REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 27 
Table 14. — Storage holdings of dry salt pork as reported on Mar. 1, 1911. 
Total holdings Mar. 1, 1917. 
Comparison with 1916. 
Section. 
Storages 
reporting. 
Pounds. 
Percent- 
age in 
each sec- 
tion. 
Storages 
reporting. 
Mar 1,1916. 
Mar. 1, 1917. 
Increase 
or de- 
crease. 
17 
50 
27 
95 
67 
25 
21 
20 
8,694,867 
7,830,407 
3,631,022 
120,156,384 
92,345,743 
10,257,985 
1,216,750 
2,058,024 
3.5 
3.2 
1.5 
48.8 
37.5 
4.2 
.5 
.8 
9 
38 
20 
75 
61 
18 
19 
19 
Pounds. 
7, 577, 496 
5,020,292 
3, 220, 101 
107,449,792 
88, 086, 420 
10, 545, 524 
2, 306, 014 
2, 704, 139 
Pounds. 
7,487,092 
6,611,520 
3,203,254 
117,256,613 
92, 135, 180 
8,971,482 
1,216,078 
2,057,564 
Per cent. 
— LA 
+31. 7 
— 5 
North Central (east) 
North Central (west) 
+ 9.1 
+ 4.6 
—14.9 
Western (north) 
—47.3 
23.9 
Total 
322 
246, 191, 182 
100.0 
259 
226, 909, 778* 238. 939. 783 
+ 5.3 
Table 15. — Storage holdings of sweet pickled pork as reported ion July 1, 1917. 
Total holdings July 1, 1917. 
Comparison with 1916. 
Section. 
Storages 
reporting. 
Pounds. 
Percent- 
age in 
each sec- 
tion. 
Storages 
reporting. 
July 1,1916. 
July 1,1917. 
Increase 
or de- 
crease. 
New England 
29 
94 
35 
119 
64 
25 
33 
31 
28,920,655 
21,996,996 
5,302,610 
142, 934, 579 
162,468,814 
17, 487, 454 
7,284,811 
11,985,003 
7.3 
5.5 
1.3 
35.9 
40.8 
4.4 
1.8 
3.0 
20 
61 
24 
90 
55 
15 
24 
24 
Pounds. 
17,718,955 
18,438,123 
5,384,016 
132,676,127 
152,083,078 
16, 652, 798 
8,788,283 
7,558,808 
Pounds. 
25,127,365 
17,872,346 
4,666,784 
132,669,253 
157,841,343 
16,633,909 
5, 607, 954 
10,273,067 
Per cent. 
+41.8 
Middle Atlantic 
— 3.1 
South Atlantic 
—13.3 
North Cent^ai (east) 
North Central (west) 
South Central 
+ 3.8 
— 0.1 
Western (north) 
—36.2 
Western (south) 
+35.9 
Total ■. 
430 
398,380,922 
100.0 
313 
359,300,186 
370,692,021 
+ 3.2 
Table 16. — Cold-storage holdings of lard as reported on July 1, 1911. 
Total holdings July 1, 1917. 
Comparison with 1916. 
Section. 
Storages 
reporting. 
Pounds. 
Percent- 
age in 
each sec- 
tion. 
Storages 
reporting. 
July 1, 1916. 
July 1, 1917. 
Increase 
or de- 
crease. 
New England 
27 
86 
42 
112 
67 
37 
31 
32 
10,800,930 
6,013,098 
2,091,989 
38, 504, 135 
19,334,157 
2, 342, 484 
2,654,212 
3, 826, 563 
12.6 
7.0 
2.5 
45.0 
22.6 
2.7 
3.1 
4.5 
15 
58 
30 
82 
55 
49 
23 
25 
Pounds. 
7,996,173 
3,184,877 
1,133,634 
51,814,861 
15,372.207 
2,359.834 
2, 552; 013 
2,713,776 
Pounds. 
9, 484, 948 
5,006,562 
1,941,973 
35,926,976 
17,466,132 
2, 095, 273 
2, 006, 149 
3,776,078 
Per cent. 
+18.6 
Middle Atlantic 
+57.2 
South Atlantic 
+ 71.3 
North Central (east) 
North Central (west) 
South Central 
-30.7 
+ 13.6 
-11.2 
Western (north) 
-21.4 
+39.1 
Total 
434 
85, 567, 568 
100 
307 
87 127 375 77 7fU ftQI 
—10.8 
The holdings of frozen pork differed from the holdings of beef 
in that a much larger percentage was stored in the New England 
States. The North Central sections held almost 73 per cent of the 
