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Pack of shrimp and crabs, 1924 



Shrimp 



Georgia, North 

 Carolina, and 

 South Carolina 



Florida 



Alabama 



No. 1 dry (4 dozen) . . 

 No. 1 wet (4 dozen)-. 

 No. 1}'2 dry (2 dozen) 

 No. 13^2 wet (2 dozen) 



Total 



Cases 



20, 107 



61, 997 



5,311 



1,146 



88, 561 



Value 



$126,416 



385, 748 



32, 065 



7,008 



Cases 



2,245 



34, 346 



1,162 



551, 237 



38, 641 



Value 



$13, 985 



223, 932 



7,437 



5,615 



Cases 

 26, 467 

 22, 167 



4,501 



Value 



$160, 519 



132, 353 



28,200 



2,250 



250, 969 



53, 523 323, 322 



Shrimp 



Mississippi 



Louisiana and Texas 



Total 



No. 1 dry (4 dozen).. 

 No. 1 wet (4 dozen) . . 

 No. l}/2 dry (2 dozen) 

 No. 1J--2 wet (2 dozen) 



Total. 



Cases 

 18, 757 

 90, 638 



4,704 

 232 



Value 



$110, 906 



548, 661 



29, 516 



1,406 



Cases 

 236, 559 

 132, 251 



22, 225 

 2,444 



114,331 690,489 



393, 479 



Value 



$1,417,661 



884, 131 



138, 993 



15, 152 



Cases 

 304, 135 

 341, 399 



37, 903 

 5,098 



2, 455, 937 



' 688, 535 



Value 



$1, 829, 487 



2, 174, 825 



236, 211 



31,431 



2 4, 271, 954 



Crabs 



Alaska, Maine, 

 Maryland, Virgin- 

 ia, and Mississippi 



7}4, 8, 9, and 12 ounce (4 dozen) 

 15, 16, and 17 ounce (2 dozen)... 



Total 



Value 

 ,572 

 6,372 



1 Includes a few cases packed 4 ounces to the can, which have been converted to the equivalent of No. 1 

 5-ounce cans. 



2 In addition to the above there were packed in 5K, 5%, eM, 14, and 18 ounce glass jars in Florida, Ala- 

 bama, Mississippi, New York, and Te.xas, 63,936 cases of shrimp, valued at $336,996, making a total of 

 752,471 cases, valued at $4,608,950. 



3 The 8, 9, and 12 ounce cans have been converted to the equivalent of 7J^-ounc6 cans, 4 dozen to the case. 

 * The 16 and 17 ounce cans have been converted to the equivalent of 15-ounce cans, 2 dozen to the case. 



CLAMS 



The pack of clams of all kinds in 1924 amounted to 389,435 cases of 

 various sizes, valued at $2,161,389. Razor clams were canned at 19 

 plants in Washington, 4 in Oregon, and 13 in Alaska, the total pack 

 amounting to 113,717 cases of various sizes, valued at $863,684. 

 This is a decrease as compared with the previous year, when 130,389 

 cases, valued at $883,844, were packed. The decrease occurred 

 entirely in the Pacific Coast States, Alaska's pack being larger than 

 in 1923. 



Hard clams were packed at 2 plants in Florida, 1 in Georgia, 1 in 

 Rhode Island, and 4 in Washington. The pack, exclusive of chow- 

 ders, bouillon, and juices, amounted to 38,544 cases, valued at 

 $271,911. Soft clams were packed in 19 plants in Maine and 2 in 

 Massachusetts, the pack, exclusive of chowders, etc., amounting to 

 80,561 cases of various sizes, valued at $459,882. The chowders, 

 soups, bouillon, and juices of both hard and soft clams totaled 156,613 

 cases of various sizes, valued at $565,912. 



