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decrease of 1 per cent in value as compared with the pack and its 

 value for the previous year. The pack for 1929 was somewhat larger 

 than the average for the period 1921 to 1928. Mississippi and South 

 Carolina accounted for 75 per cent of the total value of the production. 

 The pack during the spring period (January-May, 1929) amounted 

 to 405,004 standard cases, valued at $2,131,138, and that during the 

 fall period (September-December, 1929) amounted to 114,141 

 standard cases, valued at $601,340. 



Pack of canned oysters, 1929 



STANDARD CASES 



States 



Maryland 



North Carolina 

 South Carolina. 



Georgia 



Florida 



Cases 



28, 933 

 19, 852 

 105, 139 

 18, 258 

 9,822 



Value 



97, 102 

 580, 680 

 92, 540 

 48, 912 



states 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana and Texas 



Total 



Cases 



14, 521 



286, 186 



36, 434 



519, 145 



Value 



$74, 845 



1, 469, 104 



184, 429 



2, 732, 478 



ACTUAL CASES 



Note. — "Standard cases" represent the various-sized cases converted to the equivalent of 48 No. 1 

 5-ounce cans to the case. 



Pack of canned oysters, 1921 to 1929 



Note.— Shown in standard cases of 48 No. 1 5-ounce cans to the case. 



CLAM PRODUCTS 



In 1929 razor-clam products were canned at 15 plants in Washing- 

 ton, 5 in Oregon, and 8 in Alaska; hard clam products at 1 plant in 

 Khode Island, 2 in New York, 1 in New Jersey, 1 in South Carolina, 

 1 in Georgia, 1 in Florida, 6 in Washington, and 1 in Oregon; and soft 

 clam products at 22 plants in Maine and 2 in Massachusetts — a total of 

 63 plants, or 9 more than a year ago. The total productiou amounted 

 to 554,639 standard cases of 48 No. 1 cans, valued at $2,548,472, an 

 increase of 4 per cent in quantity and a decrease of 3 per cent in value 

 as compared with 1928. Considered according to varieties of clams 

 the pack of razor-clam products amounted to 71,462 standard cases, 

 valued at $619,594; hard clams, 299,941 standard cases, valued at 

 $1,279,920; and soft clams, 183,236 standard cases, valued at $648,958. 

 The value of the pack in 1929 was considerably larger than the average 

 for the period 1921 to 1928. 

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