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FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES, 



Not"withstanding the reduction from 52 to 33 sardine canneries in 

 operation the output was considerably larger than in 1902. The 

 number of clam canneries has decreased from 24 to 18 and the output 

 has also decreased somewhat. The number of establishments can- 

 ning plain herring has decreased from 9 to 1 and the output is cor- 

 respondingly reduced. In 1905 one establishment canned cod and 

 one canned mackerel. The products prepared in 1905 were 2,159,797 

 cases of sardines, valued at $5,078,587 ; 3,000 cases of plain herring, 

 $7,200; 85 cases of mackerel, $340; 3,226 cases of cod, $8,931; 500 

 barrels of Russian sardines, $1,750; 716 barrels of salted herring, 

 $2,428; 200,000 pounds of skinned and boned herring, $16,000 

 184,638 boxes and 28,000 pounds in bulk of smoked herring, $15,857 

 46,018 cases of clams, $135,990; 4,168 cases of clam juice, $6,269 

 500 cases of clam extract, $750; 14,750 cases of clam chowder, 

 $49,470; and secondary products, such as oil, pomace, scrap, and 

 fertihzer, valued at $18,490; the total value being $5,342,062. 



Statement, by Counties, of the Establishments, Cash Capital, Cost of 

 Materials, Number of Persons Engaged, and Wages Paid in the Canning 

 Industry of Maine in 1905. 



