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PACIFIC FISHERMAN 



at about the unit of values mentioned 

 on above. 



Mineral Fertilizers. — Some phos- 

 phate rock has come into the coast 

 now from Utah. Japan is offering 

 potash. Two companies are develop- 

 ing the fertilizer and potash business 

 from kelp. An engineer has inspected 

 the field on atmospheric nitrogen, and 

 all the ingredients for the successful 

 inception of the complete fertilizer 

 business, and now with cheap trans- 

 portation to the Gulf and the Atlantic, 

 it is quite possible some of this prod- 

 uct can be delivered to the cotton 

 fields of the South advantageously. 

 PHILIP J. BRADY 



WHALING. 



If it were not for the shore whaling 

 carried on in Alaska, British Columbia 

 and Washington, the whaling industry 

 of the Pacific Coast would be of very 

 slight importance. For some years 

 now, owing to the declining market for 

 whalebone, the deep-sea fleet has been 

 growing smaller and smaller. The SS. 

 Gayhead was the only deep-sea whaler 

 with the pursuit of whales as its pri- 

 mary object that cruised in the North 

 Pacific, and she left her bones on the 

 bleak shores of the Alaska Peninsula. 



Shore Whaling. — In Alaska two 

 shore whaling stations were operated 

 — one at Akutan harbor, which was 

 built during the spring, by the Pacific 

 Sea Products Co., and the other at 



Port Armstrong by the U. S. Whaling 

 Co. Both stations met with fair suc- 

 cess, although the breaking out of the 

 war caused a falling off in the demand 

 for whale oil. The Port Armstrong 

 plant secured 155 whales, of which 43 

 were sperms, an unusually large pro- 

 portion of this valuable species. Tile 

 Akutan Harbor station secured 307 

 whales. 



In British Columbia the Canadian 

 North Pacific Fisheries, Ltd., operates 

 four stations — Sechart, Kyuquot, Na- 

 den Harbor and Rose Harbor. It is 

 reported that during the season these 

 four stations caught 729 whales. Late 

 in the fall the company went into the 

 hands of a receiver. 



In Washington the American Pacific 

 Whaling Co. operates a station at Bay 

 City. During the season this company 

 handled 192 whales. 



K. B. Birkeland, of the Pacific Sea 

 Products Co., made some experiments 

 this year at the company's station In 

 the preparation of leather from the 

 stomach wall, intestines and lungs of 

 whales. A number of grades of leath- 

 er were prepared from the different 

 parts, and it is probable that the com- 

 pany will engage in the business on a 

 considerable scale the coming season. 



Deep Sea Whaling. — During the year 

 the following vessels operated in deep- 

 sea whaling, mainly in the Arctic 

 Ocean: SS. Gayhead, SS. Herman, and 

 brig Jeanette, from San Francisco, and 

 the SS. Belvedere and gas sen. Polar 



FISH OIL AND FERTILIZER COMPANIES OPERATING IN 1914. 



Name 



Location 



Products 



Alaska Oil & Guano Company. Willi- llaska Herring oil and fertilizer. 



Canners" Bv-Products. Ltd Ward's Cove, Uaska Fish oil. meal and fertilizer 



Columbia Fish Oil & Fertilizer Company... ciumMa River Fish oil and fert izer. 



DeForce Oil Works Astoria, Ore Fish oi aid fer zcr. 



Japanese-America i Fertilizer Company Luroml Island. Wash Fish oil and fertilizer. 



Long Beach Fertilizer Company Ung Beach Cal Fish oil. mea 1 and fertilizer 



Monterey Packing Company Monterey, Cal Fish oi and poultry food. 



North i'aclflc Trading & Packing Company .Klawak, Alaska Fish oi and fert zer. 



I'acIBc American Fisheries Eliza Island, Wash... Fish oil and fertilizer 



Pacific Products Company Port Townaend, Wash nngflali oil and tertll zer. 



Itobl ison Fisheries Company Inaeortes Wash Fisb oil. fertilizer, glue. 



Hoyden, W. H Scot* "BUiott." Alaska Dogfish oil. 



Russia Cement Compaoy inacortes, Wash... Fish oil. 



San Pedro Reduction Company San Pedro, 



fertilizer, glue. 

 Cal" Fish oil and fertilizer. 



1914— PACIFIC COAST FISH BY-PRODUCTS— 1914 



1914— PACIFIC COAST SHORE WHALING PRODUCTS— 1914 



Bear from Seattle. The vessels visit- 

 ing the Arctic did so mainly for trad- 

 ing purposes, but caught incidentally 

 22 whales, the Jeanette obtaining 3, 

 the Herman 6, the Polar Bear 8, and 

 the Belvedere 5 whales. The bone ob- 

 tained amounted to 32,894 *£ pounds. 



The SS. Gayhead cruised mainly for 

 sperms, and early in July reached the 

 Alaska coast, where she was driven 

 ashore in Chignik Bay. The vessel 

 proved a total loss, but 1,785 gallons of 

 sperm oil was saved. 



Beluga. — Considerable interest is 

 now being manifested in the beluga, 

 or white whale. These animals are to 

 be found in great abundance in certain 

 waters along the Alaska coast. A cou- 

 ple of men caught a number of them In 

 nets near Nome last summer. It is 

 said that the blubber and flesh was 

 preserved for dog food, while the hides 

 were tanned. The hides make leather 

 that is useful for a number of pur- 

 poses. 



TO ESTIMATE M I N I M U M CARLOAD. 



Weights of canned foods, carloads. 

 Eastern roads. 36,000 pounds. 



Weights of canned foods, carloads. 

 Pacific Coast roads, 40,000 pounds. 



No. 1 Salmon, 4 dozen; weight per 

 case, 67 pounds. 



No. % Salmon, 4 dozen; weight per 

 case, 38 pounds. 



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