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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY-Cimilar No. 97

THE
IN

SUPPLY

THE

OF

UNITED

LARD

STATES

ITS EXTENT AND DISTRIBUTION

ON AUGUST 31, 1917

Contribution from the Bureau of Markets

CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief

UNivERsrry of illinois-urbana

30 1210 579032
WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 28, 1918

State Lttowrf 1/ um fettui

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HP HIS CIRCULAR presents the results of the War Emergency Food Survey of August 31, 1917, so far as they relate
to pure lard, lard compounds, and lard substitutes other than
purely vegetable substitutes. For convenience, the term "lard"
has been used to designate this entire group of food products.
The survey indicates that the total stocks of lard in the pos
session of commercial concerns on August 31, 1917, were ap
proximately 240,000,000 pounds. Of the total reported supply
the meat packers held slightly more than 50 per cent; the
wholesalers held roughly 16 per cent ; the retail dealers, 14 per
cent ; the storage warehouses, 10 per cent ; and the bakers and
a group of miscellaneous dealers, 10 per cent.
The survey further indicates that the total stocks on hand
August 31, 1917, were 6.3 per cent larger than stocks held on
the corresponding date of 1916. The meat packers reported an
increase of less than 1 per cent over their 1916 holdings, while
the storage warehouses, the wholesalers, and the retail dealers
reported increases of 29.8 per cent, 23.4 per cent, and 6.3 per
cent, respectively.
More than one-third of the total stocks in the United States
were reported from the East North Central States, Illinois
alone reporting nearly 57,000,000 pounds. In general the stocks
in the North were quite largely held by the meat packers and
the storage warehouses, while the smaller total stocks of the
South were to a greater extent in the hands of the wholesalers
and retail dealers. The wholesale stocks in the Northern and
the Pacific Coast States were largely held by meat and pro
vision jobbers, while in the Southern and the Mountain States
these stocks were held more generally by the wholesale grocers.
In the North, lard reaches the ultimate consumer mainly
through retail grocers and meat markets, while in the South
and West the retailing of this commodity is done chiefly by gen
eral stores. On a per capita basis, the retailers' stocks of lard
in the Mountain States far exceeded those of any other geo
graphic division.
The distribution of the nation's supply of lard in the hands
of all commercial concerns is shown in the following pages both
by groups and classes of dealers and by geographic divisions
and states.

THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

CONTENTS.
Page.
Page.
7
Total commercial supply
3 Distribution of wholesale stocks
Distribution of retail stocks
9
Holdings by groups and classes of concerns
3 Comparative holdings in 1917 and 1916.... 11
12
Geographic distribution of total stocks 5 Tables of survey results
The holdings in storage warehouses
7
TOTAL COMMERCIAL SUPPLY.
,HE QUANTITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF LARD in the United
A States, as shown by the War Emergency Food Survey of August 31,
1917, are here presented. The term lard as used in this circular denotes
not only pure lard but also lard compounds and lard substitutes other
than purely vegetable substitutes.
The total stocks of lard, as thus defined, reported by all classes of
concerns in the preliminary War Emergency Food Survey of August
31, 1917, were 199,318,465 pounds. Lard held by dealers not required
to report, by reason of their small business, and by other firms who
for one reason or another, failed to furnish intelligible data, will not
exceed, it is believed, from 10 to 15 per cent of the supply held by all
manufacturers and dealers. Assuming that the stocks reported
represent 85 to 90 per cent of the total stocks in commercial channels,
the total commercial supply on the date of the survey would be
approximately 240,000,000 pounds.
HOLDINGS BY GROUPS AND CLASSES OF CONCERNS.
The most important classes of concerns reporting have been placed
in five groups, namely, the meat packers, the storage warehouses, the
wholesalers, the bakers, and the retail dealers. The total quantities of
lard reported for August 31, 1917, as well as the comparative figures
for 1917 and 1916, are given in Table 1 for these groups as well as for
the sub-groups or classes of concerns. Of the total stocks of lard re
ported for the United States on August 31, 1917, the meat packers held
100,094,447 pounds, or 50.2 per cent. The storage warehouses held 9.6
per cent of the total; the wholesale dealers, 15.8 per cent; the bakers,
3.9 per cent; the retail dealers, 13.7 per cent; and the miscellaneous
classes, 6.8 per cent. This distribution among the various groups of
firms is shown graphically in Diagram 1, which brings out emphatically
the very large holdings of the meat packers.

NOTE.The material in this report was compiled in the War Emergency Food Survey
section of the Bureau of Markets under the direction of Mr. C W. Thompson.
3

THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Diagram 1.Distribution of Total Stocks of Lard Reported for August

31, 1917.

STOCKS REPORTED (Pounds)

TOTAL
Meat packers
Storage warehouses
Wholesale dealers
Bakers
Retail dealers
Miscellaneous

199,318,465
100,094,447
18,991,096
31,512,915
7,803,220
27,282,211
13,634,576

Diagram 2.Total Stocks of Lard Reported for August 31, 1917Geographic

Distribution.
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The amount of lard on hand August 31, 1917, as further shown by

Table 1, was 6.3 per cent greater than the amount on hand August 31,
1016. On the basis of an estimated total for August 31, 1917, of 240,000,000 pounds, the total stocks on hand August 31, 1916, were approxi
mately 228,000,000 pounds. None of the important groups of concerns
shows a decrease in holdings for 1917 as compared with those for 1916.
Two of the sub-groups or classes of dealers, however, one from the
wholesale group and one from the retail group, show a decrease in
stocks reported. These two classes are the wholesale grocers and the
retail meat markets, which reported for 1917, respectively, 92.6 per cent
and 89.1 per cent of stocks held in 191G. The meat and provision job
bers, holding 111.9 per cent larger stocks in 1917 than in 1916, show
the largest increase for any one class of dealers. Next in order of in
crease in stocks reported come the warehouses, with an increase of 51.6
per cent ; the chain grocery stores, with an increase of 15.8 per cent ; the
bakers, with 24.7 per cent; and the cold storage houses, with 25.5 per
cent.
The number of schedules upon which the figures in this report are
based is shown by groups and classes in Table 2.
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL STOCKS.
The total 1917 stocks reported by the different groups of concerns,
omitting the miscellaneous group, are shown in Table 3 by geographic
divisions and by states. The relationship between the stocks reported
for the different geographic divisions is clearly brought out in Diagram
2. It will be noticed that the East North Central division far outranks
any of the other geographic divisions in stocks of lard reported, with
the West North Central division prominently in the lead among the
other eight divisions.
The marked prominence of the East North Central division, as seen in
Diagram 2, is due almost wholly to the state of Illinois, which state
reported 76.5 per cent of the total for the geographic division and 28.5
per cent of the total for the country. The relative importance of the
stocks of lard in the state of Illinois is clearly shown in Diagram 3,
which represents the stocks in 1917 as reported from the 20 most im
portant states.
The prominence of the East North Central division and of the state
of Illinois is due primarily to the holdings of the meat packers in Illi
nois. The relative importance of the stocks of the packers in Illinois,
constituting 70.4 per cent of the total stocks of the state, is clearly
brought out in Diagram 4, which shows the distribution of the total
stocks reported for the state among the several groups of firms.
The West North Central division ranks second in stocks of lard, also
by reason of the stocks reported by its meat packers, and the Middle

THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES'.

