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TABLE 24.— Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen butterfish 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. 
LEMON ETN Sse as Aa I a ea OQ UU 875,585 66.9 — 359,725 — 41.1 
Hebruanye earns yee Se, ka Ue Ah ee ee 515,860 39.4 — 295,692 — 57.3 
AW Tlearyes Tape erp ore ee eee OE a WN 220,168 16.8 — 123,055 — 55.9 
NT OTTL A SE IS 2 ean a pee aaa pene 97,113 7.4 + 58,577 + 60.3 
Vile eee meanmerehoe ea Ne a ni le 155,690 11.9 +208,586 +134.0 
BUT eae una emcee AN iii a Lhe 364,276 27.8 + 528,270 +145.0 
AIT G7 OS es EN SS EEE aN ail Aa Ue RN 892,546 68.2 +363,351 + 40.7 
August________ Coogi La a i aN As ch OS 1,255,897 96.0 — 5,616 — 0.4 
Sembemberceye ee ee ee 1,250,281 95.6 + 20,765 + 1.7 
WMCGtolver eae ee eer, ss I 1,271,046 97.1 + 37,377 + 2.9 
UNION Cea oe) pa Sr se eS So) 1,308,423 100.0 — 154,366 — 11.8 
Mecembers eam mre wade Sos ea ES I 1,154,057 88.2 — 241,963 — 21.0 
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until June 15, when i 307,078 pounds remained in cold storage. 
TaBLE 25.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen butterfish during . compared 
with those of 1917. 
Reported for 1918. Comparison with-1917. 
Month. Holdings | Storages Increase 
Storages reported reporting 1917 1918 on 
reporting.| on fifteenth | for both deccoase 
of month. dates. "i 
Number Pounds Number. Pounds. Pounds Per cent. 
January wi ewe se 48 875,585 40 867,268 596,422 —31.2 
February _____--_- igen) Se ailau 49 515,860 41 271,259 112,126 — 58.7 
March__-____- syle ae Na 51 220,168 40 232,270 158,531 — 31.7 
April ee ae pee ohare. Ds 50 97,113 40 75,665 66,889 —11.6 
CER es ye see Ra ee 34 155,690 26 34,054 62,088 +82.3 
Plo Ta eS a NE a 21 364,276 15 580,132 113,996 — 80.3 
Any 2s Reise eae ga 28 892,546 22 1,087,877 639,344 —41.2 
J-NCTY a 5) ee ane ype gv 33 1,255,897 27 1,166,258 798,355 — 31.5 
September___________---- 33 1,250,281 27 1,142,620 732,324 — 35.9 
October! {2 Sea ew se 35 1,271,046 33 1,419,388 1,083,329 — 23.7 
November___________ eA 38 1,308,423 37 1,471,552 1,306,723 —11.2 
December _________-__-_-- 41 1,154,057 40 1,126,925 1,153,843 + 2.4 
CISCOES. 
These “are one of the lesser white fishes found in the Great Lakes 
and neighboring waters. Other names are ‘lake herring’ and ‘Michigan 
herring.’ The usual length is a little more than 12 inches. It belongs 
to the salmon family. The name is also applied to a related species 
of less economic importance.” 
On January 15, 1918, the reports of the Bureau showed stocks of 
7,291,759 pounds of frozen ciscoes in cold storage. A comparatively 
small number of warehouses reported their holdings for both 1918 
and 1917, but their reports. indicate that the stocks were 178.8 per 
cent greater than those of the previous year. The holdings decreased 
From 
July 15 to September 15 the holdings were increased by more than 
3,000,000 pounds. An increase of 1,826,940 pounds was also shown 
during the period from November 15 to December 15, By December 
15 the stocks amounted to 6,010,152 pounds, 
