22 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Production of poultry grit and lime from ground oyster shells, 1922. 



States. 



Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and New 

 Jersey 



Maryland 



Virginia 



North Carolina, South Carolina, and 

 Georgia 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Total 



Poultry grit. 



Tons. 

 20, 493 

 90, 249 

 26,173 



6,740 

 13, 800 



7,154 

 32,646 

 34,684 



4,082 



236,021 



Value. 

 $200, 831 

 803, 388 

 230, 115 



56,165 

 96,400 

 56, 987 

 251,872 

 274, 944 

 35, 136 



2, 005, 838 



Lime. 



TOTIS. 



7,799 

 38,211 

 27,445 



1,815 

 112 

 510 

 780 

 15,956 

 540 



93, 168 



Value. 

 $31,873 

 155, 119 

 182, 680 



9,075 



1,008 



760 



780 



47, 218 



2,700 



431, 213 



Total. 



Tons. 

 28, 292 

 12S.460 

 53,618 



8,555 

 13,912 



7,664 

 33, 426 

 50,640 



4,622 



Value. 

 $232, 704 

 958, 507 

 412,795 



65,240 

 97,408 

 57, 747 

 252,652 

 322, 162 

 37, 836 



329,189 2,437,051 



THE MENHADEN INDUSTKYi 



In the menhaden industry in 1922 substantial increases were made 

 in the amount of fish utilized and in the quantities and values of all 

 the important products. Forty-five factories were engaged in the 

 manufacture of products from menhaden, as compared with 39 in 

 1921. These 45 factories were located as follows: Massachusetts, 1; 

 Connecticut, 1; New York, 2; New Jersey, 3;' Delaware, 1; Vir- 

 ginia, 18; North Carolina, 15; Georgia, 1; Florida, 2; and Texas, 1. 



The number of fish utilized was 1,212,450,669, or 747,470,402 

 pounds, valued at $2,457,690, as compared with 1,031,540,831 fish, 

 or 618,924,499 pounds, valued at SI, 929,219, |)roduced m 1921, an 

 increase in 1922 of 17.5 per cent in number of fish and 27.4 per cent 

 in value. The amount of fish meal and scrap produced from men- 

 haden in 1922 was 93,576 tons, valued at $3,221,758, an increase of 

 12.2 per cent in quantity and 40.9 per cent in value over 'the 82,662 

 tons produced in 1921, valued at $2,286,905. The 1922 production 

 of meal and scrap was 67,S21 tons of dry scrap, valued at $2,665,441, 

 of which 7,172 tons, valued at $390,667, were reported sold as fish 

 meal; 25,712 tons of acidulated scrap, valued at $555,973; and 43 

 tons of crude or green scrap, valuecl at $344. The meal and scrap 

 derived from menhaden was 80.5 per cent oi all the fish meal and 

 scrap produced in 1922. 



The amount of menhaden oil produced in 1922 was 7,102,677 

 gallons, valued at $2,904,833, as compared with 6,260,478 gallons, 

 valued at $1,719,892, produced in 1921, an increase of 13.4 per^cent 

 in quantity and 68.9 per cent in value. The oil derived from|men- 

 haden was 85.7 per cent of the total quantity of fish oils produced 

 in 1922 and 86.8 per cent of the total value. 



Products of the menhaden industry, by States, 1922. 



