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CROAKERS. 
This is “‘a food fish found mostly in the South, but sometimes 
caught as far north as New York. Local names are ‘crocus’ and 
‘ronco.’ It averages about 10 inches in length. Large quantities are 
caught in the Gulf with hand lines and seines.”’ 
On January 15, 1918, there were 274,333 pounds of frozen croakers 
in cold storage. The holdings decreased until April 15 and amounted 
to a lit’ le more than 50,000 pounds on that date. From the fifteenth 
of April to-the fifteenth of June the holdings increased 1,064,909 
pounds and by August 15 there were 1,209,305 pounds on hand. The 
stocks gradually decreased for the rest of the year. The holdings 
of August 15 were 64.5 per cent greater than on the same date in 1917. 
TABLE 30.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen croakers during 1918, and increase 
or decrease during each month. 
Holdings Relative 
Month. on fifteenth | percent- Increase or decrease 
of month. age. during month. 
Pounds. Per cent. Pounds. Per cent 
LEM OND EWEN? Sess CS Ai Tg SE IR nes aaa ec 274,333 22. —112,498 | — 41.0 
C5) 0 DIRE GN se eo um gc aero 161,835 13.4 — 105,411 — 65.1 
Aran Tavs espa Gas ea eee Pe or) 56,424 4.7 — 5,278 | — 9.4 
Jay OVD MRS IEE TRUE nh DS a iain lS 51,146 4.2 +517,819 +1012.4 
UNG Eee SE RS eo Ae VARS SS We ada 568,965 47.0 +547,090 | + 96.2 
ALU raspy Re 3 Bs NR AB 1,116,055 92.3 + 27,067 | + 2.4 
SBR ye see Pee Set A LG ae 1,143,122 94.5 + 66,183 | + 5.8 
INOUE 2) IS Sate gc a Sai oS a 1,209,305 100.0 —129,443 | — 10.7 
Septemberseeae © eee 058 tpn NN ean 1,079,862 89.3 — 387,155 | — 3.4 
OCCOW ee Nea aa es ea RS I Lee 1,042,707 86.2 — 36,669 | — 3.5 
INGO ernlb erste Sains cigars ites Fae SELIG NS 1,006,038 83.2 — 42,200 | — 4.2 
December tere « seyen sas ee eee Se 963,838 79.7 —245,138 | — 25.4 
TaBLE 31.—Monthly cold storage holdinas of frozen croakers during 1918 compared 
with those of 1917. | 
Reported for 1918. Comparison with 1917. 
/ Month. Holdings Storages ircrease 
Storages reported reporting 1917 1918 dss 
reporting.| on fifteenth | for both ; f Necraace 
of month. dates. y 
Number. Pounds. Number Pounds. Pounds. Per cent 
Viamvanyeoe 2 aes ee eer 23 274,333 18 213,356 139,917 — 34.4 
Reb rulary pete pee ce 23 161,835 17 90,967 68,533 — 24.7 
Mirarc yin oaks a 24 56,424 17 12,703 44,868 +253.2 
LENS OY er eee eS ek Ie each tet es 20 51,146 14 17,556 26,568 + 51.3 
IY Deeps SSeS SET ae a 21 568,965 16 173,749 247,855 + 42.7 
Pume a GE A BS 19 1,116,055 13 174,793 484,348 +177.1 
do Se A ST 20 1,143,122 gall 164,634 517,939 +214.6 
PAUL SUIS Gnesi cens LH 22 1,209,305 17 324,652 534,002 + 64.5 
September______________- 21 1,079,862 17 218,120 481,529 +120.8 
Octoberiat Bs Bs Saw Fo 19 1,042,707 16 330,175 775,590 +134.9 
November. ___.____/_____ 20 1,006,038 18 517,761 981,695 + 89.6 
22 963,838 22 425,660 963,838 +126.4 
