REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



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On May 1, 552 concerns reported total stocks of 406,359,847 pounds. 

 It is estimated that the holdings of the two houses that did not report 

 on that date amounted to 12,000 pounds. The concerns located in 

 the North Central section east of the Mississippi held 40.8 per cent 

 of the stocks of that date, and those in the North Central West 

 section 35.6 per cent. These two sections held more than 70 per 

 cent of the holdings of each month. Chicago concerns held 22.5 per 

 cent of the May 1 stocks. 



Table 17. — Monthly storage holdings of pickled pork during 1918, and increase or 

 decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 



Relative 



on first 



percent- 



of month. 



age. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



269,003,222 



66.2 



322,004,308 



79.2 



369,014,259 



90.8 



404,315,442 



99.5 



406,371,847 



100.0 



398,282,921 



98.0 



378,171,883 



93.1 



374,989,432 



92.3 



315,418,631 



77.6 



249,811,961 



61.5 



231,750,078 



57.0 



243,380,055 



60.0 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



January 



February 



MEffch 



April 



May ' 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Pounds. 



+ 53,001,086 

 + 47,009,951 

 + 35,301,183 

 + 2,056,405 



- 8,088,926 

 -20,111,038 



- 3,182,451 

 -59,570,801 

 -66,606,670 

 -18,061,883 

 + 11,629,977 

 + 58,996,612 



Per cent. 

 + 19.7 

 + 14.6 

 + 9.6 

 + 0.5 



- 1.9 



- 6.0 



- 0.8 

 -15.9 

 -20.8 



- 7.2 

 + 5.0 

 + 24.2 



Fig. 12. — Relative monthly storage holdings of pickled pork during 1916, 1917, and 1918. Base lOd 

 equals holdings on July 1, 1917 



