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BULLETIN 792, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



MISCELLANEOUS FISH. 



The stocks of miscellaneous fish increased from approximately 

 8,000,000 pounds on January 15 to 17,500,000 on November 15. 

 More than 16 per cent of the total stocks of frozen fish were included 

 in the miscellaneous group. The holdings on November 15 were 

 81.7 per cent greater than those on November 15, 1917. 



In Table 68 are grouped the total holdings of frozen fish during 

 each month in 1918. This table shows that the smallest quantity 

 stored was on April 15 and the largest quantity on November 15. 

 The holdings of the former date are 26,548,472 pounds and of the 

 latter date 99,631,789 pounds. The holdings of November 15 were 

 an increase of 37.2 per cent over those of the previous year. The 

 greatest increase was from May 15 to June 15 and the greatest 

 decrease was from January 15 to February 15. 



Table 69 shows the total holdings reported for each month and a 

 comparison of each month's holdings with those of the same date 

 in 1917. Figure 36 is a graphic presentation of the stocks of frozen 

 fish for each month during the year. Figure 37 represents the com- 

 parative quantities of each variety held in cold storage. For each 

 variety is shown the maximum holdings of the year. 



Table 66. — Monthly cold storage holdings of miscellaneous frozen fish during i9i8, 

 and increase or decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 



Relative 



on fifteenth 



percent- 



of month. 



age. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



8,101,331 



46.4 



8,591,225 



■ 49.2 



9,322,510 



53.3 



10,839,629 



62.0 



11,324,819 



64.8 



12,397,911 



70.9 



12,574,841 



72.0 



15.667,566 



89.6 



15,001,112 



85.8 



16,888,190 



96.6 



17,477,097 



100.0 



17,183,731 



98.3 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



January.. 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Pounds. 



+ 489,894 

 + 731,285 

 + 1,517,119 

 + 485,190 

 + 1,073,092 

 + 176.930 

 + 3,092,725 



- 666,454 

 + 1,887,078 

 + 588,907 



- 293,366 

 -2,393,819 



Per cent. 

 + 6.0 



+ 8.5 

 + 16.3 

 + 4.5 

 + 9.5 

 + 1.4 

 + 24.6 



- 4.3 

 + 12.6 

 + 3.5 



- 1.7 

 -13.9 



Table 67. — Monthly cold storage holdings of miscellaneous frozen fish 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. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Number. 

 137 

 148 

 147 

 148 

 131 

 128 

 135 

 138 

 133 

 144 

 146 

 153 



Pounds. 



8,101,331 



8,591,225 



9,322,510 



10,839,629 



11,324,819 



12,397.911 



12,574,841 



15,667,566 



15,001,112 



16,888,190 



17,477,097 



17.183,731 



Number. 

 113 

 117 

 121 

 128 

 108 

 104 

 112 

 115 

 110 

 128 

 141 

 149 



Pounds. 

 3,319,168 

 2,764,033 

 3,313,401 

 1,862,965 

 2,509,191 

 4,517,987 

 5,766,947 

 6,057,725 

 6,357,757 

 9,133,346 

 9,557,778 

 10,692,890 



Pounds. 



4,717,718 



4,315,066 



6,641,260 



7,555,764 



8,207,454 



8,833,729 



8,645,518 



9,574,236 



8,947,569 



16,035,811 



17,370,875 



17,138,951 



Per cent. 

 + 42.1 

 + 56.1 

 + 100.4 

 + 305.6 

 + 227.1 

 + 95.5 

 + 49.9 

 + 58.1 

 + 40.7 

 + 75.6 

 + 81.7 

 + 60.3 



