TABLE 11. - PERCENTAGE OF HOLEMAKERS CONSUMING CANNED TUNA AND CANNED 



SALMON IN THE UNITED STATES IN YEAR PRIOR TO OCTOBER 1, 

 1951; BY CITY SIZE GROOP AND FARM AND NON-FARM 



CITY SIZE NO. NO.. ^ IN ^ OF NO. % IN 



OF THAT CITY TOTAL THAT CITY 



HOME- USE SIZE USERS USE SIZE 



MAKERS TUNA GROUP OF TUNA SALMON GROUP 



% OF 

 TOTAL 

 USERS OF 

 SALMON 



500,000 



and over. .516 272 52.7 25.4 254 49.2 



50,000 - 

 499,999.. 406 2l6 53.2 20.2 175 43.1 



21.0 



14.5 



20,000 -/ 



49,999... 620 302 48.7 28.2 308 49.7 25.5 



Less than 

 20,000 

 and rural 931 280 30.0 26.2 470 50.5 39.0 



lets or sticks which have been made from fish that is boned, steamed and 

 smoked katsuobushi . Skipjack is the species used for both these products. 

 In metropolitan Tokyo the opinion of middle-class wage earners is to the 

 effect that albacore and other tunas are too hi^ priced for the average 

 Japanese. Food is the largest item in the Japanese wage earner^ budget 

 and lower priced species of fish other than tuna are readily available 

 in the markets. Skipjack is one of the tunas which is priced at a level 

 more in line with other inexpensive fish. Since it is a type of prod- 

 uct desired by Japanese and somewhat inexpensive, the Japanese catch of 

 skipjack is consumed domestically. Most canned fish, especially tuna, 



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