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pendent fishermen. The seven wage-earners received, 

 including provisions furnished, the sum of $400. 



Equipment and other capital. -The value of the 

 equipment and other capital reported for the Kansas 

 fisheries in 1908, and the number of the various kinds 

 of boats used, are shown hi the following tabular 

 statement: 



The total investment in apparatus of capture was 

 $3,900, of which amount $2,900 represented the value 

 of 620 fyke and hoop nets, which were by far the most 

 important forms of apparatus. There were 32 tram- 

 mel nets and 1 7 seines reported. 



Products. The total product, which amounted to 

 432,000 pounds, valued at $28,000, is shown in detail, 

 by species and by apparatus of capture, in the follow- 

 ing table. 



German carp formed by far the most important 

 fishery product, the total catch in 1908 being 304,000 

 pounds, valued at $19,000, or 70 per cent of the 

 quantity and 68 per cent of the value of all fishery 

 products of the state. The quantity and value re- 

 ported for this fish have increased to a great extent 

 since 1894, when the catch was 19,000 pounds and the 

 value $600. 



Catfish, on the other hand, showed a large decrease, 

 the total catch in 1908 being only 52,000 pounds, val- 

 ued at $4,400, compared with 95,000 pounds, valued 

 at $6,100, in 1899. Buffalo fish also showed a de- 

 crease between 1899, when the catch was 52,000 

 pounds, valued at $2,200, and 1908, when it was 

 35,000 pounds, valued at $2,000. 



Fyke and hoop nets, trammel nets, and seines were 

 the chief forms of apparatus of capture used, German 

 carp representing most of the value of the catch in 

 each case. 



KANSAS FISHERY PRODUCTS: 1908. 



' Less than $100. 



KENTUCKY. 



The fisheries of Kentucky, all of which are of the 

 shore and boat class, fall into two main divisions, those 

 of the Mississippi River and its small tributaries in the 

 western part of the state and those of the Ohio River 

 and its tributaries, including the Tennessee and the 

 Cumberland Rivers. In respect to quantity, mussel 

 shells, buffalo fish, and German carp were the leading 

 products, in the order named, while in respect to value, 

 catfish, buffalo fish, and German carp led, in the order 



named. The mussel shell and pearl industry is of 

 recent development. The following statement gives 

 a summary of the industry for 1908: 



Number of persons employed 555 



Capital : 



Boats $11,.000 



Apparatus of capture 21, 000 



Shore and accessory property 6, 600 



Value of products 110, 000 



Comparison with previous canvasses. A comparison 

 of the industry in 1908 with certain earlier years, for 



