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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



several inland cities have expressed a desire to have products pre- 

 pared to a greater extent at points of production. Producers per- 

 fonning this service are finding a more ready sale for their products 

 with these inland dealers. 



Shipping containers. — Barrels with a capacity of 200 pounds of 

 fish predominate in incoming and outgoing shipments of fresh fish at 

 the Jacksonville market. Exceptions are halibut and salmon, which 

 are received in 300 and 350 pound boxes, and shipments of fish to 

 points in the Middle West which are forwarded in 100-pound boxes 

 with handles. Shucked oysters are received and reshipped in gallon 

 cans packed 10 to 20 cans to a barrel, in bulk, in returnable tubs, and 

 in the shell in 270-pound barrels. Shrimp are received in 125-pound 

 barrels, crawfish in 150-pound barrels, fillet of haddock in 20 and 30 

 pound tins in boxes, hard crabs in 150-pound barrels, crab meat in 

 1 and 5 pound tins in boxes or barrels, scallops in 1-gallon cans 10 to 



Fig. 1.— Wholesale fish establishment on Jacksonville water front and railroad spur track 



20 to a barrel, soft crabs in the Chesapeake crab trunk, and shell 

 clams in 270-pound barrels. 



Outgoing shipments of fresh products in small lots are forwarded 

 in 50 and 100 pound pine-board boxes, 100-pound veneer barrels, and 

 125 to 150 pound standard slat barrels. The 50-pound box is 243^ 

 inches long, 10^ inches wide, and 12 inches deep. It has cleats 

 across the top of each end. The 100-pound box is 30 inches long, 

 20 inches wide, and 11 inches deep, with 4-inch handles extending 

 from the side near the top of each end. Cleats are parallel with the 

 vertical edges of each end. The 100-pound barrel is of a straight 

 cylindrical type, 23 inches high and 20 inches in diameter. There are 

 3 wooden hoops around the circumference, 1 at each end and 1 in 

 the middle. The top and bottom are of wood. The 125 or 150 

 pound barrel is of ordinary loose slat construction, 31 inches high, 19 

 inches in diameter at the top and bottom, and 22 inches in diameter at 

 the bulge. 



