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BULLETIN 709, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 
Table 20 — Monthly cold-storage holdings of frozen pork during 1917, and com* 
parison with holdings of preceding months. 
Month. 
Storages 
reporting. 
Jan. 1,1917 120 
Feb. 1,1917 -..-.I • 121 
M-ar. 1,1917 153 
Apr. 1,1917 213 
Mav 1, 1917 21S 
June 1,1917 209 
July 1. 1917 206 
Aug. 1,1917 237 
Sept.l. 1917 221 
Oct. 1,1917 241 
Nov. 1, 1917 249 
Dec. 1,1917 274 
Current 
month. 
Preceding 
month. 
Increase or decrease. 
45.64S.435 
52; 833,715 
49, 948'. 393 
5?, -5,50, 569 
60.392.9S7 
75,616,850 
89, 491. 716 
93, 408, 245 
74. 634, 527 
45,285,742 
28,735,326 
25, 497, 926 
909 
647 
174 
351 
728 
455 
121 
280 
898 
920 
260 
340 
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+16,572,527 
+10,425,068 
- 5,939,781 
+ 357. 21S 
+ 5.660', 259 
+11,387,395 
+12, 901, 595 
+ 1.718,965 
-18,754.371 
-29^744; 178 
-15,573,934 
- 3,507,414 
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19. — Relative monthly holding's of frozen pork during 1916 and 1917. Base, 100= 
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