VIII TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Section M.— Toe manufacture of oil and guano— Continued. 



43. Methods of inantifacture — Continued. 



241. Tho factory of Judson, Tarr & Co 171 



242. Tho factory of Joseph Churcli & Co 172 



243. The factory of Kenniaton, Cobb & Co 172 



244. Tho factory at N.-ipeagiie, N. Y 173 



245. The model of the factory of Joseph Church & Co 174 



246. The cost of an oil-factory 174 



247. Organization of tho fishing gangs 176 



248. The advantages claimed for floating factories 176 



249. Mr. Goodale'8 improved method for extracting the oil 177 



250. Proposed chemical method 178 



251. Proposed mechanical methods 178 



44. Yahie of fish to manufacturers 178 



252. Prices paid for fresh menhaden in different seasons 178 



253. Prices piwportiouate to amount of oil to be obtained from the fish 180 



254. Oil-yield of northern fish 180 



255. Oil-yield of southern fish 183 



256. Comparative oil -yield in different localities 183 



45. Statistics of the manufacture of oil and guano 184 



257. Keturns for tho State of M.aine - 184 



258. Eetums for the United States 187 



259. Comparative yield of oil from the menhaden and whale fisheries 190 



2C0. Comparative yield of nitrogen from the menhaden-factories and from the imports of 



^ bird-gn.ano 191 



261. Tho associations of oil and guano manufacturers. (See also Appendices L and M>.. 191 



46. The uses of menhaden oil and the oil market 191 



262. The uses of menhaden oil 191 



263. The markets for menhaden oil 192 



264. Thegradesof oil 192 



265. The prices of oil. (Seo also Appendix K) 192 



266. Eeviows of the market for individual years 193 



■Section N.— Menhaden and other fish, and their products, as related to agriculture. — 



By W. O. Atwater. (See also Appendix O) 194 



267. Introductory note 194 



47. Menhaden in a fresh state used as a fertilizer 195 



268. Use among Indians and early colonists 195 



269. Use at beginning of present century and later 196 



270. Use at present day 200 



48. Fish scrap as manure 200 



271. The inception of its use. Esj)erience in Maine 200 



272. Experience in Connecticut. Mr. Clift 201 



273. Experience of Mr. Hail and Mr. Loveland 203 



274. Statements of Professor Cook of New Jersey ..., 205 



275. Further experience in Maine. Messrs. Hinckley, Kenniston, Smith, and Captain 



Collins ; 205 



276. Other testimony 208 



49. The manufacture of fish manures ........... 208 



277. Early attempts at mannfacture in Connecticut 208 



278. Tho De Molon process in Europe and in America 208 



279. Early manufacture in Rhode Island 209 



280. Manufacture in Canada 210 



281. Manufacttire of cancerino in New Jersey 210 



282. Early manufacture in Maine 210 



2B3. Early m.anufacture in France 212 



284. Early manufacture in England 213 



285. Other European manufactures of fish manures 213 



286. The Norwegian fish -guano 214 



287. Mannfacture of glue and removal of oil in preparation of fish guanos 217 



288. Success of fish-guano as a fertilizer in Europe 218 



289. The manufacture of fish fertilizers in the United States 218 



290. Kinds of fertilizers made from fish refuse 219 



291. I'ish-guano; methods of manufacture and needs of improvement; statements of 



Professor Goessmann 223 



292. Statement of Mr. Maddocks ; manufacture in Maine 224 



