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Comparative statistics of the pack of sardines, 1921 to 1926 


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Year Maine and Massachusetts California 
Cases! Value | Cases? Value 
A) Oe ee oe eee ete ees SE ae ee eee 1,399,507 | $3,960, 916 398, 668 | $2, 346, 446 
LET 2 RR 2 RT SS SE SG See GREE OT Re ee 1, 869, 719 5, 750, 109 715, 364 3, 361, 480 
i et se a eee a tek eee I ee ee es PV RPM 5, 288, 865 | 1, 100, 162 4, 607, 931 
Ue ge ERS Oe aa Se a Se Se Te ee 1,899,925 | 7,191,026 1, 367, 139 5, 445, 573 
ND Pe ore te oo ie see | pn ede ee 1,870,786 | 6,716, 701 1, 714, 913 6, 380, 617 
a oe a ea I ee SDS ee a 1,717,537 | 6,727,388 | 2,093, 278 7, 807, 404 

1 Standard cases of one hundred 4-pound cans. 
? Standard cases of forty-eight 1-pound cans. 
Shad and alewwes.—Shad and shad roe are packed at 6 plants in 
Washington and 9 in Oregon, the production amounting to 15,396 
standard cases of forty-eight 1-pound cans, valued at $102,756. Of 
this total 14,275 cases, valued at $63,334, were shad and 1,121 cases, 
valued at $39,422, were shad roe. This is a substantial increase in 
the pack of shad but a decrease of over 50 per cent in the pack of 
shad roe. Alewives and alewife roe were packed at 7 plants in 
Maryland, 20 in Virginia, and 3 in North Carolina. The total 
production amounted to 114,787 standard cases of twenty-four 
15-ounce cans, valued at $266,683. The pack of alewives was over 
four times as large as in 1925, but the pack of alewife roe was some- 
what below that of the previous year. 
Pack of shad and alewives, 1926 







Washington and || : Maryland, Virginia, 
Shad Oregon | Alewives and North Carolina 
Cases Value Cases Value 
14-pound flat (48 cans)_____-_- 174 $905 || No. 1 and No. 2 (24 cans)_-.-- 1 42, 497 $65, 405 
1-pound tall (48 cams)___--_-__ 14, 188 62, 429 || Koe: 
Roe: i] No. 4, No. 1, and No. 2 
1%-pound flat (48 cans) ___- 1, 064 | 17, 040 (24; cans)p-2 a, 2 1 72, 290 201, 278 
46-pound oval (48 cans) __- 1,178 | 22, 382 | 
SS eae DG) i Oe ES Pe 114, 787 266, 683 
Bataan 2 52a ee 16, 604 102, 756 ——————S= ————S— 
SSS = SE Total (standard cases)3_| 114,787 |__-...___- 
Total (standard cases)?_ rises lig ee ee ae | 
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1 Reduced to standard cases. 
2 Standard case equals forty-eight 1-pound cans. 
3 Standard case equals twenty-four 15-ounce cans. 
Comparative statistics of the pack of shad and shad roe, 1921 to 1926 



Year Shad Shad roe Total 
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Cases Value Cases | Value Cases Value 
[Pils ‘dd ie AS es Se eee 641 $2, 455 38 | $142 679 $2, 597 
LOA Es Oe Ses Rett eA ees 1, 781 9, 961 292 | 8, 517 2, 073 18, 478 
OS 2 ee ee ee ee ee 2, 162 37, 165 536 | 16, 288 2, 698 53, 453 
hee | cece ae eS he 8 Ee eee 6, 470 20, 461 1,164 | 72,932 7, 6384 93, 393 
Lite Tet See eee Se eel ie Se ee eee 12, 569 53, 875 2, 430 100, 571 14, 999 154, 446 
SR eeee. oe Ae eye a ee Se Se cays 14, 275 63, 334 1,121 39, 422 15, 396 102, 756 

Nore.—Cases have been reduced to the equivalent of forty-eight 1-pound cans. 
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