- 21.6 



Western (south) 



42 



12,024,986 



3.0 



38 



11,275,566 



11,668,489 



+ 3.5 



Total 



552 



406,359,847 



100.0 



511 



381,235,748 



401,688,388 



+ 5.4 



