REPORTS OP STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



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Table 18. — Monthly storage holdings of pickled pork during 1918 compared with 



those of 1917. 



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. 

 509 

 530 

 545 

 562 

 552 

 549 

 556 

 561 

 558 

 553 

 539 

 529 



Pounds. 

 267,606,693 

 321,586,508 

 368,970,759 

 403,715,442 

 406,359,847 

 398,335,656 

 377,649,383 

 375,476,032 

 315,381,931 

 249,782,261 

 232,450,830 

 242,926,007 



Number. 

 412 

 455 

 480 

 499 

 511 

 500 

 517 

 523 

 524 

 515 

 497 

 504 



Pounds. 

 307,478,279 

 348,269,159 

 378,846,509 

 362,931,415 

 381,235,748 

 403,185,454 

 412,810,182 

 403,704,023 

 328,943,256 

 252,151,967 

 192,883,562 

 204,906,837 



Pounds. 



244,588,225 

 298,174,603 

 350,997,846 

 378,870,909 

 401,688,388 

 390,849,656 

 358,122,273 

 367,987,377 

 315,268,734 

 247,041,882 

 225,881,961 

 239,690,776 



Per cent. 

 -20.5 

 -14.4 



- 7.4 

 + 4.4 

 + 5.4 



- 3.1 

 -13.2 



- 8.8 



- 4.2 



- 2.0 

 + 17.1 

 + 17.0 



The monthly holdings reported during 1918 were apparently quite 

 normal, varying little from those reported for the previous two years. 

 There was an increase on May 1 of 5.4 per cent over the stocks held 

 on the same date in 1917. 



The holdings of January 1, 1918, were 20.5 per cent less than in 

 1917, while the December 1 holdings were 17 per cent more. The 

 increases and decreases over last year's holdings are given in Table 

 18 while the comparative holdings and movement for the years of 

 1916 to 1918, inclusive, are shown in figure 12. 



The holdings increased monthly from January 1 to May 1, then 

 decreased until November 1, when they reached the lowest point of 

 the year. The stocks at this time were 43 per cent less than on May 1 . 

 The largest monthly increase occurred in December, amounting to 

 58,996,612 pounds. The largest decrease was 65,606,670 pounds dur- 

 ing September. Figure 13 furnishes a graphic comparison of monthly 

 stocks during 1918, 



LARD. 



The lard holdings reported to the Bureau of Markets include all 

 prime steam, kettle rendered, neutral, and other pure lard, both bulk 

 and package. They do not include lard compounds. The informa- 

 tion received covers the lard stored in both public and private cold 

 storage warehouses and in packing houses. 



Table 19. — Storage holdings of lard as reported on July 1, 1918. 



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Reported for July 1 



1918. 



Comparison with July 1, 1917. 



Section. 



Stor- 





Percent- 



Storages 











ages 



Holdings 



age of 



reporting 



July 1, 



July 1, 







report- 



reported. 



total 



on both 



1917. 



1918. 







ing. 





holdings. 



dates. 











Number. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



Number. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



New England 



33 



17,472,114 



16.4 



31 



10,838,138 



17,237,934 



+ 59.0 



Middle Atlantic 



130 



9,062,386 



8.5 



123 



7,678,223 



8,710,658 



+ 13.4 



South Atlantic 



60 



1,996,998 



1.9 



54 



2,131,033 



1,811,506 



- 15.0 



N. Central (east).. 



166 



41,698,657 



39.1 



151 



44,685,836 



40,832,076 



- 8.6 



N. Central (west) . 



87 



27,550,913 



25.9 



86 



20,543,348 



27,539,663 



+ 34.1 



South Central 



52 



2,210,146 



2.1 



48 



2,714,231 



2,150,045 



- 20.8 



Western (north) 



35 



2,766,280 



2.6 



34 



2,846,720 



2,678,492 



- 5.9 



Western (south) 



45 



3,733,462 



- 3.5 



37 



3,759,428 



3,539,416 



- 5.9 



Total 



608 



106,490,956 



100.0 



564 



95,196,957 



104,499,790 



+ 9.8 