Diagram 3.Total Stocks of Lard Reported for the 20 Most Important States.
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STOCKS REPORTED (Pounds)

TOTAL
Meat packers
Storage warehouses
Wholesale dealers
Bakers
Retail dealers
Miscellaneous

56,771,249
39,968,421
7,790,284
5,341,822
658,601
1,193,629
1,818,492

THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Diagram 5.Stocks of Lard Reported by Meat

Atlantic division
Packers for the 14 Most Important States.
ranks third, partly
for the same reason.
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and other divisions
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amounts of such stocks reported from each of the 14 leading states.
The West South Central division ranks fourth among the geographic
divisions in the amount of lard reported. The stocks here are largely
in the hands of the wholesale and retail dealers, the holdings of the
packers in this division being relatively small.
THE HOLDINGS IN STORAGE WAREHOUSES.
The amount of lard held by cold-storage plants and warehouses is
shown separately in Table 4. The cold-storage plants, as indicated in
the table, reported nearly 80 per cent of the total reported by the two
classes of concerns. More than one-half of the holdings of these plants
were reported from the state of Illinois. Missouri and Massachusetts
come next in order as holders of lard in cold storages, the former re
porting 16.9 per cent of the total for the country, so held, and the latter
14.7 per cent.
DISTRIBUTION OF WHOLESALE STOCKS.
The total stocks of lard reported by the two classes of dealers in the
group of wholesalers, namely, the meat and provision jobbers and the
wholesale grocers, are shown in Table 5. In the total amount of
stocks reported by
Diagram 6.Stocks of Lard Reported by Whole
the
wholesale dealers
sale GrocersGeographic Distribution.
as a group, the East
North Central and
the West South Cen
tral divisions rank
first and second, re
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are
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THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Diagram 7.Stocks of Lard Reported by Whole

sale Grocers for the 20 Most Important States.

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Reported by Retail Dealers.

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STOCKS REPORTED (Pounds)

GRAND TOTAL

..... .. 27,282,211
12,723,592
9,938,322
1,519,596
2,876,683
224,018

tory of the leading

packing plants.
Turning next to
the comparative hold
ings of the two
classes of concerns
within the wholesale
group, it appears
that the stocks of the
wholesale grocers
constitute approxi111 a t e 1 y three-fifths,
and those of the meat
and provision jobbers
two -fifths, of the
whole amount.
It
further appears that
the holdings of the
meat and provision
jobbers are especially
large compared to
those of the whole
sale grocers in Illi
nois, where the lard
products from the
large meat-packing
plants tend to be dis
tributed through
meat and provision
jobbers rather than
through
wholesale
grocers.
The oppo
site tendency appears
in the various divi
sions of the South,
including the South
Atlantic, the East
South Central, and
the West South Cen
tral divisions, where
the wholesale stocks
of lard are held by
wholesale grocers
rather than by meat

THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

and provision job
bers. The importance
of the holdings of
lard by the wholesale
grocers of the South
becomes
especially
apparent as one stud
ies the distribution
by geographic divi
sions represented in
Diagram 6, and is
still further empha
sized in Diagram 7,
which shows the
stocks of lard in the
hands of wholesale
grocers in the 20 most
important states.
DISTRIBUTION OF

Diagram 9.Stocks of Lard Reported ry Retail

DealersGeographic Distribution.
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Diagram 10.Stocks of Lard Reported by Retail

DealersQuantity per 1,000 of the Population
of Bach State.
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RETAIL STOCKS.
The stocks of lard
reported by the dif
ferent classes of re
tail dealers are shown
in Table 6. The rela
tive importance of
the five different
classes of dealers in
this group is graphi
cally represented in
Diagram 8.
It ap
pears that the retail
grocers held 46.6 per
cent, and the general
stores 36.4 per cent,
of the total retail
stocks. The relative
importance of the
holdings of these two
classes of retailers
varies considerably
in the different sec-

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10

THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Diagram 11.Stocks of Lard Reported for August

31, 1917, and August 31, 1916, by Important
Groups of Firms.

tions of the country,

as will be noted later.
The retail meat mar
wfO_3i2.
.
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kets, as indicated by
the diagram, held
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10.6 per cent of the
lard reported by re
glass
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tail dealers.
'sSc/e&rS 94,957,747 94,769.969
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sents
in graphic form
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S,90S,768 4,737,42/
the distribution of
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/S.9/3,948 74,973,023
the total retail
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stocks by geographic
divisions. It will be noted that these stocks are exceptionally large
in the West South Central division.
The relatively large retail stocks of lard in the Southern and Moun
tain States are brought out very clearly in Diagram 10, which shows,
for each state, the quantity of lard reported by this group of dealers
per 1,000 of the population. It will be seen that the largest per capita
stocks are held in the Western and Southwestern States.
The total stocks of
lard held by retail Diagram 12.Total Stocks of Lard Reported for
August 31, 1917, and August 31, 1916, for
grocers were espec
the 15 Most Important States.
ially large, as com
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pared with those of
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tral states, showing
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that in these geo
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4./24.S42 4,643,699
4,306.300
graphic divisions lard
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2.224,059
is handled largely by
3.03/.S66
2,778.984
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6.040,9/2
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retail grocers. In the
2,849,732
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2.973.84S
//va.
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3.C88.276
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Southern and Moun
tain States, on the /W/tV/V.
other hand, where the
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general stores occupy
a relatively more
prominent place in
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the retail business,
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this class of retailers
reported larger hold
ings than the retail
grocers.

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11

COMPARATIVE HOLDINGS IN 1917 AND 1916.

Attention has already been called to the fact that the total stocks of
lard on August 81, 1917, as indicated by the reports, were 6.3 per cent
larger than the stocks twelve months earlier. Attention was also called
to the groups of dealers whose stocks accounted for this increase. Table
7 shows by geographic divisions and by states, for each of the important
groups of dealers, the stocks reported on August 31, 1917, and August
31, 1916, by all concerns which gave figures for both dates. A study
of the table reveals the fact that the increase in total stocks held was
quite general for the entire country, every division except the East
North Central showing an increase. The decrease in the holdings of
this division was due primarily to the relatively heavy decrease in the
holdings of Illinois, to which reference will be made later.
The comparative holdings of the several groups of firms in the two
years are shown graphically in Diagram 11. It will be noticed that
the meat packers held fully as large stocks in 1917 as in 1916. The
other groups, especially the storage houses and the wholesale dealers,
show a more noticeable increase.
Diagram 12 presents in graphic form the comparative holdings of
lard in 1917 and 1916 for the 15 most important states. In general,
the holdings for each of these states were larger in 1917 than in 1916,
notable exceptions being the states of Illinois and Nebraska, where
the falling off is due to decreases in the holdings of the meat packers,
as appears from the figures for this class in Table 7. In fact, in every
state where the total holdings were smaller in 1917 than in 1916, the
decrease may be attributed almost entirely to a decrease in the hold
ings of the meat packers. Comparative figures for the two classes of
dealers comprising the storage warehouses are given in Table 8. The
cold-storage plants, as already pointed out, are the more important
class. The reports for the cold-storage plants indicate an increase in
stocks for this class in all the states having appreciable holdings, with
the exception of Illinois.
Comparative figures for 1917 and 1916, for the wholesale dealers and
also for the two classes comprising this group, namely, the meat and
provision jobbers and the wholesale grocers, are given in Table 9. The
table indicates that this group held increased stocks in all the geo
graphic divisions with the exception of the Middle Atlantic. The table
further shows that the increased holdings reported for the group as a
whole were due entirely to the increased stocks of the meat and provi
sion jobbers, the wholesale grocers reporting a slight decrease. This in
crease was not general, however, but was confined to the East North
Central division, and more particularly to Illinois, as shown by the
figures in Table 9. The net decrease in the holdings of the wholesale
grocers is likewise accounted for by a decrease in the stocks of the
East North Central division, and here again more particularly in the
stocks of Illinois.
The holdings of the bakers, whose stocks were confined for the most
part to the Northern and Pacific States, show a net increase of 24.7
per cent.
Comparative figures for 1917 and 1916 are given for the entire group
of retail dealers and also for the five different classes in this group in
Table 10. This table indicates a fairly uniform increase in the holdings
of this group of dealers throughout the country, as well as for the dif
ferent classes of retail dealers comprising the group.

