FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1923 157 



Production of shell by-products, 192S 



States 



Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, and 



Pennsylvania 



Maryland 



Virginia _ 



North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia 



Alabama and Florida 



> I ississippi 



Louisiana and Texas 



Total 



Crushed oyster 

 shells (for poul- 

 try) 



Tons 

 18,063 

 81, 8G2 

 19, 682 

 5.818 

 19, 693 

 32, 789 

 47, 076 



224, 983 



Value 



$211,982 



726, 220 



201, 488 



61,218 



165, 272 



278. 031 



342. 032 



1, 986, 249 



Oyster-shcU 

 lime 



Tons 



5,402 



36, 319 



31,341 



5,300 



999 



2,285 



2,162 



83, 808 



Value 



$20, 026 



95, 694 



215,506 



30, 500 



3, 775 



2.285 



4.500 



372. 286 



Total 



Tons 



23, 465 

 118. 181 

 51. 023 

 11.118 

 20, 692 

 35. 074 

 49. 238 



308. 791 



Value 

 $232, 008 

 821.920 

 416,994 

 91,718 

 169,047 

 280.316 

 346. 532 



2, 358. 535 



Note. — In addition to the above there were produced elsewhere 217 tons crushed marine clam shells, 

 valued at $2,600. and in Iowa. Illinois. Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin 510 tons of lime dust, 

 valued at $1,522, and 1,417 tons of stucco, valued at $14,923. 



MENHADEN INDUSTRY 



In 1923 there were 52 factories engaged in the manufacture of fish 

 oil, scrap, and meal from menhaden, distributed as follows: Massa- 

 chusetts, 1; Connecticut, 1; New York, 2; New Jersey, 3; Delaware, 

 3; Virginia, 18; North Carolina, 17; Georgia, 1; Florida, 4; and Texas, 

 2. This is an increase of 7 plants as compared with 1922. 



The number of fish utilized was 1,110,291,427, or 666,174,873 

 pounds, as compared with 1,212,450,669 fish, or 747,470,402 pounds, 

 in 1922. The production of dry scrap and meal was 43,452 tons, 

 valued at S2,029,406, and of wet or acidulated scrap 44,935 tons, 

 valued at SI, 064,870, as compared with 67,821 tons, valued at 

 .$2,665,441, and 25,712 tons, valued at $555,973, respectively, in 

 1922. The production of menhaden oil amounted to 7,461,365 

 gallons, valued at $3,316,277, as compared with 7,102,677, valued at 

 $2,904,833, in 1922 The total value of menhaden products in 1923 

 amounted to $6,410,553, as compared with $6,126,591 in the previous 

 year. 



