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Table 23. 
-Monthly cold-storage holdings of lard during 1917, and comparison 
with holdings of preceding months. 
Month. 
Jan. 1, 1917. 
Feb. 1,1917. 
Mar. 1, 1917. 
Apr. 1, 1917. 
May 1, 1917. 
June 1, 1917. 
July 1, 1917. 
Aug. 1, 1917 
Sept. 1, 1917 
Oct. 1,1917. 
Nov. 1, 1917 
Dec. 1, 1917. 
Storages 
reporting. 
263 
299 
343 
351 
355 
340 
382 
433 
450 
458 
477 
491 
Comparative holdings. 
Current 
month. 
77, 140, 438 
86, 211, 628 
79, 394, 281 
60, 066, 401 
55, 185, 864 
62, 026, 824 
84, 281, 922 
104, 126, 736 
96, 609, 408 
67, 841, 468 
37, 133, 757 
42, 810, 675 
Preceding 
month. 
52, 140, 708 
81, 235, 587 
89, 448, 583 
77, 592, 709 
59, 600, 542 
52, 861, 556 
69, 375, 077 
86, 003, 992 
110, 603, 562 
96, 520, 048 
68, 051, 027 
36, 767, 313 
Increase or decrease. 
Pounds. 
+24,999,730 
+ 4,976,041 
-10,054,302 
-17,526,308 
— 4,414,678 
+ 9,165,268 
+ 14.906,845 
+ 18,122,744 
-13,994,154 
-28,678,580 
-30,917,270 
+ 6,043,362 
Per cent. 
+47.9 
+ 6.1 
-11.2 
-22.6 
— 7.4 
+17.3 
+21.5 
+21.1 
-12.7 
-29.7 
-45.4 
+16.4 
120 
1110 
'100 
SO 
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70 
60 
50 
HO 
30 
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Feb. 
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June 
July 
Aug. 
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Oct. 
Nov. 
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on August 1, 1917. 
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110 
100 
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