REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 31 
TaBLE 22.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen bluefish during 1918, and increase 
or decrease during each month. 
2 Holdings Relative 
Month. on fifteenth | percent- Increase or decrease 
of month. age. during month. 
Pounds. Per cent. Pounds. Per cent. 
AUN UT eV en ne eye rh el es 156,664 56.9 — 34,122 — 21.8 
Hebruayee nae see eee vo 2 es AY 122,542 44.5 — 28,532 — 23.3 
WALSHE) eS TS A Es ee 94,010 34.1 — 29,594 — $1.5 
PANT Ic eee pe are ec ea OE NS 64,416 23.4 + 170 + 0.3 
EEN cap a anda NC as ee ei aa 64,586 23.5 — 37,183 — 57.6 
CJA a gl 27,403 10.0 — 2,433 — 89 
UBB Ss Be SR ee es TIN eels eae 24,970 9.1 + 14,362 + 57.5 
TC UIS (eee enn ayer el Ma Pe 39,332 14.3 +176,753 +449.4 
Septemberree te rare Sn 216,085 78.5 + 59,248 + 27.4 
OGtoherse eae ae eee ON a BSA 275,333 100.0 — 36,110 — 13.1 
INoVembens= ees eee eam ee KS a ns 239,223 86.9 — 9,371 — 3.9 
Decor erento aT SS ACH 229,852 83.5 + 4,582 + 2.0 
TABLE 23.—Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen bluefish during 1918 compared 
with those of 1917. 
Reported for 1918. Comparison with 1917. 
Month. Holdings | Storages Increase 
Storages reported reporting 1917 1918 or 
reporting.| on fifteenth | for both § f decrease 
of month. dates. ; 
Number Pounds. Number Pounds Pounds Per cent. 
Jan aryaes eae tats et 2 39 156,664 30 242,037 124,688 — 48.5 
February 22 sos qe 22k 39 122,542 30 15,980 5,356 — 66.5 
Milare hatte ie eagaetiae Rt eSal 41 94,010 33 105,586 84,860 — 19.6 
PAGO) | Waar ees 8 EU eek 37 64,416 31 45,516 59,847 + 31.5 
AY ee ane naires AR Nd 30 64,586 24 15,028 43,270 + 187.9 
Un eh Se epee AS ale 25 27,403 18 79,010 22,621 — 71.4 
CL a MR a 26 24,970 21 124,867 21,929 — 82.4 
AT SUS Ge epee 2 eae ay 26 39,332 22 83,845 37,857 — 54.8 
September_____________-_-_ 27 216,085 19 43,451 166,919 +284.2 
October] Sees ees is 35 275,333 30 (172,732 265,328 + 53.6 
November____________-__- 35 239,223 32 209,430 237,407 + 13.4 
December ___________-__- 34 229,852 33 175,392 224852 + 28.2 
BUTTERFISH. 
This is “a food fish found on the Atlantic Coast from Mexico to 
Florida. It is called ‘butterfish’ in Massachusetts and New York, 
‘harvestfish’ in New Jersey, ‘dollarfish’ in Maine, ‘sheepshead’. and 
‘skipjack’ about Cape Cod, ‘pumpkin-seed’ in Connecticut, and ‘star- 
fish’ at Norfolk. It has an average length of 7 to 8 inches and is 
caught in traps and pounds.” 
On January 15, 1918, the reports showed 875,585 pounds of frozen 
butterfish stored. These holdings were reduced to 97,113 by April 15. 
The holdings then increased until November 15, except for a slight 
decrease of a little less than 6,000 pounds from August 15 to Septem- 
ber 15. On November 15, the holdings amounted to 1,308,423 pounds, 
which was 11.2 per cent less than the stocks of the same date in 1917. 