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12

TABLES OF SURVEY RESULTS.

Table 1.Stocks of lard on hand August 81, 1917, with comparative figures for
1916United States totals.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Comparative figures from firms
reporting for both 1917 and 1916.
Total stocks
reported for
Class of business.
1917 stocks.
August 31,
1917.
o ,.
Per
cent
Quantity.
o 1916.
Pounds.
Pounds.
199,318,465 160,670,508

Total-

106.3

Pounds.
151,094.719

Meat packers
100,094,447 94,957,147 100.8
94,169,969
Storage warehouses...
18,991,096 12,395,960 129.8
9,549,963
14,785,417 10,005,238 125.5
7,972,450
Cold storages
Warehouses
4.205,679
2,390,722 151.6
1,577,513
Wholesale dealers
31,512,915 24,067,882 123.4
19,510,008
Meat and provision jobbers....
5,026,274
12,271,307 10,652,953 211.9
Wholesale grocers
92.6
14,483,734
19,241,608 13.414,929
7,803,220
4,737,421
Bakers
5,905,768 124.7
27,282,211 15,913,948 106.3
14,973,023
Retail dealers
12,723,592
6,815,744
Retail grocers
7,015,293 102.9
9,938,322
5,461,753
General stores
6,009,136 110.0
817,499
Chain grocery stores
1,519,596
1,192,282 145.8
1,800,844
89.1
Retail meat markets
2,876,683
1,604,515
Retail flour and feed dealers.
77,183
224,018
92,722 120.1
8,154,335
13,634,576
7,429,803
91.1
Miscellaneous 1
1 The principal classes of business included in the miscellaneous group are cottonseed oil mills
and refineries, slaughterers, manufacturers of lard compounds and substitutes, manufacturers of
oleomargarine, and soap manufacturers.
Table 2.Number of firms reporting lanlUnited States totals, by class of
business.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Classes of business handling lard.

Total.
Meat packers..
Storage warehousesCold storages
Warehouses
Wholesale dealers..
Meat and provision jobbersWholesale grocers
Bakers
Retail dealers
Retail grocers
General stores
_
Chain grocery stores
Retail meat markets
Retail feed dealers
Miscellaneous

Number Firms reporting lard.

of O K
schedules. Nb- PsfheCdeun^.f
128,445

99,919

77.9

822
1,102
278
824
5,615
822
4,793
13,112
97,464
53,326
28,056
904
9,884
5,294
10,330

745
251
143
108
3,671
670
3,001
10,118
81,591
47,720
24,632
805
8,067
367
2,543

90.6
22.8
51.4
13.1
65.4
81.5
62.6
77.2
83.7
89.5
87.8
89.0
81.6
6.9
24.6

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13

Table 3.Stocks of lard on hand August 81, 1911Statement for important groups
of firms, by geographic divisions and states.
(Food Survey of August 81, 1917.)
Geographic division
and state.

Grand
total.1

Meat
packers.

Storage
Wholesale
warehouses.2 dealers.3

Bakers.

United States..

Pounds.
199,318,465

Pounds
Pounds.
100,094,447 18,991,096

Pounds.
31,512,915

Pounds.
7,803,220

Geocraphic Divisions:
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central....
West North CentralSouth Atlantic
East South Central....
West South Central....
Mountain
Pacific

14,794,432
20,426,731
74,207,922
31,715,845
14,584,142
10,721,124
19,172,477
5,422,826
8,272,966

7,616,080
5,418,440
49,848,974
23,459,261
3,104,823
1,113,183
3,949,109
2,402,782
3,181,795

2,579,236
3,098,662
8,062,262
2,827,099
611,096
710,790
467,614
75,783
558,554

1,352,868
2,585,311
6,856,485
1,124,312
5,858,596
4,895,598
6,583,797
748,233
1,507,715

813,185
2,599,127
1,900,262
830,970
454,500
214,437
228,080
166,304
596,355

New England :
Maine
New Hampshire...
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut

887,772
445,687
258,064
11,592,038
358,598
1,252,273

203,479
55,797
450
7,190,183
71,309
94,862

138,571
1,350
2,394,314
5,365
39,636

201,979
143,500
88,394
659,235
83,314
176,446

54,791
20,166
21,973
493,412
62,461
160,382

Middle Atlantic:
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

10,051,125
3,179,714
7,195,892

2,130,452
1,101,936
2,186,052

1,667,238
291,085
1,140,339

1,551,259
175,559
858,493

1,324,816
360,901
913,410

7,001,486
3,158,015
56,771,249
4,190,595
3,086,577

3,598,559
1,864,538
39,968,421
2,360,823
2,056,633

231,452
26,392
7,790,284
8,814
5,320

674,758
261,648
5,341,822
367,285
210.972

417,635
185,485
658,601
409,976
228,565

3,984,656
5,327,861
10,507,943
214,061
286,213
3,033,577
8,361,534

3,191,414
4,036,153
5,773,396
45,059
69,536
2,598,256
7,745,447

37,779
2,734

290,239
213,933
405,798
50,485
22,384
69,619
71,854

149.519
170,074
354,012
8,685
39,540
45,282
63,858

244,858
2,168,440
451,257
1,903,055
1,618,518
2,060,600
1,311,681
3,284,566
1,541,167

154,555
940,777
30,603
495,223
538,637
61,649
63,140
555,405
264,834

363,600
80,550
26,942
2,280
370
12,350
123,064
1,940

19,192
93,315
104,271
696,993
553,434
1,187,407
738,922
1,655,808
809,254

13,193
166,126
83,313
61,238
47,350
9,454
9,307
39,017
25,502

2,527,213
4,258,887
2,343,253
1,591,771

364,794
311,851
306,877
129,661

64,608
615,077
10,083
21,022

867,575
2,049,658
1,171,175
807,190

144,216
37,716
21,449
11,056

East North Central:

Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
West North Central:
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota...
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
South Atlantic:
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia...
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
East South Central:
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi

27,102
2,759,484

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THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Table 3.Stocks of lard on hand August 31, 1917Statement for important groups
of firms, by geographic divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Geographic division
and state.
West South Central:
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Mountain :
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
New Mexico
Utah

Grand
total.i

Meat
packers.

