FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1927 

 Pack of canned salmon in Alaska, 1921 to 1927 — Continued 



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Pack'of canned salmon in the United States and Alaska, 1921 to 1927 



Sardines. — In 1927, packs of sardines were reported by 37 plants 

 in Maine, 1 in Massachusetts, and 29 in California. This is an in- 

 crease of two plants in Maine and a decrease of one in California. 

 The production in Maine and Massachusetts amounted to 1,262,124 

 standard cases of one hundred 34-pound cans, valued at $5,249,030, 

 which is a decrease of 27 per cent in quantity and 22 per cent in 

 value as compared with the previous year. In California the pro- 

 duction amounted to 2,563,146 standard cases of forty-eight 1-pound 

 cans, valued at $9,268,784, which is an increase of 22 per cent in 

 amount and 19 per cent in value. The California pack has increased 

 continuously and markedly since 1921, when the pack was less than 

 one-sixth as large as in 1927. 



Pack of canned sardines, 1927 



1 Largely in tomato sauce. Includes a few cases of savory sauce packed in 1-pound oval cans, 24 to tiie 

 case, which have been converted to the equivalent of quarter-size cans, 100 to the case. 



2 Largely in tomato sauce. 



3 Largely in olive oil. 



■> Inchides the pack of 6-ounce cans, 100 to the case, and also 8-ounco glass jars, 24 to the case, whicli have 

 been converted to the equivalent of ,' 2-Pound cans, 100 to the case. 



Note.— "Standard cases" represent the various sized cases converted to the uniform basis of one hun- 

 dred 3-i-Pound cans to the case of sardines (herring) and forty-eight 1-pound cans to the case of sardines 

 (pilchard). 



