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REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 
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TasBLE 18.—Monthly storage holdings of pickled pork during 1918 compared with 
those of 1917. 
Reported for 1918. 
LOTT Storages| Holdings 
reporting.| reported. 
Number Pounds. 
Janwanyeee ss tee! e 509 | 267,606,693 
Hebruanyac jee 2 eee 530 | 321,586,508 
Mifare ieseyon pee ener te 545 | 368,970,759 
PNT OY TY Cee iS pI ge a 562 | 403,715,442 
EEN anens S NE  A S  g 552 | 406,359,847 
AU UIT ee nee cedar nna Pt 549 | 398,335,656 
SMpun Ty ee Ce a le 556 | 377,649,383 
NEAT es SR i 561 | 375,476,032 
September______________- 558 | 315,381,931 
October 222252 See 553 | 249,782,261 
November__2________-_-_- 539 | 232,450,830 
December _________------ 529 | 242,926,007 
Comparison with 1917. 
Storages 
reporting 
for both 
dates. 
Increase 
or 
decrease. 
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. 
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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, nevtral, 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. 
- Reported for July 1, 1918. Comparison with July 1, 1917. 
Stor- 
: Percent-| Storages 
eee on, ages Holdings age of |reporting July 1 July 1, pcre aa 
report- reported. total’ | on both 1917 1918 decrease 
ing. : holdings.| dates. i 
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 21 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 — 565.9 
otal eee 608 | 106,490,956 100.0 564 95,196,957 | 104,499,790 + 9.8 
