16 BULLETIN 196, U, S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



EXTENT OF THE CANNING INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES.^ 



Quantity and value of foods canned, 1899, 1904, 1909. 



Product. 



Cases. 



Value. 



1904 



Cases. 



Value. 



1899 



Cases. 



Value. 



Vegetables 



Tomatoes 



Com 



Peas 



Beans 



Asparagus 



Pumpkin 



Sweet potatoes. 



Another 



Fruits 



Peaches 



Apples 



Apricots 



Pears 



Berries 



Cherries 



All others 



Fish and oysters 



Salmon 



Sardines 



O ysters 



Ail other 



Condensed milk 



Sweetened 



Unsweetened 



Meats 



Otherproducts, soups, special- 

 ties, preserves, and pickles. . 



32, 752, 469 



12,909,986 



7,451,265 



5,901,703 



3,392,864 



228,559 



440, 303 



347, 286 



2,080,503 



5,518,999 



1,484,808 



1,205,742 



630, 185 



637,782 



815, 851 



390,351 



354, 280 



Pounds. 

 235,418,713 

 99,831,528 

 90,694,284 

 28,192,392 

 16, 700, 509 

 494,796,544 

 214,518,310 

 280, 278, 234 

 121, 376, 837 



$51,568,914 



18,747,941 



10,332,136 



10,247,363 



6,013,098 



1,975,775 



576,043 



531,651 



3,144,907 



12, 938, 474 



3,753,698 



1,898,720 



1,825,311 



1,833,214 



1,754,927 



1,019,013 



863, 591 



17,573,311 



8,723,565 



4,931,831 



2,443,101 



1,474,814 



33,563,129 



17,345,278 



16,217,851 



15,345,543 



43,030,529 



29,597,616 



9,411,084 

 11,209,597 

 4,694,492 

 2,588,015 



845,610,993 



14,020,846 

 15,952,386 

 7,928,791 

 4,133,810 



19,323,730 



8, 700, 5:58 

 6,336,984 

 2,543,722 

 1, 493, 517 



S28, 734, 598 

 13,666,560 

 8,191,383 

 4, 465, 673 

 2,025,123 



246,557 



192,997 



1,236,874 



4,628,211 



1,304,867 



490,341 



639,815 



789, 120 



489,037 



319,350 



695,111 



Pounds. 

 207,077,976 

 48, 128, 926 

 87,224,524 

 59,249,043 

 12,475,483 

 308, 485, 182 

 198,355,189 

 110,129,993 



346,497 



284,385 

 2, 944, 287 

 11,722,979 

 3,902,441 



738,013 

 1,641,919 

 2,192,910 

 1,058,659 



826, 622 

 1,363,515 



13,531,786 

 4,261,387 

 4,380,498 

 3,799,412 

 1, 100, 489 



20, 149, 282 



13,478,376 

 6,670,906 



16, 144, 665 



35,272,585 



138,078 



83,526 



27,365 



4,467,817 



1,449,356 



645, 762 



531, 648 



672, 486 



600, 419 



114,367 



463,780 



Pounds. 



62,652,792 

 44,961,244 



9,626,826 

 186,921,787 



112,443,021 



202, 404 



124, 245 



59, 210 



11,311,062 



4,283,165 



1,125,119 



1,538,252 



2, 188, 201 



1,092,975 



307, 788 



730,662 



12,868,672 



5,679,324 



4,212,351 



2,054,800 



922,097 



11,888,792 



9,166,931 

 35,725,257 



PACKING SEASONS.^ 

 Seasons for packing various products in the different States. 



State. 



Apples. 



Apricots. 



Asparagus. 



Baked beans. 





July 23 to Aug. 15 

 Sept. 17 to Nov. 26 

 Sept. 1 to Oct. 31 

 Sept. 30 to Oct. 30 

 Sept. 20 to Oct. 10 

 Aug. 1 to Sept. 1 

 Aug. 10 to Nov. 15 

 Oct. 1 to Nov. 16 

 Oct. 1 to Oct. 28 

 Oct. 1 to Nov. 1 









California 



June 1 to Aug. 10 



Mar. 25 to July 1 

 May 1 to June 30 



































May 20 to June 20 



Jan. to Dec. 







Jan. to Dec. 











Maryland 







Jan. to Dec. 









Jan. to Dec. 





Aug. 1 to Nov. 1 

 Aug. 15 



Sept. 18 to Oct. 17 

 Sept. 1 to Nov. 1 







Jan. to Dec. 









Jan. to Dec. 



Missouri . . . 









Nebraska 









New Jersey 





May 13 to July 1 



Jan. to Dec. 





Oct. 15 to Dec. 25 

 Sept. 15 to Dec. 31 

 Oct. 1 to Nov. 20 

 Aug. 25 to Dec. 1 

 July 1 to Dec. 1 

 Oct. to Nov. 

 July 25 to Dec. 1 

 Sept. 1 to Oct. 20 

 Aug. 15 to Dec. 10 



Aug. 1 to Aug. 15 

 July 20 to Aug. 20 







May 10 to July 16 



Jan. to Dec. 



Ohio 













Pennsylvania 











Apr. 15 to May 10 

 Apr. 26 to Jvme 10 





Utah 



July 24 to Oct. 1 









Washington 



July 1 to Aug. 1 











1 From Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, volume X, Manufactures. 



2 From reports of canners. 



