REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



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Table 35. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen herring 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. 



1918. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



January... 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Number. 

 106 

 111 



114 

 108 

 91 

 81 

 86 

 84 

 76 

 78 

 84 



Pounds. 



5,891,359 



3,615,180 



2,184,705 



1,811,083 



5,239,973 



12,535,159 



16,175,824 



16,896,289 



16,335,369 



15,785,937 



15,784,574 



15,929,751 



Number. 

 85 

 87 

 91 

 92 

 74 

 63 

 69 

 68 

 61 

 72 

 81 

 86 



Pounds. 



6,749,138 



3,293,540 



1,892,239 



1,160,329 



3,689,386 



5,901,584 



6,629,423 



6,231,331 



5,955,136 



7,456,256 



7,427,127 



7,848,532 



Pounds. 



5,035,037 



2,357,386 



1,771,838 



1,450,814 



4,987,126 



12,196,421 



15,660,226 



15,383,918 



14,082,451 



15,582,462 



16,063,135 



15,288,351 



Per cent. 



- 25.4 



- 28.4 



- 6.4 

 + 25.0 

 + 35.2 

 + 106.7 

 + 136.2 

 + 146.9 

 + 136.5 

 + 109.0 

 + 116.3 

 + 94.8 



LAKE TROUT. 



"The trout is found in the Great Lakes and in the smaller lakes 

 of the Northern States. In different localities the individuals vary 

 greatly in color, size and shape, and are known by the local names 

 'salmon trout,' 'namaycush,' 'togue,' 'tuladi,' 'Mackinaw trout,' 'lake 

 salmon,' 'black trout,' 'reef trout,' 'longe,' etc. The 'siscowet' is 

 another variety of this species." 



On January 15, 1918, 666,706 pounds of the lake trout still remained 

 in cold storage from the catch of the previous season. The stocks 

 declined until April 15, when less than 200,000 pounds remained. The 

 holdings then increased monthly, except for a slight decrease between 

 August 15 and September 15, until November 15, when reports showed 

 1,660,112 pounds. This was 28.3 per cent more than was stored on 

 the same date in 1917. 



Table 36. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen lake trout during 1918, and increase 

 or decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 



Relative 



on fifteenth 



percent- 



of month. 



age. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



666,706 



^0.2 



270,379 



16.3 



231,674 



14.0 



196,478 



11.8 



269,385 



16.2 



342,419 



20.6 



452,037 



27.2 



573,115 



34.5 



550,888 



33.2 



951,646 



57.3 



1,660,112 



100.0 



1,551,265 



93.4 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 

 October... 

 November. 

 December. 



Pounds. 

 -396,327 



- 38,705 



- 35,196 

 + 72,907 

 + 73,034 

 + 109,618 

 + 121,078 



- 22,227 

 +400,758 

 +708,466 

 - 108,847 

 -350,485 



Per cent. 

 -59.4 

 - 14.3 

 -15.2 

 + 37.1 

 + 27.1 

 + 32.0 

 + 26.8 



- 3.9 

 +72.7 

 + 74.4 



- 6.6 

 -22.6 