Pounds.

Pounds.

3,954,831
4,317,463
2,660,485
8,239,698

401,953
663,548
976,823
1,906,785

707,963
374,827
175,706
1,980,507
598,222
285,388
1,198,161
102,052

198,306
54,710
10,000
1,226,297
36,690
21,402
803,661
51,716

2,643,099
1,778,477
3,851,390

1,282,610
884,582
1,014,603

Storage
Wholesale
warehouses.1 dealers.3
Pounds.
132,018
38,169
50,010
247,417

2,570
400
50,650
7,163
15,000

Pacific :
California

51,267
16,300
490,987

Pounds.

Bakers.

Retail
dealers.4

Pounds.

Pounds.

1,881,147
1,487,924
578,189
2,636,537

18,450
34,642
53,358
121,630

941,799
941,367
988,987
3,170,964

150,016
56,195
8,850
88,418
119,918
98,062
222,979
3,795

347,749
412,103
747,863

26,421
5,590
1,700
56,038
44,985
3,830
26,340
1,400

322,387
252,772
152,143
475,901
395,692
153,961
116,111
39,220

115,862
64,194
416,299

569,292
387,356
1,050,620

1 The grand total includes 13,634,576 pounds of lard reported by miscellaneous classes of business.
" See Table 4.
8 See Table 5.
* See Table 6.

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15

Table 4.Stocks of lard on hand August 31, 1917Statement for storage ware
houses, by geographic divisions and states.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)

United States..

Group
total.
Pounds.
18,991,096

Cold
storages.
Pounds.
14,785,417

Geographic Divisions:
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central....
West North CentralSouth Atlantic
East South Central
West South CentralMountain
Pacific

2,579,236
3,098,662
8,062,262
2,827,099
611,096
710,790
467,614
75,783
558,554

2,216,471
1,194,562
7,723,693
2,529,335
180,244
558,340
125,044
13,213
244,515

Geographic division and state.

New England:
Maine
New Hampshire..
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut

138,571
1,350

1,350

2,394,314
5,365
39,636

2,170,120
5,365
39,636

Middle Atlantic:
New York
New JerseyPennsylvania..

1,667,238
291,085
1,140,339

769,838
291,085
133,639

231,452
26,392
7,790,284
8,814
5,320

121,738
26,392
7,561,769
8,814
4,980

27,102
2,759,484

19,982
2,496,024

37,779
2,734

10,595
2,734

South Atlantic :
Delaware
Maryland..
District of Columbia..
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia....*
Florida

363,600
80,550
26,942
2,280
370
12,350
123,064
1,940

45,600
3,860
10,250

119,434
1,100

East South Central:

Kentucky
TennesseeAlabama....
Mississippi-

64,608
615,077
10,083
21.022

1,788
529,247
6,583
20.722

North Central:
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
West North Central:
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North DakotaSouth DakotaNebraska
Kansas

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THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Table 4.Stocks of lard on hand August 31, 1911Statement for storage ware
houses, by geographic divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Geographic division and state.

Group
total.
Pounds.

Cold
storages.
Pounds.

Warehouses.
Pounds.

West South Central:

132,018
38,169*
50,010
247,417

Texas

37,294
1,960
85,790

132,018
875
48,050
161,627

Mountain :
2,570
400
50,650

Colorado.
New Mexico
Utah

3,150

170
400
47,500

7,163
15,000

7,163
500

14,500

51,267
16,300
490,987

1,950
1,000
241,565

49,317
15,300
249,422

2,400

Pacific :
California

THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

17

Table 5.Stocks of lard on hand August 81, 1911Statement for wholesale

dealers, by geographic divisions and states.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Geographic division and state.
United States

Group
total.
Pounds.
31,512,915

Meat and Wholesale

provision
grocers.
jobbers.
Pounds.
Pounds.
12,271,307
19,241,608

Geographic Divisions:

West North Central

West South Central
Pacific

1,352,868
2,585,311
6,856,485
1,124,312
5,858,596
4,895,598
6,583,797
748,233
1,507,715

860,701
1,036,161
5,590,828
512,715
1,192,227
1,052,308
845,471
244,347
936,549

492,167
1,549,150
1,265,657
611,597
4,666,369
3,843,290
5,738,326
503,886
571,166

201,979
143,500
88,394
659,235
83,314
176,446

81,281
62,391
31,818
486 148
75,369
123,694

120,698
81,109
56,576
173 087
7,945
52,752

1,551,259
175,559
858,493

496,375
86,740
453,046

1,054,884
88,819
405,447

674,768
261,648
5,341,822
367,285
210,972

223,284
35.019
5,115,012
181,290
36,223

461,474
226,629
226.810
185,995
174,749

290,239
213,933
405,798
50,485
22,384
69,619
71,854

171.312
148,815
64,318
33,234
10,087
67,222
17,727

118,927
65,118
341,480
17,251
12,297
2,397
64,127

19,192
93,315
104,271
696,993
553,434
1,187,407
738,922
1,655,808
809,254

11,322
24,355
57.827
280,717
44,578
104,552
105,565
285,431
277,880

7,870
68,960
46,444
416,276
508,856
1,082,855
633,357
1,370,377
631,374

867,575
2,049,658
1.W1.176
807,190

76,045
666,060
284,701
25,502

791,530
1,383,598
886,474
781,688

New England:

Massachusetts

Middle Atlantic:
New York

East North Central:

Ohio.

West North Central:

Missouri
South Dakota
South Atlantic:

East South Central:

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18

Table 5.Stocks of lard on hand August 31, 1917Statement for toholesale

dealers, by geographic divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Geographic division and state.

Group
total.
Pounds.

West South Central:

Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
-

Meat and
provision
jobbers.
Pounds.

1,881,147
1,487,924
578,189
2,636,537

63,051
431,334
47,560
303,526

Mountain :
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada

150,016
56,195
8,850
88,418
119,918
98,062
222,979
3,795

81,762
15,430

103,381
35

Pacific :
Washington
Oregon
California

347,749
412,103
747,863

230,242
352,813
353,494

43,739

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THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Table 6.Stocks of lard on hand August SI, 1917Statement for retail dealers, by
geographic divisions and states.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Geographic division
and state.

United States
Geographic Divisions:
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central....
West North CentralSouth Atlantic
East South Central....
West South Central....
Mountain
Pacific
New England:
Maine.
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Middle Atlantic:

East North Central:

Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
West North Central:
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Sooth Atlantic:
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia....
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
East South Central:
Kentucky

Retail
grain and
flour
dealers.

Group
total.

Retail
grocers.

General
stores.

Chain
grocery
stores.

Retail
meat
markets.

