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The prepared products amounted to 4,415,582 pounds, valued at 

 S626,835. The most important items were: Boneless smoked her- 

 ring, 1,729,219 pounds, valued at $256,740; whole smoked herring, 

 1,141,278 pounds, valued at S102,334; and finnan haddie, 785,333 

 pounds, valued at $95,480. The value of the secondary products 

 was $73,087, which included 730 tons of fish scrap, valued at $38,500; 

 1,271,424 pounds of pomace, valued at $16,411; and 28,044 gallons 

 of herring oil and liver oil, valued at $18,664. 



Smoked-Fish Industry of Maine in 1919. 



Item. 



Plants 



Cost of materials. 



Cash capital 



Persons engaged . 

 Wages paid 



PRODUCTS. 



Utilized: 



AleWives pounds. 



Cod .salted, dried. do. . . 



Haddock do. . . 



Herrinp— 



Fresh do... 



Smoked 2 do... 



Fish skins, waste, etc., 



ponnds 



Pomace pounds. 



Total 



Prepared: 



Smoked a 1 e w i v e s , 



pounds 



Finnan haddie, 



pounds 



Nimiber. 



150 



707 



Value. 



$716,589 

 109, 577 

 131, 700 



260, 179 



650 



569,055 



8, 122, 798 



9,575,127 

 247,000 



3, 228, 184 

 1,400,000 



23,142,814 



335 

 s 785, 333 



26 

 60,970 

 192, 485 



69, 629 

 12,712 



10, 928 

 13,000 



359,750 



60 

 95,480 



Item. 



PRODUCTS — continued. 



Prepared — Continued. 



Kippered herring, 



pounds 



Smoked herring- 

 Bloaters. . .pounds. 

 Lengthwise.. do... 

 Medium scale, 



pounds 



Boneless, .pounds. 



Whole do... 



Other products 



Total. 



Secondary: 



Oil- 

 Herring gallons. 



Liver do... 



Pomace pounds. 



Fish scrap do. . . 



Other products 



Total. 



Number. 



< 156, 500 



327, 330 

 37, 053 



238, 534 

 1, 729, 219 

 1,141,278 



4, 415, 582 



23, 171 



4,873 

 1,271,424 

 1, 460, 000 



Value. 



$15, 845 



20, 629 

 2,511 



13,036 



256, 740 



102, 334 



' 120. 200 



626, 835 



14,086 



4,578 



16,411 



38,500 



112 



73,687 



1 Includes one firm in Cumberland County and three in Washington County also engaged in making 

 hming oil, pomace, and fish scrap. 



' -Vll smoked herring under products utilized were imported from Canada and used for preparing bone- 

 less herring. 



3 Includes the output of one plant in Penobscot County and two in Cumberland County listed with 

 canners. 



■< Includes the output of one plant in Penobscot County listed with canners. 



'■> Includes the value of herring pickled by one firm in Washington County. 



Canning industry. — The canning industry of Maine is of growing 

 importance, the chief products packed being sardines, finnan haddie, 

 and clams. In 1919, 77 plants were operated, representing a value 

 of $4,315,878 and employing cash or working capital to the amount 

 of $625,257. The cost of materials amounted to $4,768,040; the 

 number of persons employed was 6,116, to whom $1,795,506 were 

 paid in wages; and the value of the products utilized was $1,145,614, 

 of which the most important v/ere: Herring, 128,163,663 pounds, 

 valued at $875,627; haddock, 6,983,629 pounds, valued at $149,496; 

 and soft clams, 1,801,070 pounds, valued at $119,083. It is of 

 interest to note that 19,670 bushels of mussels were utilized, and it 

 is believed that the work of the Bureau in encouraging the use of 

 this product has aided in the development of this fishery. The manu- 

 factured products included 2,774,656 cases of canned products, 

 valued at $13,086,886, and secondary products such as scrap, meal, 

 and oil to the value of $82,328. The canned products included 

 2,450,268 cases of sardines, valued at $11,933,986; 228,127 cases of 

 finnan haddie, valued at $603,696, and 85,426 cases of clam products, 

 valued at $439,221. 



