REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



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Table 51. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen sea bass during i9i8 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. 



Increase 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May: 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November. 

 December. 



Number. 

 39 

 42 

 43 

 39 

 31 

 29 

 34 

 36 

 35 

 36 

 ■ 37 

 38 



Pounds. 



196,627 



143,241 



76,949 



40,476 



35,845 



257,447 



530,459 



532,725 



501,977 



454,286 



360,876 



293,248 



Number. 

 30 

 31 

 36 

 34 

 23 

 22 

 26 

 29 

 28 

 34 

 37 

 38 



Pounds. 

 339,383 

 124,772 

 146,321 

 80,534 

 48,050 

 193,.387 

 407,234 

 498,664 

 409,755 

 395,925 

 482,872 

 402,251 



Pounds. 



116,268 



53,737 



57,543 



37,051 



32,648 



200,855 



387,910 



398,998 



368,979 



414,959 



360,876 



293,248 



Per cent. 

 -65.7 

 -56.9 

 -60.7 

 -54.0 

 . -32.1 

 + 3.9 

 - 4.7 

 -20.0 

 -10.0 

 + 4.8 

 -25.3 

 -27.1 



SHAD. 



The shad is "a very important food fish found on all the coasts and 

 in some inland waters; the great fisheries are in the rivers of the 

 Atlantic slope. It is called 'white shad,' in distinction from other 

 'shad.' The average weight is about 4 pounds, average length about 

 2 feet. It is caught in nets, seines and weirs, and is sold fresh, cured, 

 and pickled." 



On January 15. 1918, reports showed stocks of 564,739 pounds of 

 frozen shad. The holdings decreased to 289,776 pounds on April 15. 

 During the period from April 15 to June 15 the holdings were increased 

 by 567,556 pounds. This was 137.6 per cent more than was stored 

 on June 15, 1917. The reports of the Bureau of Markets also show 

 stocks of shad roe. The report of June 15 showed more than 64,000 

 pounds in cold storage. 



T.^BLE 52. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen shad during 1918, and increase 

 or decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 



Relative 



on fifteenth 



percent- 



of month. 



age. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



564,739 



65.9 



319,289 



37.2 



303,321 



35.4 



289,776 



33.8 



378,-333 



44.1 



8.57,332 



100.0 



780,569 



91.0 



771,448 



90.0 



762.430 



88.9 



760,043 



88.7 



723,186 



84.4 



633,716 



73.9 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



January 



February-, 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November. 

 December. 



Pounds. 



-245,450 



- 15,968 



- 13,545 

 + 88,557 

 + 478,999 



- 76,763 



- 9,121 



- 9,018 



- 2,387 



- 36,857 



- 89,470 

 - 182,402 



Per 



cent. 



43.5 

 5.0 

 4.5 



30.6 

 126.6 

 9.0 

 1.2 

 1.2 

 0.3 

 4.8 



12.4 



28.8 



