REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



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Table 37. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen lake trout 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. 

 59 

 65 

 68 

 65 

 ■ 44 

 44 

 51 

 54 

 48 

 52 

 69 

 62 



Pounds. 

 666,706 

 270,379 

 231,674 

 196,478 

 269,385 

 342,419 

 452,037 

 573,115 

 550,888 

 951,646 

 1,660,112 

 •1,551,265 



Number. 

 48 

 49 

 53 

 53 

 35 

 36 

 43 

 46 

 39 

 47 

 58 

 61 



Pounds. 



.392,008 



152,750 



80,276 



43,403 



120,386 



138,804 



195,618 



218,329 



202,220 



482,396 



1,291,734 



1,049,841 



Pounds. 



275,674 



106,707 



135,852 



95,662 



153,511 



182,030 



255,119 



288,822 



233,170 



937,249 



1,657,789 



1,551,265 



Per cent. 



- 29.7 



- 30.1 

 "+ 69.2 



+ 120.4 



+ 27.5 



+ 31.1 



+ 30.4 



+ 32.3 



+ 15.3 



+ 94.3 



+ 28.3 



+ 47.8 



MACKEREL. 



The mackerel is "a very important food fish found in the North 

 Atlantic south of Cape Hatteras. They range from 9 to 18 inches 

 in length and one-half to 3 pounds in weight. They are sold fresh, 

 salted, pickled, and canned and are sometimes used for bait." Spanish 

 mackerel are not included in this classification in the report of the 

 Bureau of Markets. 



The stocks of frozen mackerel in cold storage on January 15 

 amounted to 2,414,186 pounds. The holdings decreased until May 

 15, when less than 700,000 pounds were held. The largest decrease 

 odcurred from January 15 to February 15 and amounted to 635,691 

 pounds. The stocks increased from May 15 to October 15, the 

 greatest increase occurring between June 15 and July 15, during 

 which time more than 1,000,000 pounds were frozen. On October 

 15 the stocks amounted tb 4,114,564 pounds, a decrease of almost 

 2 per cent from the holdings of October 15, 1917. The stocks decreased 

 more than 500,000 pounds from October 15 to December 15, but 

 ii^creased slightly after that date. 



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TAble 38.^ — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen mackerel during 1918, and 

 increase or decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 



Relative 



on fifteenth 



percent- 



of month. 



age. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



2,414,186 



58.7 



1,778,495 



43.2 



1,230,450 



29.9 



1,001,737 



24.3 



696,654 



16.9 



1,532,222 



37.2 



2,558,655 



62.2 



3,342,893 



81.2 



3,883,201 



94.4 



4,114,564 



100.0 



3,784,69.6 



92.0 



3,569,376 



86.7 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



January--. 

 February-. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Pounds. 



- 635,691 



- 548,045 

 ■r- 228,713 



- 305,083 

 + 835,568 

 + 1,026,433 

 + 784,238 

 + 540,308 

 + 231,363 



- 329,868 



- 215,320 

 + 305,217 



Per cent. 



- 26.3 



- 30.8 



- 18.6 



- 30.5 



+ 119:9 



+ 67.0 



+ 30.7 



+ 16.2 



+ 6.0 



- S.O 



- 5.7 

 + 8.6 



