CANNING AND PRESERVING. 



283 



1 Includes 4,457,000 pounds of salmon bellies. 

 1 Includes 888,000 pounds of fresh salmon. 



The total quantity canned or preserved in 1908 was 

 256,414,000 pounds, valued at $16,638,000. Alaska 

 easily ranked first, reporting 78 per cent of the quan- 

 tity and 64 per cent of the value. Washington, with 

 11 per cent of the quantity and 16 per cent of the 

 value, and Oregon, with 9 per cent of the quantity 

 and 14 per cent of the value, ranked respectively 

 second and third. 



The methods of treatment employed vary in the 

 different sections of the country; for instance, 74 per 



Includes a value of $59,000 reported for salmon bellies. 

 1 Includes a value of $48,000 reported for fresh salmon. 



cent of the California product was salted, while practi- 

 cally all of that prepared in the Eastern and Central 

 states was smoked. Of the total product of salmon 

 treated in the United States, including Alaska, 86 per 

 cent was canned. 



The following tabular statement gives comparative 

 statistics as to the quantity and value of the salmon 

 treated in the United States, inclusive of Alaska, 

 by states, arranged in the order of the value in 

 1908: 



i Included under "All other states. I: 



Sardines. Since 1875, when the first factory for 

 canning sardines in the United States was started at 

 Eastport, Me., that state has held a practical monopoly 

 of the industry. 



The tabular statement following gives the quantity 

 and value of sardines packed, by states, for 1900, 

 1905, and 1908. 



