80 BULLETIN 792, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 74. — Monthly storage holdings of fish during i918, and increase or decrease 



during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 

 on fifteenth 

 of nionth. 



Relative 

 percent- 

 age. 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



.'anuary.- 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December, 



Pounds. 



.59,011,694 



43,316,191 



36,446.7S0 



36,659.9c2 



45,5?2,6C0 



72.054,175 



9], 676,277 



115,272,228 



124,543,536 



125,581,647 



126,638,117 



122,012,744 



Per cent. 

 46.6 

 34.2 

 28.8 

 2S9 

 S6.0 

 56.9 

 72.4 

 91.0 

 98.3 

 99.2 

 100.0 

 96.3 



Pounds. 



- 15,095,503 



- 6.&60,411 

 + 213,172 

 + 8,922,648 

 + 26,-501,575 

 + 19,592,102 

 + 23,595,951 

 + 9,271,308 

 + 1,038,111 

 + 1,056,470 



- 4,625,373 

 -18,469.454 



Per cent. 



-26.6 

 -15.9 

 + 0.6 

 +24.3 

 + .58.1 

 + 27.2 

 + 25.7 

 + 8.0 

 + 0.8 

 + 0.8 

 - 3.7 

 -15.1 



Table 75. — Monthly storage holdings of fish 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. 

 177 

 189 

 187 

 188' 

 166 

 171 

 176 

 180 

 175 

 185 

 192 

 191 



Pounds. 



59,011,694 



43,316,191 



36,446,780 



36,659,952 



45,582,600 



72,084,175 



91,676,277 



115.272,228 



124,543,536 



125,581,647 



126,638,117 



122,012,744 



Number. 

 144 

 156 

 157 

 163 

 142 

 144 

 149 

 154 

 146 

 169 

 185 

 186 



Pounds. 

 .39,067,518 

 23,390,633 

 22,102,342 

 19,421,533 

 23,6.56,1-38 

 40,354,200 

 52,861,068 

 59,958,-586 

 60,971, .5.58 

 74,606,241 

 84,498,168 

 82,460,818 



Pounds. 



41,004,968 



26,225,692 



26,977,044 



27,895,180 



34,939,634 



57.497,085 



72,039,2.50 



90,405 781 



92,076,107 



115,641,428 



124,0.32,114 



120,083,457 



Per vent. 



+ 5.0 

 + 12.1 

 +22.1 

 +43.6 

 +47.7 

 + 42.5 

 + 36.3 

 + 50.8 

 + 51.0 

 + 55.0 

 +46.8 

 +45.6 



