REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS 



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CROAKERS. 



This is "a food fish found mostly in the South, but sometimes 

 caught as far north as New York. Local names are 'crocus' and 

 'ronco.' It averages about 10 inches in length. Large quantities are 

 caught in the Gulf with hand lines and seines." 



On January 15, 1918, there were 274,333 pounds of frozen croakers 

 i^ cold storage. The holdings decreased until April 15 and amounted 

 to a little more than 50,000 pounds on that date. From the fifteenth 

 of April to the fifteenth of June the holdings increased 1,064,909 

 pounds and by August 15 there were 1,209,305 pounds on hand. The 

 stocks gradually decreased for the rest of the year. The holdings 

 of August 15 were 64.5 per cent greater than on the same date in 1917. 



Table 30. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen croakers during i918, and increase 

 or decrease during each month. 



Month. 



January -. 



February- __ 



March 



April 



May 



Jiine 



July . 



Afjgust I 



Sfeptember-- 



Obtober 



November., 

 December. _ 



Holdings 



Relative 



on fifteenth 



percent- 



of month. 



age. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



274,333 



22.7 



161,835 



13.4 



56,424 



4.7 



51,146 



4.2 



568,965 



47.0 



1,116,055 



92.3 



1,143,122 



94.5 



1,209,305 



100.0 



1,079,862 



89.3 



1,042,707 



86.2 



1,006,038 



83.2 



963,838 



79.7 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



Pounds. 



-112,498 

 -105,411 



- 5,278 

 + 517,819 

 + 547,090 

 + 27,067 

 + 66,183 

 -129,443 



- 37,155 



- 36,669 



- 42,200 

 -245,138 



Per cent. 



- 41.0 



- 65.1 



- 9.4 

 + 1012.4 

 + 96.2 



2.4 

 5;8 



10.7 

 3.4 

 3.5 

 4.2 



25.4 



Table 31.— Monthly, cold storage holdings of frozen croakers 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. 



1918. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



January. _ 

 Fisbruary- 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December . 



4i ■ — 



Number. 



■23 



• 23 



24 



20 



21 



19 



20 



22 



21 



. 19 



' • 20 



\ ?... 22 



Pounds. 



274,333 



161,835 

 56.424 

 51,146 



.568,965 

 1,116,055 

 1,143,122 

 1,209,305 

 1,079,862 

 1,042,707 

 1,006,0.38 



963,838 



Number. 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 14 

 16 

 13 

 15 

 17 

 17 

 16 

 18 

 22 



Pounds. 



213,356 



90,967 



12,703 



17,556 



173,749 



174,793 



164,634 



324,652 



218,120 



330,175 



517,761 



_ 425,660' 



Pounds. ' 



139,917 



68,533 



44,868 



26,.568 



247,855 



484,348 



517,939 



5.34,002 



481,529 



775,590 



981,695 



963,838 



Per cent. 



- 34.4 



- 24.7 

 +253.2 

 + 51.3 

 + 42.7 

 + 177.1 

 +214.6 

 + 64.5 

 + 120.8 

 + 134.9 

 + 89.6 

 + J 26.4 



