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pounds, valued at $468,380, and in Massachusetts 6,613,705 pounds, 

 valued at $545,809. The greater part of these products consisted of 

 smoked herring, amounting to 7,431,324 pounds, valued at $659,399, 

 of which 2,510,326 pounds, valued at $329,089, were prepared in 

 Maine and 4,920,998 pounds, valued at $330,310, in Massachusetts. 

 The remainder of the smoked fish included alewives, finnan haddie, 

 halibut, and other species. 



A number of the plants engaged in salting fish also smoked fish 

 incidentally, and a number of those engaged in smoking did some 

 salting. The salted and smoked products prepared by these firms 

 are included in the statistics. The statistics also include the salted 

 and smoked fish prepared by firms in the canning industry. 



The extent of the salted and smoked fish industries in these States 

 in 1924, exclusive of salted fish prepared by the fishermen and in- 

 cluded in the statistics of the catch taken in the fisheries, is given 

 in the following tables : 



Salt-fish industry of Maine and Massachusetts in 192'f 



Item 



Maine 



Massachusetts 



Total 



Plants 



Persons engaged. 



Wages paid 



Cash capital 



Number 



37 



451 



Value 

 $1,279,598 



PRODUCTS 



Ale w i ves 



Cod 



Cod, boneless 



Cusk :__ 



Cusk, boneless 



Haddock 



Haddock, boneless 



Hake 



Herring 



Mackerel 



Pollock 



Shad 



Cod cheeks, tongues, and sounds 



Pounds 



603, 038 



5, 675, 886 



611,239 



161,976 



1,079 



1, 143, 750 



5,400 



4, 074, 213 



32, 330 



682, 500 

 5,000 



Total. 



Number 



27 



534 



338, 288 

 94,400 



Value 

 $13, 408 

 454, 055 

 122, 248 

 5,403 



162 

 46, 597 



702 

 153, 606 



755 



Pounds 



53, 000 



10, 591, 395 



2,800 



478, 556 



2, 983, 806 



27,614 

 350 

 503 



672, 963 



738, 280 



2, 129, 393 



759, 668 



69, 029 



13,002,679 i 825,403 ! 18,478,890 



Value 

 $942, 715 



Number 

 64 



536, 425 

 185, 300 



Value 



$5, 300 



1, 543, 368 



375 



30, 020 



236, 288 



38, 448 

 36, 826 

 192, 045 

 65, 967 



5,502 



Pounds 



656, 038 



16, 267, 281 



614, 039 



640, 532 



1,079 



4, 127, 556 



5,400 



4, 747, 176 



770, 610 



2,129,393 



1, 442, 168 



5,000 



75, 297 



2,154,139 31,481,569 



Value 



$2, 222, 313 



874, 713 

 279, 700 



Value 



$18, 708 



1, 997, 423 



122,623 



35, 423 



162 



282, 885 



702 



192, 054 



37, 581 



192, 045 



93, 581 



350 



6,005 



2, 979, 542 



Smoked-fish industry of Maine and Massachusetts in 1924 



