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Yield, by apparatus and waters, of the fisheries of Kansas, 1922 — Continued 



KENTUCKY 



In 1922 there were 496 persons engaged in the fisheries and fishery 

 industries of Kentucky, about one-third being shoresmen connected 

 with the wholesale fish trade of Louisville and the pearl-button blank 

 factories. Of the total investment of $250,446 a similar portion was 

 employed in the above-mentioned industries. The total production 

 amounted to 2,893,219 pounds, valued at $167,360, comprised mainly 

 of catfish, buffalofish, carp, drum, suckers, and quillback, with 

 mussels ranking between drum and suckei-s in value. Of the total 

 output, 1,777,679 pounds, valued at $113,293, were taken in the 

 Ohio River, and 490,500 pounds, valued at $32,850, in the com- 

 paratively small portion of the State bordering on the Mississippi 

 River. The other rivei's were of comparative unimportance. 



