﻿FISH-SCRAP FERTILIZER INDUSTRY OF ATLANTIC COAST. 7 



In Table III are given the statistics of the fish-scrap industry 

 for the years 1873-1898, inclusive, taken from Stevenson's report. 1 

 Since the dissolution of the United States Menhaden Oil and Guano 

 Association the statistics of the industry have not been made 

 available. 



Table III. — Statement of the extent of the menhaden industry of the United 

 States in each year from 1873 to 1898, inclusive, according to the returns of 

 the United States Menhaden Oil and Guano Association. 





Facto- 

 ries. 



Men 

 em- 

 ployed. 



Vessels em- 

 ployed. 



Capital 

 invested. 



Fish received. 



Oil made. 



Scrap made. 



Year. 



Steam. 



Sail. 



Dried. 



Crude or 

 acidu- 

 lated. 



1873 



62 

 . 64 

 60 

 64 

 56 

 56 

 60 

 79 

 97 

 97 

 78 

 52 

 50 

 26 

 28 

 24 

 29 

 28 

 27 

 29 

 33 

 44 

 42 

 35 

 41 

 40 



2, 306 

 2,438 

 2, 633 

 2,758 

 2,631 

 3,337 

 2,296 

 3,261 

 2,805 

 2,313 

 2,427 

 2,114 

 2,064 

 1,154 

 2,499 

 3,568 

 4,400 

 4,368 

 2,985 

 2,002 

 2, 235 

 2,356 

 2.276 

 2,115 

 2,750 

 2,470 



20 

 25 

 39 

 46 

 63 

 64 

 81 

 82 

 73 

 83 

 69 

 59 

 78 

 45 

 46 

 45 

 46 

 52 

 54 

 55 

 57 

 56 

 48 

 53 

 60 

 51 



300 



283 



304 



320 



270 



279 



204 



366 



286 



212 



136 



157 



84 



74 



38 



42 



84 



27 



13 



10 



27 



28 



35 



38 



45 



20 



Dollars. 

 2, 388, 000 

 2, 500, 000 

 2, 650, 000 

 2,750,000 

 2, 047, 612 

 2,350,000 

 2, 602, 500 

 2, 550, 000 

 2, 460, 000 

 2, 338, 500 

 2, 651, 000 

 1, 534, 756 

 1,314,500 

 1, 234, 000 

 1, 000, 000 

 3, 000, 000 

 2, 500, 000 

 2, 500, 000 

 1, 775, 000 

 1, 756 000 

 1,721,000 

 2, 000, 000 

 1, 600, 000 

 1, 376, 500 

 1, 871, 000 

 2, 500, 000 



397, 700, 000 

 492, 878, 000 

 563,327,000 

 512, 450, 000 

 687, 642, 125 

 767, 779, 250 

 637,063,750 

 776, 875, 000 

 454, 192, 000 

 346,638,555 

 613,461,776 

 858, 592, 691 

 479, 214, 415 

 283, 106, 000 

 333, 564, 800 

 439,388,950 

 555, 319, 800 

 533, 686, 156 

 355, 138, 873 

 223,623,750 

 366, 406, 625 

 533,361,900 

 461,747,000 

 401,425,800 

 . 584,302,930 

 542, 500, 000 



Gallons. 

 2, 214, 800 

 3, 372, 847 

 2, 681, 482 

 2, 992, 000 

 2, 426, 589 

 3, 809, 233 

 2,258,901 

 2, 034, 940 

 1, 266, 549 

 2, 021, 316 

 2,166,320 

 3, 722, 927 

 2, 346, 319 

 1, 805, 544 

 2, 273, 566 

 2, 051, 128 

 3,327,030 

 2, 939, 217 

 1, 946, 642 

 1, 329, 644 

 1, 269, 002 

 1, 999, 506 

 1, 767, 754 

 1,741,530 

 2, 147, 113 

 2, 450, 000 



Tons. 



Tons. 

 36,299 



1874 





50, 976 



1875 





53, 625 



1876 





51, 245 



1877.. 



1878 



1879 



1S80 



1881 ....... 



1882 



18S3 



1884 



1885 



1886 



1887 



1888 



1889 



1890 



1891 



1892 



1893 



1894 



1895 



1896 



1897 



1898 



6,700 

 19, 377 

 29, 563 

 25, 800 

 25,027 

 17, 552 

 34,216 

 58, 433 

 ■ 33,910 

 14, 597 

 17, 262 

 15, 638 

 24,359 

 20, 339 

 12, 608 



8,400 

 13, 150 

 20,057 

 18, 682 

 14, 280 

 18,430 

 17, 360 



49,744 

 64,342 

 37, 496 

 19, 020 

 7,592 

 10,029 

 10, 920 

 10,430 

 7,225 

 4,298 

 5,368 

 12,406 

 25, 859 

 21, 173 

 15,069 

 10, 815 

 15, 465 

 27, 582 

 21, 965 

 21,484 

 34, 372 

 34, 120 



THE MENHADEN. 



NAMES. 



The menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, is commonly known on the 

 various sections of the Atlantic coast by various popular names. In 

 Maine it is called the "pogy," though sometimes the "menhaden"; 

 likewise in Massachusetts it is spoken of as the " pogy " and the 

 " menhaden," and occasionally as the " hardhead." In Rhode Island 

 it is known as the " menhaden," while in Connecticut the names " bony 

 fish " and " white fish " have been applied to it. In New York and 

 New Jersey it is designated as the " mossbunker " ; and as one passes 

 southward the names " alewif e," or " old wife," and " bug fish " (on 

 account of a parasitic crustacean found in its mouth in certain re- 

 gions) are encountered, until North Carolina is reached, when the 

 names " f atback " and " shad " prevail. The name menhaden sup- 



1 Loc. cit. 