Pounds.
27.282,211

Pounds.
12,723,592

Pounds.
9,938,322

Pounds.
1,519,596

Pounds.
2,876,683

Pounds.
224,018

1,545,540
3,596,683
4,079,650
2,595,428
2,852,223
2,654,115
6,043,117
1,908,187
2,007,268

802,676
1,672,231
2,177,921
1,195,484
1,217,458
1,153,786
2,897,734
668,018
938,284

285,297
726,630
876,829
815,698
1,354,768
1,400,143
2,902,130
943,297
633,530

320,933
732,086
165,497*
34,836
118,268
35,221
56,757
700
55,298

110,891
451,511
848,931
537,556
112.688
33,156
143,768
291,526
346,656

25,743
14,225
10,472
11,854
49,041
31,809
42,728
4,646
33,500

264,297
215,815
143,579
608,806
88,435
224,608

158,379
102,585
65,267
288,149
62,150
136,146

79,163
73,251
55,112
39,856
8,163
29,752

17,155
12,368
19,500
215,441
14,059
42,410

7,071
13,974
13,525
56,655
3,816
15,850

2,529
13,637
175
8,705
247
450

1,801,158
396,506 i
1,399,019

943,649
147,247
581,335

247,336
46,093
433,201

366,582
169,344
196,160

236,286
33,594
181,631

7,305
228
6,692

961,869
620,557
1,193,629
841,026
462,569

468,252
385,676
664,265
398,070
161,658

130,850
119,988
255,990
211,877
158,124

58,233
506
31,386
47,775
7,597

120,998
113,845
240,643
180,200
133,245

3,536
542
1,345
3,104
1,945

320,552
581,831
748,452
106,529
110,473
264,972
426,619 i
s
42,133
246,394
89,932
354,196
366,769
601,904
428,750
486,796
235,349

119,647
256,781
429,075
24,756
35,557
102,201
227,467

109,146
142,624
272,187
51,488
44,880
72,517
122,856

1,037

24,115
2,140

90,247
181,878
67,220
29,875
29,736
65,659
72,941

475
548
8,426
410
300
480
1,215

18,603
96,836
15,641
179,004
87,012
233,986
169,390
292,133
124,853

15,380
110,127
1,092
136,310
259,065
345,992
245,304
141,227
100,271

21,696
38,435
10,999
890
6,771
5,630
33,556
291

8,150
17,585
34,764
2g,273
18,847
3,010
280
3,995
2,784

4,610
955
12,145
8,146
15,885
7,150

544,909
782,033
710,226
616.947

259,021
471,924
250,648
172,193

251,254
281,335
432,436
435,118

18,100
5,370
8,010
3,741

11,849
13,970
5,552
1,785

4,685
9.434
13,580
4,110

7,544

150

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THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Table 6.Stocks of lard on hand August 31, 1917Statement for retail dealers, bp
geographic divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31. 1917.)
Geographic division
and state.

Group
total.
Pounds.

West South Central

Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Mountain :
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Pacific :
Washington
Oregon
California

941,799
941,367
988,987
3,170,964
322,387
252,772
152,143
475,901
395,692
153,961
116,111
39,220
569,292
387,356
1,050,620

1,643
652
31,205

THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Table 7.Comparative figures 1Statement for important groups of firms, by
geographic divisions and states.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Grand total.2
Geographic division
and state.
1917
United States
Geographic Divisions:
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central....
West North CentralEast South Central....
West South Central....
Mountain
Pacific
New England:
New Hampshire

Middle Atlantic:
New York
Pennsylvania
East North Central:

West North Central:

Minnesota

1916

Pounds.
Pounds.
160,670,508 151,094,719

Meat packers.
1
1917
1916

Storage warehouses.
1917

1916

Pounds.
94,957,147

Pounds.
94,169,969

Pounds.
12,395,960

Pounds.
9,549,963

11,678,430
14,999,111
65,910,672
29,550,856
8,647,522
6,504,243
12,825,244
3,923,493
6,630,937

10,556,914
13,912,419
71,189,610
21,658,552
7,319,444
5,510,603
11,281,847
3.805,450
5,859,880

7,395,847
4,669,336
48,077,348
23,199,668
2,246,799
1,003,008
3,325,431
1,938,357
3,101,353

7,397,413
4,780,559
54,032,297
17,533,396
1,667,254
746,584
3,018,011
2,060,451
2,934,004

905,361
1,554,329
5,646,949
2,824,365
335,713
400,400
236,734
67,883
424,226

131,820
1,071,506
6,687,641
1,094,440
215,332
121,442
54,409
44,950
128,423

715,793
280,669
119,471
9,254,959
262,915
1,044,623

580,280
248,422
116,441
8,379,499
271,082
961,190

181,007
51,112
450
7,027,037
47,180
89,061

179,497
53,649
450
7,091,125
23,000
49,692

138,571
850

35,149
1,000

754,304
11,636

43,071
50 018
2,582

7,781,334
2,849,732
4,368,045

6,294,875
2,973,845
4,643,699

1,896,798
1,080,904
1,691,634

1,470,721
1,438,151
1.871,687

1,063,145
283,285
207,899

428,630
321,500
321,376

4,124,542
2,584,472
53,342,425
3,438,401
2,420,832

4,306,300
3,088,276
59,657,872
2,224,059
1,913,103

2,471,056
1,744,833
39,757,210
2,309,623
1,794,626

2,522,553
2,203,391
46,754,644
1,174,941
1,376,768

195,057
16,902
5,434,202
448
340

372,430
6,314,811

3,706,644
4,779,635
9,849,058
161,696
179,653
2,869,657
8,004,613

3,408,564
2,076,234
5,397,104
156,379
221,466
6,040,912
4,358,893

3,105,684
4,001,007
5,712,917
44,709
65,616
2,587,838
7,681,897

2,969,204
1,407,341
3.171,276
42,192
102,098
5,798,456
4,042,829

27,102
2,759,484

10,000
1,065,472

37,779

18,968

106,717
1,308,678
280,258
908,584
1,088,282
1,265,150
719,661
2,010,670
959,522

94,000
1,040,002
240,974
803,301
798,800
987,699
694,912
1,872,072
787,684

62,400
595,045
30,603
318,909
518,177
61,649
390
426,765
232,861

48,373
545,900
22,190
201,055
323,622
84,702
500
277,568
163,344

298,500
3,860
17,692
540
370
12,350
1,561
840

157,760
1,020
38,900

1,375,987
2,531,026
1,465,134
1,132,096

1,147,466
2,014,249
1,361,475
987,413

346,961
220,109
306,277
129,661

283,935
131,804
236,770
' 94,075

32,320
360,997
7,083

40,472
75,440
5,530

400

South Atlantic:
District of Columhia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
East South Central:

380
11,908
2,760
2,604

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THE SUPPLY OP LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Table 7.Comparative figures 1Statement for important groups of firms, by

i
geographic divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Grand total.2

Meat packers.

Storage warehouses.

Geographic division
and state.
1917
West South Central:

1916

1917

1916

1917

1916

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.
2,229,843
3,031,566
1,784,891
5,778,944

Pounds.
1,844,202
2,718,984
1,628,920
5,089,741

Pounds.
303,437
498,612
843,156
1,680,226

Pounds.
165,543
469,562
790,258
1,592,648

472,601
258,318
116,727
1,488,690
405,633
187,302
913,333
80,889

495,044
233,042
71,531
2,085,430
315,837
195,274
319,980
89,312

154,550
31,200
10,000
1,007,297
36,690

195,100
36,798
4,000
1,689,951
30,517

646,904
51,716

43,771
60,314

2,084,457
1,599,622
2,946,858

2,360,127
980,860
2,518,893

1,270,809
853,932
976,612

1,646,614
426,667
860,723

20,022
20,550
196,162

2,130
17,390
34,889

170
400
50,650

600
400
4,950

7,163
9,500

7,000
32,000

48,297
16,300
359,629

19,757
4,700
103,966

Mountain :

Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Pacific :
Washington
California

1 Based on returns from concerns reporting for both 1917 and 1916.
2 Grand totals include lard reported by miscellaneous classes of business as follows : for 1917,
7,429,803 pounds; for 1916, 8,154,335 pounds.

THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

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Table 7.Comparative figuresStatement for important groups of firms, by

geographic divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Bakers.

Wholesale dealers.

Retail dealers.

Geographic division
and state.
1917

1916

1917

1916

1917

1916

Pounds.
24,067,882

Pounds.
19,510,008

Pounds.
5,905,768

Pounds.
4,737,421

Pounds.
15,913,948

Pounds.
14,973,023

1,061,647
1,916,829
6,424,449
916,768
3,754,570
3,416,654
4,790,651
502,040
1,284,274

847,055
2,436,177
3,117,627
733,571
3,467,887
3,147,985
4,199,502
461,025
1,099,179

631,459
2,348,774
1,290,747
610,820
327,405
110,194
124,719
83,148
378,502

551,390
1,837,674
1,017,976
475,172
258,742
76,854
117,123
86,320
316,170

972,939
2,251,422
2,317,895
1,585,606
1,619,046
1,386,869
3,213,280
1,295,937
1,270,954

948,845
2,100,986
2,484,729
1,551,921
1,471,978
1,224,282
2,885,667
1,121,434
1,183,181

155,253
118,720
42,934
531,237
76,626
136,877

135,937
97,627
38,512
393,665
51,112
130,202

44,533
9,546
9,390
408,194
49,310
110,486

34,933
6,757
9,530
331,673
40,318
128,179

180,839
94,630
63,625
422,286
58,159
153,400

174,833
84,375
63,344
406,154
74,944
145,195

1,155,893
118,687
642,24a

1,597,608
114,619
723,960

1,435,100
238,464
675,210

1,144,747
211,749
481,178

1,165,918
282,231
803,273

1,065,407
201,340
834,239

553,114
179,329
5,267,320
318,408
106,278

559,304
194,942
1,980,157
296,081
87,143

278,805
126,915
435,299
282,978
166,750

224,744
123,356
336,225
200,924
132,727

406,224
379,509
757,693
494,832
279,637

450,585
426,072
787,332
524,090
296,650

280,848
207,542
264,183
50,215
13,803
38,494
61,683

167,235
184,769
234,399
42.273
11,702
22,881
70,312

113,982
119,049
276,147
6,515
32,217
31,035
31,875

77,418
79,336
219,759
6,365
41,398
25,174
25,722

192,972
383,858
499,035
58,864
64,951
164,918
221,008

182,972
363,797
497,287
64,019
63,857
166,804
213,185

14,392
56,863
84,026
316,683
316,047
846,318
431,621
1,189,648
498,972

23,219
62,077
73,610
343,309
253,913
593,894
432,315
1,206,596
478,954

5,742
119,834
63,430
49,042
33,275
4,710
7,729
27,562
16,081

7,110
80,680
62,163
28,639
26,208
4,900
5,454
34,776
8,812

11,583
131,587
73,725
191,657
215,067
329,506
264,359
268.829
132,733

9,479
121,231
68,736
169,916
191,276
292,968
242,253
244,162
131,957

587,419
1,442,262
755,750
631,223

486,452
1,321,632
784,730
555,171

71,817
16,178
15,443
6,756

42,461
15,183
13,555
5,655

243,942
401,206
378,600
363,121

232,846
341,792
318,672
330,972

Geographic Divisions:
East North Central....
West North CentralEast South Central
West South Central....

New England :
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Middle Atlantic:
New York
East North Central:

West North Central:

Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
Kansas
South Atlantic:
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia....
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
East South Central:

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THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Table 7.Comparative figuresStatement for important groups of firms, by

geographic divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Geographic division
and state.

Wholesale dealers.

Retail dealers.

1916

1917

1916

Pounds.
1,449,231
939,404
375,050
2,026,966

Pounds.
1,224,521
872,327
394,502
1,708,152

Pounds.
11,115
17,945
22,070
73,589

Pounds.
13,692
22,297
17,666
63,468

Pounds.
446,057
529,565
516,167
1,721,491

Pounds.
401,354
502,414
404,486
1,577,413

77,232
44,366
2,050
63,308
89,638
64,620
157,926
2,900

93,996
30,529
35,322
54,653
80,499
161,826
4,200

20,027
910
1,130
32,855
3,650
1,680
21,971
925

12,582
1,105
1,765
49,618
3,700
1,500
15,210
840

216,987
180,672
100,694
321,626
275,590
112,919
63,547
23,902

189,886
163,205
62,622
291,814
226,907
105,855
57,463
23,682

267,601
409,167
607,506

262,130
243,116
593,933

86,945
38,782
252,775

64,310
51,998
199,862
;

357,744
272,506
640,704

333,189
244,353
605,639

1917
West South Central:

Bakers.

1917

1916

Mountain :

Pacific :

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Table 8.Comparative figures 1Statement for storage warehouses, by geographic

divisions and states.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Group total.

Cold storages.

Warehouses.

Geographic division
and state.
1917

1916

1917

1916

1C17

1916

Pounds.
12.395.960

Pounds.
9.549,963

Pounds.
10,005,238.

Pounds.
7,972.450

Pounds.
2,390.722

Pounds.
1,577,513
,

905.361
1,554,329
5,646,949
2,824,365
335,713
400,400
236,734
67,883
424,226

131,820
1,071.506
6,687,641
1,094,440
215,332
121,442
54,409
44,950
128,423

765,786
729,089
5,344,069
2,526,601
6,251
338,040
56,782
10,313
228,307

45,782
479,542
6,344,750
933,631
5,610
79,930
35,609
9,850
37,746

139,575
825,240
302,880
297,764
329,462
62,360
179,952
57,570
195,919

86,038
591,964
342,891
160,809
209,722
41,512
18,800
35,100
90,677

138,571
850

35,149
1,000

138,571

35,149

New Hampshire

850

1,000

Massachusetts

754,304

753,300

42,200

1,004

871
50,018

Connecticut
Middle Atlantic:
New York
New Jersey

11,636

43,071
50,018
2,582

11,636

2,582

1,063,145
283,285
207,899

428,630
321,500
321,376

338,865
283,285
106,939

54,346
321,500
103,696

724,280

374,284

100,960

217,680

195,057
16,902
5.434,202
448
340

372,430

89,800

75,198

282,630

6,314,811

119,859
16,902
5,206,860
448

6,254,950

227,342

59,861

340

400

27,102
2,759,484

10,000
1,065,472

19,982
2,496,024

922,066

7,120
263,460

10,000
143,406

37,779

18,968

10,595

11,565

27,184

7,403

298,500
3,860
17,692
540
370
12,350
1,561
840

157,760
1,020
38,900

298,500

157,760

3,860
1,000

1,020
2,000

36,900

380
11,908
2,760
2,604

1,391

2,590

16,692
540
370
12,350
170
840

32,320
360,997
7,083

40,472
75,440
5,530

334,457
3,583

75,000
4,930

32,320
26,540
3,500

40,472
440
600

United States
Geographic Divisions:
Middle Atlantic
East North Central....
West North CentralEast South Central....
West South Central....
Pacific
New England:

East North Central:

Ohio
Indiana
Wisconsin
West North Central:
Iowa

South Atlantic:
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia....
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina..
South Carolina
Florida '.
East South Central:
Kentucky

400

380
11,908
170
2,604

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THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Table 8.Comparative figures 1Statement for storage warehouses, by geographic

divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Group total.

