FISHERIES OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES. 665 
portant products in the fisheries of Illinois, the quantity taken being 
681,679 pounds, worth $14,520. The yield of paddle-fish, or spoonbill 
cat, in Mississippi was 948,305 pounds, worth $16,739, and in Arkansas, 
551,405 pounds, worth $11,967. The caviar prepared from the roe of 
this species in the former State amounted to 32,775 pounds, worth 
$14,391, and in the latter 34,175 pounds, worth $11,488. 
The foflowing tables exhibit by States the number of persons 
employed, the number and value of boats and apparatus of capture, 
the value of shore and accessory property and the amount of cash 
capital, and the quantity and value of the products of the fisheries of 
the Mississippi River and tributaries in 1899: 
Table showing, by States, the number of persons employed in the fisheries of the Mississippi 
River and tributaries in 1899. 










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Ankansas= 22 25.- 5 ? [a6 210 32 | 463 
MMNINOISSa52e ess 243 | 354 2,389 
Indian aes 45-55 Sees 409 
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HOWIsiana, 22... 2... 96 2 326 
Minnesota......... 183 48 506 
Mississippi......... 147 51 540 
MASSOUTIe 20252 0). 551 | 406 1, 531 
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Wisconsin ......-.. | 275 76) | 567 
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Table showing, by States, the boats, apparatus, and capital used in the fisheries of the Missis-' 
sippr River and tributaries in 1899. 







Boats. Seines. | Trammel nets, 
States. Nl 
| No. | Value. No. taney Value. | No. | | (yards). | Value. 
Avabamae: sin-see TOON MARRS IS O74g eset a slreee ee et user. i we(eee oe | Heke. ae Nee ae 
PAT CER AS te Ss | 437 | 10, 857 48 | 13, 105 $6, 262 102 6, 730 $1, 897 
PEIN Gee eee oe LS Tie 54, 808 303 78, 826 27,780 153 | 17, 520 3, 795 
Ina taht he: eee See 4292 | 6, 752 71 | 7,417 S150) |Rete teal eee eee eee Re peeie s 
ROW Siete Fe oss sss 1,188 | 17, 066 145 | 21,524 8,130 | 82 7,757 | 1,914 
Kansas. [6 Seessck eS 118 | 187M 8 785 278 | 6 490 160 
Kentucky.......... 572 10,460 | 72 7, 050 2, 965 7 700 | 160 
ouisigia 22.2355 32° 347 9, 684 13 2, 880 1, 540 2 240 60 
Minnesota ......... 263 | 3, 005 | 26 5, 360 1, 690 9 | 610 156 
Mississippi ......... 412 | 14,120 | 31 9, 875 4,945 6 600 170 
MAssouri 2-55 )5-6- 1,001 | 18, 253 154 18, 845 8,010 | 150 12, 363 3, 508 
Nebraska. .).5. =. ee | 145 | 1, 429 41+ 2,315 948 10 555 193 
(ON av tos tars ee 160 | 2,755 | 380 | 1, 255 A200) eae © Selo) sielehee sicccie lmatz/syoraeis 
South Dakota ...... | 73 | 649 | 10 860 333 4 | 190 54 
Tennessee.......... 398 | 7, 068 | 8 2,845 1,560 81 | 3, 100 927 
West Virginia...... 64 1, 228 18 672 G80) ieee acetals seen neste Saorienes 
WISCONSIN. 2—- s6-=- 437 7,023 29 5, 580 2,170 5 300 85 
Motel: ss. 863, | 167,018 1, 007 179, 194 71, 641 | 567 51, 155 13, 079 




