REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS 



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Table 24. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen butterfish during 1918, and increase 

 or decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 



Relative 



on fifteenth 



percent- 



of month. 



age. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



875,585 



66.9 



515,860 



39.4 



220,168 



16.8 



97,113 



7.4 



155,690 



11.9 



364,276 



27.8 



892,546 



68.2 



1,255,897 



96.0 



1,250,281 



95.6 



1,271,046 



97.1 



1,308,423 



100.0 



1,154,057 



88.2 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



January., 

 February. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Pounds. 



- 359,725 

 -295,692 

 - 123,055 

 + 58,577 

 + 208,586 

 + 528,270 

 + 363,351 



- 5,616 

 + 20,765 

 + 37,377 

 -154,366 

 -241,963 



Per cent. 



- 41.1 



- 57.3 



- 55.9 

 + 60.3 

 + 134.0 

 + 145.0 

 + 40.7 



- 0.4 

 + 1.7 

 + 2.9 



- 11.8 



- 21.0 



Table 25. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen butterfish during 1918 compared 



with those of 1917. 



Month. 



Reported for 1918. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Holdings 



reported 



on fifteenth 



of month. 



Comparison with •1917. 



Storages 



reporting 



for both 



dates. 



1917. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



January.. 

 February. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Number. 

 48 

 49 

 51 

 50 

 34 

 21 

 28 

 33 

 33 

 35 

 38 

 41 



Pounds. 



875,585 



515,860 



220,168 



97,113 



155,690 



364,276 



892,546 



1,255,897 



1,250,281 



1,271,046 



1,308,423 



1,1.54,057 



Number. 

 40 

 41 

 40 

 40 

 26 

 15 

 22 

 27 

 27 

 33 

 37 

 40 



Pounds. 



867,268 



271,259 



232,270 



75,665 



34,054 



580,132 



1,087,877 



1,166,258 



1,142,620 



1,419,388 



1,471,552 



1,126,925 



Pounds. 



596,422 



112,126 



158,531 



66,889 



62,088 



113,996 



639,.344 



798,355 



732,324 



1,083,329 



1,306,723 



1,153,843 



Per cent. 

 -31.2 

 -58.7 

 -31.7 

 -11.6 

 + 82.3 

 -80.3 

 -41.2 

 -31.5 

 -35.9 

 -23.7 

 -11.2 

 + 2.4 



CISCOES. 



These "are one of the lesser white fishes found in the Great Lakes 

 and neighboring waters. Other names are 'lake herring' and 'Michigan 

 herring.' The usaal length is a little more than 12 inches. It belongs 

 to the salmon family. The name is also applied to a related species 

 of Jess economic importance." , 



On January 15, 1918, the reports of the Bureau showed stocks of 

 7,291,759 pounds of frozen ciscoes in cold storage. A comparatively 

 small number of warehouses reported their holdings for both 1918 

 and 1917, but their reports indicate that the stocks were 178.8 per 

 cent greater than those of the previous year. The holdings decreased 

 until June 15, when 1,307,078 pounds remained in cold storage. From 

 July 15 to September 15 the holdings were increased by more than 

 3,Q00,000 pounds. An increase of 1,826,940 pounds was also shown 

 dutingthe pferiod from November 15 to December 15. By December 

 15 the stocks amounted to 6,010,152 pounds. 



