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BULLETIN 792, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TaBLe 74.—Monthly storage holdings of fish during 1918, and increase or decrease 
during each month. 
Month. 
October. 22.2) Ses. ae ees A SAS 
November): 24 SA. ae Rs oe eee 
December! Be. . Bee | See ee ee Sal 
Holdings 
on fifteenth 
of month. 
Pounds. 
59,011,694 
43,316,191 
125,581,647 
126,638,117 
122,012,744 
Relative fo 
percent- Increase or decrease 
age. during month. 
Per cent. Pounds. | Per cent. 
46.6 | —15,695,503 = Bn 
34.2 — 6,669401 S11 
Pa cene ee alls es 7 + 0.6 
289 + 8,922,648 + 24.3 
36.0 | +26,501,575 +58.1 
56.9 | +19,592,102 27.2 
72.4 | +23,595,951 +25.7 
91.0 | + 9,271,308 + 2:0 
98.3 | + 1,038,111 + 0.8 
99.2 + 1,056,470 + 0.8 
100.0 | — 4,625,373 —— hal 
96.3 | —18,469,454 | —15.1 
| 
TaBLeE 75.—Monthly storage holdings of fish during 1918 compared with those of 1917. 
Reported for 1918. 
Holdings 
phon ne Storages reported 
reporting.| on fifteenth 
of month. 
Number. Pounds. 
January. 2. See 2 eee it7/7/ 59,011,694 
February,.2~ =o «oes 189 43,316,191 
March 25 eee. SaaS 187 36,446,780 
vat 6) gil (Seis (Re oT 5S 188 36,659,952 
IM ays a Pe ee 166 45,582,600 
Junie: 2: 2s So ee ee 2 171 72,084.175 
Suily se Wa eee | Sie 2 176 91,676,277 
‘August. 2.1 228s. eae 180 | 115,272,228 
September_____- GS 175 | 124:543,536 
October= 22: San) seas 185 | 125,581,647 
INovember=- 2222). 222-3 192 || 126,638,117 
December. Sees. see ss 191 | 122,012,744 
Storages 
reporting 
for both | 
dates. 
Number. 
144 
156 
157 
163 
186 
Comparison with 1917. 
Increase 
1917. 1918. or 
decrease. 
Pounds. Pounds. Per cent. 
39,067,518 41,004,968 + 5.0 
23,390,633 26,225,692 +12.1 
22,102,342 26,977,044 +22.1 
19,421.533 27,895,180 +43.6 
23,656,138 34,939,634 +47.7 
40,354,200 57.497,085 +42.5 
52,861,068 72,039,250 +36.3 
— 59,958,586 90,405.781 +50.8 
60,971,558 92.076,107 +51.0 
74,606,241 | 115,641,428 +55.0 
84,498,168 | 124,032,114 +46.8 
82,460,818 | 120,083,457 +45.6 
