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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Canned fishery products and byproducts of the United States and Alaska, 1936 — Con, 

 PRODUCTION OF OYSTER AND MARINE CLAM-SHELL PRODUCTS 25 



State 



Crushed shell for 

 poultry feed 



Shell lime 



Total 



Rhode Island and Delaware 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



Maryland 



Virijinia 



North Carolina, South Carolina, and 



Florida 



Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas 



Mississippi 



Washington and Oregon 



California 



Total 



Tons 



1,529 



6,428 



4,532 



45, 137 



26,452 



54, 556 

 127,117 

 17, 060 

 4,088 

 14, 648 



301, 547 



Value 



$12, 247 

 47, 317 

 39, 678 



193. 288 



136,369 



250, 645 



397, 030 



67, 279 



41,976 



74. 004 



Tons 



490 



2,102 



1,220 



25, 300 



2« 31, 943 



8,633 



7,346 



2,220 



»7 2, 902 



(27) 



1,259,833 



82, 156 



Value 



.$2, 164 



9,003 



5,086 



36. 920 



2« 194, 513 



27, 881 



22, 479 



1,933 



27 18, 296 



(27) 



Tom: 

 2,019 

 8,530 



5,752 

 70, 437 

 58, 395 



63, 189 



134, 463 



19, 280 



6,990 



14, 648 



318, 275 



383, 703 



Value 



$14, 411 

 56, 320 

 44, 764 



230, 208 



330, 882 



278, 526 



419, 509 



69, 212 



fiO, 272 



74, 004 



1, 578, 108 



" The production of marine clam-shell products was confined to Washington and California. 

 26 Of this amount, 9,802 tons, valued at $72,134 were reported as "burned" lime. 



2' The production of oyster-shell lime in California has been included with that of Wsshington and 

 Oregon. 



Note. — The above crushed shell products were prepared at 2 plants in Rhode Island, 8 in New Jersey, 



4 in Penn'sylvania, 1 in Delaware, 4 in Maryland, 9 in Virginia, 2 in North Carolina, 2 in South Carolina, 

 2 in Florida, 2 in Alabama, 3 in Mississippi, 1 in Louisiana, 2 in Texas, 6 in Washington, 1 in Oregon, and 



5 in California. 



PRODUCTION OF FRESH-WATER MUSSEL-SHELL PRODUCTS 



2' Includes stucco and "pearl novelties." 



Note. — Mussel shells purchased by manufacturing plants during the year amounted to 58,484,000 pounds, 

 valued at $891,677. Shells were purchased from 18 States in the Mississippi River Valley and Great Lakes 

 region. The producing States in order of their importance were Arkansas, which contributed 35 percent 

 of the total quantity; Illinois, 14 percent; Tennessee and Indiana, each 12 percent; Kentucky, 7 percent; 

 Iowa, 4 percent; Michigan and Wisconsin, each 3 percent; Ohio and Mississippi, each 2 percent; Texas 

 and South Dakota, each 1 percent; and Alabama, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Minnesota, and Louisiana, 

 each less than 1 percent. 



PRODUCTION OF MARINE PEARL-SHELL PRODUCTS 2' 



2' Produced principally from imported shells. 



so Includes knife handles, handles for manicure sets, dolls, lamps, mounted fish decoys, etc. 



Note. — Marine pearl-shell products were manufactured at 1 plant in Maine, 2 in Massachusetts, 1 in 

 Rhode Island, 6 in Connecticut, 9 in New York, 19 in New Jersey, 1 in Pennsylvania, 1 in Maryland, 2 in 

 Florida, 1 in Oregon, and 2 in California. 