Cold storages.

Warehouses.

Geographic division
and state.
1917

1916

1917

1916

1917

1916

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

West South Central:

Texas
Mountain :
Montana
Wyoming

Utah
Nevada
Pacific :
Washington
California

20,022
20,550
196,162

2,130
17,390
34,889

170
400
50,650

600
400
4,950

7,163
9,500

48,297
16,300
359,629

19,997

2,120
33,489

25
20,550
159,377

10
17,390
1,400

36,785

3,150

2,850

170
400
47,500

600
400
2,100

7,000
32,000

7,163

7,000
9,500

32,000

19,757
4,700
103,966

1,000
227,307

48,297
15,300
132,322

19,757
3,700
67,220

1,000
36,745

1 Based on returns from concerns reporting for both 1917 and 1916stocks on hand, August 31,
1917, and stocks on hand August 31, 1916.

THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

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Table 9.Comparative figures 1Statement for wholesale dealers, by geographic

divisions and states.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Group total.
Geographic division
and state.

United States
Geographic Divisions:
New England
East North Central....
West North CentralSouth Atlantic
East South Central....
West South Central....

New England:
Maine
Vermont.
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Middle Atlantic:
New York
New Jersey

Meat and provision

jobbers.

Wholesale grocers.

1917

1916

1917

1916

1917

1916

Pounds.
24,067,882

Pounds.
19,510,008

Pounds.
10,652,953

Pounds.
5,026,274

Pounds.
13,414,929

Pounds.
14,483,734

1,061,647
1,916,829
6,424,449
916,768
3,754,570
3,416,654
4,790,651
502,040
1,284,274

847,055
2,436,177
3,117,627
733,571
3,467,887
3,147,985
4,199,502
461,025
1,099,179

779,677
772,712
5,511,424
430,756
838,361
648,888
615,871
143,313
911,951

597,758
826,362
437,153
334,469
827,273
566,420
481,484
176,023
779,332

281,970
1,144,117
913,025
486,012
2,916,209
2,767,766
4,174,780
358,727
372,323

249,297
1,609,815
2,680,474
399,102
2,640,614
2,581,565
3,718,018
285,002
319,847

155,253
118,720
42,934
531,237
76,626
136,877

135,937
97,627
38,512
393,665
51,112
130,202

54,156
59,802
31,818
438,161
72,831
122,909

52,322
57,999
17,052
307,961
47,292
115,132

101,097
58,918
11,116
93,076
3,795
13,968

83,615
39,628
21,460
85,704
3,820
15,070

1,155,893
118,687
642,249

1,597,608
114,619
723,950

366,204
66,127
340,381

423,113
56,565
346,684

789,689
52,560
301,868

1,174,495
58,054
377,266

553,114
179,329
5,267,320
318,408
106,278

559,304
194,942
1,980,157
296,081
87,143

210,777
28,519
5,078,540
158,553
35,035

193,853
29,842
93,916
160,137
19,405

342,337
150,810
188,780
159,855
71,243

365,451
165,100
1,886,241
195,944
67,738

280,848
207,542
264,183
50,215
13,803
38,494
61,683

167,235
184,769
234,399
42,273
11,702
22,881
70,312

170,897
148,615
14,904
33,024
9,887
36,097
17,332

97,007
137,029
19,449
33,614
6,052
21,418
19,900

109,951
58,927
249,279
17,191
3,916
2,397
44,351

70,228
47,740
214,950
8,659
5,650
1,463
50,412

14,392
66,863
84,026
316,683
316,047
846,318
431,621
1,189,648
498,972

23,219
62,077
73,610
343,309
253,913
593,894
432,315
1,206,596
478,954

11,322
24,205
43,187
212,288
44,578
89,292
54,898
215,084
143,507

19,904
19,005
50,810
228,377
51,710
62,428
35,562
235,132
124,345

3,070
32,658
40,839
104,395
271,469
757,026
376,723
974,564
355,465

3,315
43,072
22,800
114,932
202,203
531,466
396,753
971,464
354,609

587,419
1,442,262
755,750
631,223

486,452
1,321,632
784,730
555,171

52,895
407,477
163,014
25,502

32,396
399,295
105,814
28,915

534,524
1,034,785
592,736
605,721

454,056
922,337
678,916
526,256

East North Central:

West North Central:

Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
South Atlantic:
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia....*
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
East South Central:
Tennessee
Alabama

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THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Table 9.Comparative figures 1Statement for wholesale dealers, by geographic

divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Meat and provision
jobbers.

Group total.
Geographic division
and state.

West South Central

Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Mountain :
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Pacific :
Washington
Oregon
California

Wholesale grocers

1917

1916

1917

1916

1917

1916

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

1,449,231
939,404
375,050
2,026,966

1,224,521
872,327
394,502
1,708,152

32,161
322,265

49,013
225,489

261,445

206,982

77,232
44,366
2,050
63,308
89,638
64,620
157,926
2,900

93,996
30,529

51,519
4,685

67,515
10,916

35,322
54,653
80,499
161,826
4,200

>1,845

11,086

65,264 I

86,506

267,601
409,167
607,506

262,130
243,116
593,933

212,242 ;
352,813
346,896 j

224,770
209,588
344,974

1.417,070
617,139
375,050
1,765,521

1,175,508
646,838
394,502
1,501,170

25,713
39,681
2,050
41,463
89,638
64,620
92,662
2,900

26,481
19,613

55,359
56,354
260,610

37,360
33,528
248,959

1 Based on returns from concerns reporting for both 1917 and 1916stocks on hand,
1917, and stocks on hand August 31, 1916.

24,236
54,653
80,499
75,320
4,200

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Table 10.Comparative figures1Statement for retail dealers, by geographic

divisions and states.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Group total.
Geographic division
and state.

United Stales
Geocraphic Divisions :
New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central....
West North Central..
East South Central....
West South Central....
Pacific

Retail grocers.
1
1916
1917

General stores.
1917

1916

1917

1916

Pounds.
15,913,948

Pounds.
14,973,023

Pounds.
7,015,293

Pounds.
6,815,744

Pounds.
6,009,136

Pounds.
5,461,753

972,939
2,251,422
2,317,895
1,585,606
1,619,046
1,386,869
3,213,280
1,295,937
1,270,954

