[Thousands of pounds; i. e., 000 omitted.]
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Species. │ Total │ Total │ Total │ Frozen │ Total
│holdings│holdings│holdings│ since │holdings
│June 15,│July 15,│June 15,│June 15,│July 15,
│ 1921. │ 1921. │ 1922. │ 1922. │1922.[6]
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FROZEN FISH. │ │ │ │ │
Bluefish │ 128│ 114│ 65│ 97│ 147
Butterfish │ 153│ 154│ 46│ 83│ 139
Catfish │ [7]│ [7]│ [7]│ 33│ 93
Ciscoes │ 2,525│ 2,605│ 1,080│ 167│ 987
Ciscoes (tullibees) │ [8]│ [8]│ 1,136│ 2│ 1,068
Cod, haddock, hake, │ │ │ │ │
pollack │ 1,955│ 1,916│ 391│ 26│ 339
Croakers │ 187│ 277│ 24│ 65│ 75
Flounders │ [7]│ [7]│ [7]│ 23│ 233
Halibut │ 4,375│ 6,213│ 3,878│ 742│ 4,380
Herring, sea │ 2,889│ 3,775│ 1,121│ 127│ 1,085
Lake trout │ 944│ 1,032│ 498│ 109│ 562
Mackerel │ 1,695│ 1,670│ 1,929│ 624│ 2,422
Pike perches and pike or │ │ │ │ │
pickerel │ [7]│ [7]│ [7]│ 28│ 294
Sablefish │ 270│ 456│ 580│ 56│ 492
Salmon, silver and fall │ 658│ 905│ 344│ 346│ 656
Salmon, steelhead trout │ [9]│ [9]│ 118│ 103│ 209
Salmon, all other │ 963│ 2,182│ 719│ 785│ 1,138
Scup (porgies) │ [7]│ [7]│ [7]│ 913│ 1,043
Shad and shad roe │ 250│ 324│ 273│ 22│ 299
Shellfish │ [7]│ [7]│ [7]│ 32│ 235
Smelts, eulachon, etc. │ 248│ 268│ 351│ 1│ 333
Squeteagues, or “seatrout”│ 263│ 1,405│ 283│ 40│ 260
Squid │ 3,026│ 3,170│ 1,036│ 92│ 1,039
Sturgeon or spoonbill cat│ [7]│ [7]│ [7]│ 88│ 257
Suckers │ [7]│ [7]│ [7]│ │ 16
Whitefish │ 985│ 1,278│ 1,427│ 50│ 1,439
Whiting │ 2,690│ 4,499│ 1,445│ 1,857│ 3,048
Miscellaneous │ 8,107│ 7,917│ 4,074│ 865│ 3,313
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Total │ 32,311│ 40,160│ 20,818│ 7,376│ 25,601
│ │ │ │ │
CURED FISH. │ │ │ │ │
Herring │ 9,210│ 8,389│ 12,991│ │ 13,425
Mild cured salmon │ 1,672│ 3,140│ 2,358│ │ 3,849
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_Dairy ^{and} Poultry_
BUTTER MARKETS DROP UNDER ACCUMULATIONS OF RECEIPTS
Prices Fluctuate During Week—Large Increase in Consumption Over 1921 So
Far This Year.
Increasing accumulations of butter and lack of confidence among members
of the trade were the principal factors in bringing about extremely weak
conditions and radical declines in all markets during the early part of
the week ending July 29. The resulting lower prices attracted a
speculative demand which was largely instrumental in causing equally
radical advances during the latter part of the week. The prices at the
close of the week, however, hovered near the same levels as at the
opening, and conditions, although not so extremely weak because of
lighter stocks, were equally unsettled.
Since early in July receivers have been burdened with heavy
accumulations of receipts because of the curtailed storing demand, and
the strength of the market has been maintained by the hope that
consuming outlets would become larger, that receipts would decrease more
rapidly, or that exporters would take considerable quantities. When
there appeared to be no immediate outlet for the accumulating stocks,
dealers slashed prices and cleared away a large part of the
accumulations.