FISHERIES OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES. 665 
portant products in the fisheries of Illinois, the quantity taken being 
681,679 pounds, worth $14,520. The yield of paddle-fish, or spoonbill 
cat, in Mississippi was 948,305 pounds, worth $16,739, and in Arkansas, 
551,405 pounds, worth $11,967. The caviar prepared from the roe of 
this species in the former State amounted to 32,775 pounds, worth 
$14,391, and in the latter 34,175 pounds, worth $11,488. 
The following tables exhibit by States the number of persons 
employed, the number and yalue of boats and apparatus of capture, 
the value of shore and accessory property and the amount of cash 
capital, and the quantity and value of the products of the fisheries of 
the Mississippi River and tributaries in 1899: 
Table showing, by States, the number of persons employed in the fisheries of the Mississippi 
River and tributaries in 1899. 
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PAT KANSAS 2% 2a (5/222 181 SOs ekee AN 2 oe) oc 229 at liN I ree 210 32 463 
MNOS) Naa. - Se 922 | 250 | 24 BION oc} eee eee 638 46 | 322 243 854 | 2,389 
Indiana 52.252. 1k) ee) OH etatcreil arayarsifieversr= BP Borers Scere oe ere 409 
NOWateee sees came 348 146 I> 208 dhe 9) | osc |leveme | eelcrs ase 4 Gli e cs cerce 1,476 2, 637 
KAMSAS seme aia el= t= tA Sy 11 We OD: ete) sara | eae 14a Bases lsoteace|maceiae| sees 118 
Kentucky ..-...... 151 | 14 SOM ace eaah 8 363 Ld eee eee eee 38 | 589 
WOUISIONA <2 085 51 | 4 | [ee 22 ree e2 bya 203) Wceicar | Sesrsccere 96 | 2 326 
Minnesotaz....2:- 83 10 |. 2 39 | 23 Pyle te) 35 | 179 | 5 183 48 | 506 
MUISSISSIPPl#-2- 2... = 136 | 12 USZA Ou Metal setts 185 22) | etetereraiake 147 51 540 
MASSOUD eee secre 382 | 116 ieee: (010081 Neetoin eye eee 476 | 148 121 551 406 | 1,531 
Nebraska. :..-<.<-. 85 | 12 oa STS eS aes ia eee ee eee Pe ee B4| 196 
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MRENIMIESSCEGM sates 33 DE) eeetty  25: 40) dl Saree [esce|. S40N Eocene eos ets } 115 52 476 
West Virginia ..... OOM ese: os 1 AEE cre setors)| occ Co Lae ee eee ane el eee 86 
WaASCODSING 22 =.4-2..< 89 Oren Oe Gea eee eee CEN haeeee 320 | 275 | 76 567 
Rotates... 2 2,782 | 725 | 29 | 3,310 | 75 | 29 | 16 | 3,368 | 469 | 1,442 | 1,846 /2,589 | 11,155 
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Table showing, by States, the boats, apparatus, and capital used in the fisheries of the Missis- 
sippi River and tributaries in 1899. 
Boats. Seines. Tramme! nets. 
States, lesen | | | 
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No Value. No | (yards). Value. No. | (yards). Value. 
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Alabama.......:... 109: |) ° SGU O74a le etree 21) ere e en Mereme eel ie |e ech one 
IAP KATISASSsa22.5 2:5 6 437 | 10, 357 48 18, 105 $6, 262 102 6,730 | $1,897 
WUMGMOISES senor oc cha.2 Ie Alyé 54, 808 303 | 78, 826 27,780 153 17,520 | 38,795 
TANGA As Nee: Ne 22 | 6, 752 fe eALy STD! (eo ae Sole eee ee eee 
1,188 17, 066 145 21,524 8,180 82 7,757 1,914 
‘ 118 1287, 8 785 278 6 490 | 160 
Kentuekys.2) 2:s5=: 572 10, 460 | 72 | 7, 050 2,965 | 7 700 | 160 
Louisiana: -2-2..- -: | 347 | 9, 684 | 13 2, 880 1, 540 2 240 60 
Minnesota -.....-.. | 263 3, 005 26 5, 360 1,690 9 610 156 
Mississippi “-=2. 2:2: 412 14, 120 31 9, 875 4,945 6 600 170 
Mi SSOUnISs seer a. | 1,001 | 18, 253 154 18, 845 8, 010 150 12, 363 3, 508 
Nebraska c:8-4.925 | 145 1, 429 41 2,315 948 10 | 55 193 
Ohiom 5 seca. 160 | 2,755 | 30 | 1, 255 TOA) Is ap eeebs | SoA aeeeee Seesaaee 
South Dakota ...... 73 649 10 | 860 3338 | 4 190 54 
Tennessee.......... | 398 7, 068 8 | 2,845 1, 560 31 3, 100 927 
West Virginia.-.... 64 | 1,228 | 18 672 G80 FA: Seow aera coe cu ee eee coe 
WASCONSIM= 2. 25502. 437 | 7,023 29 5, 580 2,170 5 | 300 85 
Mota wae seers = 7, 863 167,018 1, 007 | 179, 194 71, 641 | 567 | 51,155 | 13, 079 