948,845
2,100,986
2,484,729
1,551,921
1,471,978
1,224,282
2,885,667
1,121,434
1,183,181 I

478,206
903,628
1,227,080
716,975
648,422
550,722
1,488,206
430,096
571,958

533,719
976,978
1,273,881
680,942
605,516
489,827
1,337,568
403,720
513,593

151,496
440,968
568,984
540,158
782,093
767,248
1,632,788
672,829
452,572

137,772
454,487
575,131
503,754
702.268
675,071
1,453.880
572,886
386,504

180,839
94,630
63,625
422,286
58,159
153,400

174,833
84,375
63,344
406,154
74,944
145,195

108,738
47,970
21,978
173,429
42,301
83,790

111,256
44,479
27,214
220,817
43,644
86,309

50,555
26,462
20,543
28,757
3,557
21,622

46,633
21,762
18,932
27,991
3,406
19,048

1,165,918
282,231
803,273

1,065,407
201,340
834,239

547,855
73,303
282,470

565,776
81,589
329,613

151,014
28,289
261,665

152,162
32,082
270,243

406,224
379,509
757,693
494,832
279,637

450,585
426,072
787,332
524,090
296,650

248,807
239,739
403,563
240,264
94,707

269,748
260,634
413,518
234,690
95,291

82,075
75,418
180,866
133,397
97,228

77,560
88,388
191,761
127,433
89,989

192,972
383,858
499,035
58,864
64,951
164,918
221,OOP

182,972
363,797
497,287
64,019
63,857
166,804
213,185

78,534
169,331
257,881
12,715
20,035
63,685
114,794

70,078
159,901
271,944
13,705
16,413
46,716
102,185

66,879
104,473
190,437
33,261
30,331
40,824
73,953

61,415
106,955
157,796
33,030
30,803
39,690
74,065

11,583
131,587
73,725
191,657
215,067
329,506
264,359
268,829
132,733

9,479
121,231
68,736
169,916
191,276
292,968
242,253
244,162
131,957

6,028
47,701
8,490
87,978
40,876
119,004
108,497
165,041
64,807

7,630
44,327
7,934
90,990
38,514
102,655
101,477
152,924
59,065

4,805
54,349
1,092
90,003
161,025
196,341
144,679
64,219
65,580

1,089
53,894
2,658
66,365
140,622
180,745
128,146
57,833
70,916

243,942
401,206
378,600
363,121

232,846
341,792
318,672
330,972

107,228
215,474
128,612
99,408

104,448
192,744
108,271
84,364

111,270
168,043
231,263
256.672

105,493
132,318
197,227
240,033

New England :
New Hampshire.
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Middle Atlantic:
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
East North Central :
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
West North Central :
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
South Atlantic:
District of Columbia....
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
East South Central:
Tennessee

.... .

30

THE SUPPLY OP LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Table 10.Comparative figures 1Statement for retail dealers, by geographic

divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Group total.

Retail grocers.

General stores.

Geographic division
and state.

West South Central:

Arkansas
Oklahoma

1917

1916

1917

1916

1917

1916

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

Pounds.

446,057
529,565
516,167
1,721,491

401,354
502,414
404,486
1,577,413

98,974
201,646
271,990
915,596

91,624
199,679
206,743
839,522

342,163
324,381
212,621
753,623

306.600
299,369
161,181
686,730

216,987
180,672
100,694
321,026
275,590
112,919
63,547
23,902

189,886
163,205
62,622
291,814
226,907
105,855
57,463
23,682

57,274
37,690
19,240
186,621
56,052
42,324
18,359
12,536

57,955
32,206
15,606
180,438
56,842
30,109
19,629
10,935

105,147
75,860
52,694
120,295
212,428
65,072
30,107
11,226

89,274
73,506
41,821
91,198
167,875
71,753
24,872
12,587

357,744
272,506
640,704

333,189
244,353
605,639

135,734
103,542
332,682

122,963
89,377
301,253

121,827
115,740
215,005

113,515
96,145
176,844

Mountain :
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Pacific :
Washington
California

1 Based on returns from concerns reporting for both 1917 and 1916stocks on hand, August 31,
1917, and stocks on hand August 31, 1916.

THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Table 10.Comparative figuresStatement for retail dealers, by geographic
divisions and states.Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Geographic division
and state.

United States

Chain grocery
stores.
1917
1916

Retail meat
markets.
1916
1917

Retail grain and

flour dealers.
1916
1917
Pounds.
92,722

Pounds.
77,183

79,679'
258,464
591,103
334,074
62,086
21,980
43,273
142,768
267,417

11,587
8,361
4,047
6,398
21,173
14,329
23,357
1,440
2,030

9,192
7,357
4,030
3,891
18,195
10,325
20,328
1,810
2,055

4,791
6,785
3,085
50,534
1,346
8,346

5,010
6,555
3,407
38,019
19,300
7,388

1,100
1,160
175
8,705
'247
200

900
1,290
170
6,335
247
250

186,617
73,268
143,815

147,413
13,663
78,119

155,665
14,401
88,398

5,991

5,187

2,370

2,170

8,110
340
20,489
10,416
1,229

61,291
63,720
145,985
103,451
79,720

95,092
76,450
161,079
149,286
109,196

286
282
425
2,119
935

75
260
485
2,266
945

47,299
109,506
41,073
12,888
14,285
36,264
31,426

50,679
96,328
60,849
17,284
16,341
56,233
36,360

260
648
4,425

800
613
1,553

300
30
835

300
50
575

750
7,691
25,708
1,443
11,986
2,500

760
8,046
36,341
1,725
9,739
1,800

150

150

1,725
1,705

2,050
1,625

1,960
470
4,890
5 553
7,800
350

1,905
1,900
3,750
6,000
4,430
60

8,614
8,990
4,825
1,350

9,066
8,585
2,979
1,350

3,135
3,354
5,890
1,950

2,000
3,100
3,185
2,040

Pounds.
1,192,282

Pounds.
817,499

Pounds.
1,604,515

256,763
659,270
63,617
29,334
113,850
30,791
31,468
300
6,889

188,483
403,700
40,584
29,260
83,913
27,079
30,618
250
13,612

74,887
239,195
454,167
292,741
53,508
23,779
37,461
191,272
237,505

15,655
12,253
17,844
160,861
10,708
39,442

11,034
110,289
13,621
112,992
8,347
32,200

313,645
166,976
178,649
13,765
350
26,854
15,601
7,047

Pounds.
1,800,844

Geographic Divisions:
Middle Atlantic
East North Central....
West North CentralSouth Atlantic
East South Central....
West South Central....

New England:
New Hampshire
Vermont.
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Middle Atlantic:
New York
New Jersey
East North Central:
Ohio
Michigan
West North Central:

North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska

5,219

5,145

'24,115

24,115

21,696
38,435
10,273
710
6,771
5,630
30,044
291

14,814
21,803
8,931
501
4,018
6,630
26,925
291

South Atlantic:
District of Columbia....
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
East South Central:

13,695
5,345
8,010
3,741

11,839
5,045
7,010
3,185

THE SUPPLY OF LARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Table 10.Comparative figuresStatement for retail dealers, by geographic
divisions and states- -Continued.
(Food Survey of August 31, 1917.)
Geographic division
and state.

West South Central

Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Mountain :
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Pacikic :
Washington
Oregon
California

Chain grocery
stores.

Retail grain and

flour dealers.

Retail meat
markets.

1917

1916

1916

Pounds.

Pounds.

1,638

1,638

29,830

28,980

300.

250

2,958
419
3,512

10,168
419
3,025

Pounds.
1,540
650
20,217
15,054

Pounds.
1,890
670
24,987
15,726

54,506
67,122
28,750
14,180
7,110
4,683
14,781
140

42,597
57,493
5,045
19,478
2,190
3,143
12,662
160

96,732
52,153
88,620

85,750
58,035
123,632

Pounds.
3,380
1,250
11,339
7,388

10
530
540
300
493
652