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BULLETIN 792, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 53. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen shad during 1918 compared with 



those of 1917. 



Month. 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June , 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Reported for 1918. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Number. 

 63 

 68 

 67 

 67 

 54 

 59 

 65 

 70 

 64 

 70 

 69 

 62 



Holdings 



reported 



on fifteenth 



of month . 



Pounds. 



564,739 

 319,289 

 303,321- 

 289,776 

 378,333 

 857,332 

 780,569 

 771,448 

 762,430 

 760,043 

 723,186 

 633,716 



Comparison with 1917. 



Storages 



reporting 



for both 



dates. 



Number. 

 47 

 51 

 51 

 51 

 42 

 44 

 51 

 56 

 50 

 59 

 62 

 57 



1917. 



Pounds. 

 329,971 

 91,584 

 134,315 

 112,455 

 199,170 

 389,758 

 345,002 

 391,435 

 362,240 

 611,133 

 579,491 

 627,919 



1918. 



Pounds. 

 309,713 

 95,247 

 193,293 

 172,569 

 223,921 

 926,085 

 636,580 

 567,958 

 559,511 

 688,588 

 701,564 

 624,015 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



Per cent. 



- 6.1 

 + 4.0 

 + 43.9 



. + 53.5 



+ 12.4 

 + 137.6 



+ 84.5 



+ 45.1 



+ 54.5 



+ 12.7 



+ 21.1 



- 0.6 



Table 54. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen shad roe 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.. 



MEirch 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Pounds. 



65,124 

 56,505 

 29,455 

 29,133 

 34,387 

 64,049 

 63,678 

 41,124 

 43,318 

 40,628 

 41,409 

 39,754 



Per cent. 

 86.1 

 88.2 

 46.0 

 45.5 

 53.7 

 100.0 

 99.4 

 64.2 

 67.6 

 63.4 

 64.7 

 62.1 



Pounds. 

 + 1,381 

 -27,050 



- 322 

 + 5,254 

 + 29,662 



- 371 

 -22,554 

 + 2,194 



- 2,690 

 + 781 



- 1,655 

 -11,912 



Per cent. 

 + 2.5 

 -47.9 



- 1.1 

 • +18.0 



+ 86.3 



- 0.6 

 -35.4 

 + 5.3 



- 6.2 

 + 1.9 



- 4.0 

 -30.0 



Table 55. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen shad roe during 1918 compared 



with those of 1917. 



Month. 



January. _. 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November. 

 December. 



Reported for 1918. 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Number. 

 53 

 54 

 53 

 51 

 43 

 44 

 45 

 42 

 37 

 43 

 48 

 45 



Holdings 



reported 



on fifteenth 



of month. 



Pounds. 

 55,124 

 56,505 

 29,455 

 29,133 

 34,387 

 64,049 

 63,678 

 41,124 

 43,318 

 40,628 

 41,409 

 39,754 



Comparison with 1917. 



Storages 



reporting 



for both 



dates. 



Number. 

 41 

 41 

 42 

 40 

 32 

 32 

 33 

 31 

 27 

 37 

 45 

 43 



Pounds. 



29,548 



8,540 



18,190 



5,454 



8,247 



12,410 



11,076 



12,283 



12,706 



44,586 



56,209 



64,897 



1918. 



Pounds. 

 31,016 

 8,293 

 8,637 

 15,136 

 12,683 

 23,077 

 26.775 

 26,488 

 23,958 

 35,235 

 41,319 

 39,738 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



Per cent. 



+ 5.0 



- 2.9 



- 52.5 

 + 177.5 

 + 53.8 

 + 86.0 

 + 141.7 

 + 115.6 

 + 88.6 



- 21.5 



- 26.5 



- 38.8 



