54 BUI-LETIN 792, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 46. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen silver salmon during 1918, and 

 increase or decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 

 on fifteenth 

 of month. 



Relative 

 percent- 

 age. 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



January--. 

 February-. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November. 

 December - 



Pounds. 



888,497 



620,110 



573,980 



382,569 



255,765 



238,965 



436,547 



641,988 



612,614 



1,633,442 



2,075,591 



2,401,313 



Per cent. 

 37.0 

 25.8 

 23.9 

 15.9 

 10.7 

 10.0 

 18.2 

 26.7 

 25.5 

 68.0 

 86.4 

 100.0 



Pounds. 



- 268,387 



- 46,130 



- 191,411 



- 126,804 



- 16,800 

 + 197,582 

 + 205,441 



- 29,374 

 + 1,020,828 

 + 442,149 

 + 325,722 



- 23,893 



Per cent. 



- 30.2 



- 7.4 



- 33.3 



- 33.1 



- 6.6 

 + 82.7 

 + 47.1 



- 4.6 

 + 166.6 

 + 27.1 

 + 15.7 



- 1.0 



Table 47. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen silver salmon during 1918 com- 

 pared with those of 1917. 



Month. 



January^-. 

 February-. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Reported for 1918. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Number. 

 63 

 71 

 72 

 69 

 49 

 39 

 45 

 46 

 41 

 44 

 55 

 67 



Holdings 



reported 



on fifteenth 



of month. 



Pounds. 



888,497 



620,110 



573,980 



382,569 



255,765 



238,965 



436,547 



641,988 



612,614 



1,633,442 



2,075,591 



2,401,313 



Comparison with 1917. 



Storages 



reporting 



for both 



dates. 



Number. 

 54 

 60 

 64 

 62 

 42 

 33 

 40 

 40 

 36 

 39 

 48 

 65 



1917. 



Pounds. 



1,112,889 



362,952 



577,462 



459,974 



261,147 



316,528 



296,091 



316,993 



625,718 



1,173,555 



1,024,121 



1,118,341 



1918. 



Pounds. 



779,445 



511,563 



508,760 



342,175 



232,974 



218,802 



306,145 



605,418 



519,922 



1,422,110 



1,724,362 



2,323,621 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



Per cent. 



- 30.0 

 + 40.9 



- 11.9 



- 25.6 



- 10.8 



- 30.9 

 + 3.4 

 + 91.0 



- 16.9 

 + 21.2 

 + 68.4 

 + 107.8 



Table 48. — Monthly cold storage holdings of miscellaneous frozen salmon during 1918, 

 and increase or decrease during each month. 



Month. 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November. 

 December, 



Holdings 

 on fifteenth 

 of month. 



Pounds. 



952,045 



787,665 



693,792 



436,528 



390,935 



948,275 



1,782,744 



2,970,067 



4,983,197 



4,627,003 



4,157,010 



4,449,289 



Relative 

 percent- 



Per cent. 



19.1 



15.8 



13.9 



8.8 



7.8 



19.0 



35.8 



59.6 



100.0 



92.9 



83.4 



89.3 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



Pounds. 



- 164,380 



- 93,873 



- 257,264 



- 45,593 

 + 557,340 

 + 834,469 

 + 1,187,323 

 +2,013,130 



- 356,194 



- 469,993 

 + 292,279 



- 197,406 



Per cent 



- 17.3 



- 11.9 



- 37.1 



- 10.4 

 + 142.6 

 + 88.0 

 + 66.6 

 + 67.8 



- 7.1 



- 10.2 

 + 7.0 



- 4.4 



