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TABLE 26.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen ciscoes during 1918, and increase 
or decrease during each month. 
Holdings Relative 
2 Month. on fifteenth | percent- Increase or decrease 
of month. age. during month. 
Pounds. Per cent. Pounds. Per cent. 
LISA TIT APE Ha A pe aR 7,291,759 100.0 — 2,812,503 — 38.6 
LCE) OY TIED GNSS a Se 4,479,256 61.4 — 1,665,005 — 37.2 
Vier nee ratio ang Be ake 2 ek 2,814,251 38.6 — 590,085 — 21.0 
LAN Oat ee IS UR ap ee 2,224,166 30.5 — 469,042 — 21.1 
Ey Pe NON tpt ie SPE ug Se ee 1,755,124 24.1 — 448,046 — 25.5 
AUNT e teenage emp Mane Sai! | eS oS ae el Sk 1,307,078 17.9 + 91,868 + 7.0 
AU SS 8 ag NIE a gl ge Pn 1,398,946 19.2 +1,756,855 +125.6 
AITO US Uae penne aa ee Ve SU ar Ne 3,155,801 43.3 +1,334,688 + 42.3 
September sae coreth len 4,490,489 61.6 — 638,014 — 14.2 
October sits ae ng ere oy MoI CU 3,852,475 52.8 + 330,737 + 8.6 
INOvembers ere ee spe ee NN 4,183,212 57.4 +1,826,940 + 43.7 
Decembens aa weer ta 6,010,152 82.4 — 915,344 — 15.2 
TABLE 27.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen ciscoes during 1918 compared with 
those of 1917. 
Reported for 1918. Comparison with 1917. 
Month. Holdings _| Storages Increase 
Storages reported reporting 1917 1918 an 
reporting.| on fifteenth | for both decrease 
of month. dates. : 
‘Number. Pounds Number. Pounds Pounds Per cent. 
January. ies oe 69 7,291,759 48 1,824,299 5,086,286 | + 178.8 
Hebruary 2220) see oe 69 4,479,256 49 488,827 1,926,919 | + 294.2 
Mita che kia 2 ern 69 2,814,251 53 486,093 2,007,479 + 313.0 
CA pore Dee aad Re 65 2,224,166 51 228,979 1,488,695 | + 550.1 
Nien y teak ie icone Sloman 47 1,755,124 34 64,688 1,216,798 | +1781.0 
Mamie = ee a ii be 43 1,307,078 30 172,992 770,497 | + 345.4 
Vunly se Oe ee ge 44 1,393,946 32 261,990 1,054,768 | + 302.6 
NUS te) ie Honeys 2d 49 3,155,801 37 1,018,432 2,699,256 | + 165.0 
September______________- 54 4,490,489 41 2,860,274 3,890,162 | + 36.0 
October 22 [Sse Sas as 54 3,852,475 46 4,275,436 3,624,374 | — 15.2 
November____2____2L___- 59 4,183,212 57 5,837,282 4,067,123 | — 30.3 
December _____________-- 63 6,010,152 61 9,455,063 5,917,686 | — 37.4 
COD, HAKE, POLLACK, HADDOCK. 
The cod is ‘‘one of the most important food fishes in the United 
States. It is caught most extensively along the coasts of the Middle 
States, New England and British America. It varies in weight from 
3 to 75 pounds. It is caught with hand lines, trawls, nets, etc., and 
is sold fresh, pickled, salted, and dried.”’ The reports of the Bureau 
of Markets deal only with the quantity that is frozen. With this 
variety of fish the reports also include the stocks of hake, pollack, and 
haddock that are frozen. ‘‘The so-called hakes are not hakes, but 
are food fish found on the Atlantic Coast from Newfoundland to 
| Cape Hatteras. The different species are known as ‘old English hake,’ 
| ® squirrel hake,’ ‘white hake,’ ‘king hake,’ ‘codling,’ etc. They are 
| often prepared under the trade name of boneless fish. They average 
from 11% to 2 feet in length and 3 to 8 pounds in weight, and are 
caught near muddy bottoms with trawls and hand lines and in weirs 
and traps.” 
