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Pack of oysters, 1926—Continued 














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ae oi es Ld Louisiana and 
Sizes Alabama Mississippi Mess Total 
: | Cases | Value | Cases Value | Cases | Value | Cases Value 
4-ounce (4 dozen)___--------_-- eee ee Me ee ae 34, 950 ($150, 564 5, 007 | $23, 873 44, 782 $197, 692 
5-ounce (4 dozen)___-..-..__._- | 33, 591 $154, 188 123, 225 | 566, 565 |1 32,963 | 162, 327 | 295, 714 Ie 1, 425, 749 
8-ounce (2 dozen)___-___--_____ 252 1,089 | 18, 504 | 79, 846 1,498 7, L754 22) 705 | 99, 463 
10-ounce (2 dozen) —=hee== =a} 5,395 | 24,726. 36, 680. 169, 546 | 3 2,117 10, 954 | 64, 130 | 303, 665 
Total: = ors tees en 39, 238 | 180,003 | 213, 359 | 966, 521 | 41,585 | 204, 329 | 427, 331 | 2, 026, 569° 
Total (standard cases)‘__| 39,188 |..-..--_- 202, 668 |.-------- AQSORA sje 413, 534 | = Reece: 

1 Includes a few cases packed in 6-ounce cans, which have been converted to the equivalent of 
5-ounce cans. 
3 baclogs* a few cases packed in 12-ounce cans, which have been converted to the equivalent of 10-ounce 
can 
4 Shandand case equals forty-eight 5-ounce cans. 
Comparative statistics of the pack of oysters, 1921 to 1926 


Year | Cases 

a 
Year Cases | Value | Value 
[ene —— 
LIE) an Ru Ne ee | 442,086 | $2,179, 271 | 1004 Dope at ood ee eee | 447, 481 $2, 478, 044 
LAO 7b ak i Ne oe ra 5 epal ate EAL | SOS, OTB) 25423616) WPL O2o se eee a eee ee 654, 755 | 3, 721, 159 
1928 48-5 oi See Sse 524, 544 | 2,720,073 | 1926+ 2225s sce See ee 413, 834 | 2, 026, 569 


Note.—Cases are on the standard basis of forty-eight 5-ounce cans. 
Miscellaneous canned fish.—In_ addition to the products shown 
above, miscellaneous canned goods were packed in 1926 as follows: 
In Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Georgia, Wisconsin, and 
Washington, 4,128,047 pounds of canned fish and terrapin, valued at 
$686,469, and 4,179,472 pounds of canned fish roe, valued at $777,551; 
in California, 5,215 cases of fish cakes, mackerel, and abalone, valued 
at $36,136, and miscellaneous salmon products valued at $108,731; 
making a total of $1,608,887 worth of miscellaneous canned products 
not mentioned elsewhere. 
BY-PRODUCTS 
The, total value of by-products, including the products of the 
menhaden and whaling industries, amounted to $12,133,110 in 1926, 
made up of the following items: Fish and whale oils, 10,888,046 
gallons, valued at $5,027,491; fish, whale, and shrimp scrap, meal, 
and bran to the value of $3,651,077; shell by-products, 308,670 tons, 
valued at $2,588,416; fish glue, 520,622 gallons, valued at $732,109; 
and miscellaneous by-products to the value of $134,017. The total 
value of by-products was 17 per cent less than in the previous year. 
