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BULLETIN 792, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



REVIEW OF THE 1918 STORAGE HOLDINGS OF CURED HERRING AND 

 MILD CURED SALMON. 



CURED HERRING. 



On January 15, 1918, there were almost 6,500,000 pounds of cured 

 herring stored. The holdings decreased to 4,500,000 pounds on 

 February 15, then increased monthly until September 15, when the 

 stocks amounted approximately to 28,500,000 pounds. The greatest 

 increase was 7,329,154 pounds from May 15 to June 15. The greatest 

 decrease was 4,362,054 pounds from September 15 to October 15. 

 The holdings of September 15, 1918, were 93.2 per cent greater than 

 those of September 15, 1917. 



Table 70. — Monthly storage holdings of herring cured during 1918, and increase or 

 decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 



Relative 



on fifteenth 



percent- 



of month. 



age. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 



6,455,713 



22.7 



4,511.007 



15.9 



5,601,989 



19.7 



8.127,345 



28.6 



12,306,255 



43.3 



19,635,409 



69.1 



23,827,729 



83.9 



27,349.188 



96.3 



28,408,697 



100.0 



24,046,643 



, 84.6 



20,101,570 



70.8 



-18,740,349 



66.0 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November. 

 December. 



Pounds. 



-1,944,706 

 + 1,090,982 

 +2,525,356 

 + 4,178,910 

 + 7,329,154 

 +4,192,320 

 + .3,521,459 

 + 1,059,509 

 -4,362,054 

 -3,945,073 

 -1,361,221 

 -3,021,387 



Per cent. 

 -30.1 



- +24.2 

 + 45.1 

 + 51.4 

 + 59.6 

 + 21.4 

 + 14.8 

 + 3.9 

 -15.4 

 -16.4 

 - 6.8 

 -16.1 



Table 71.— Monthly storage holdings of herring cured during 1918 comp red 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. 



1918. 



Increase 



or 

 decrease. 



January 



February. . 



March 



April 



.May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



Number. 

 70 

 S7 

 88 

 88 

 74 

 76 

 81 

 79 

 75 

 83 

 90 

 87 



Pounds. 



6,455,713 



4,511,007 



5,6)1,989 



8,127,.345 



12,306,255 



19,635,409 



23,827,729 



27,349,188 



28,408,697 



24,046,643 



20,101,570 



18,740,349 



Number. 

 62 

 69 

 74 

 74 

 61 

 63 

 67 

 68 

 59 

 72 

 85 

 84 



Pounds. 



3,352,626 



4,727,164 



5,997.972 



7,321,778 



7,370,595 



10,389,087 



12^,180,431 



12,187,193 



10,186,711 



8,816,582 



8,843,052 



7,928,363 



Pounds. 



1,866,323 



3,679,797 



5,110,567 



7,248,108 



9,178,999 



14,876,177 



17,221,167 



20,709,586 



19,675,875 



23,068,351 



19,830,423 



18,713,449 



Per cent. 



- 44.3 



- 22.2 



- 14.8 



- 1.0 

 + 24.5 

 + 43.2 

 + 41.4 

 + 69.9 

 + 93.2 

 + 161.6 

 + 124.2 

 + 136.0 



