48 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. 1917. 



STATMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE OF THE LAW. 

 A. M. G. SouLE, Chief Bureau of Inspections. 



A special endeavor was made during the season of 1916 to 

 make a more complete inspection of food factories and collection 

 of products than ever before, with particular reference to the 

 three principal canning industries of the State of Maine : Corn 

 factories, blueberry factories and sardine factories. 



The following tabulations will show the unique importance 

 of the sardine industry in Maine as compared with the rest of 

 the United States ; they also compare the blueberry pack in 

 Maine with that of the rest of the country and define the position 

 the state occupies in the clam and corn canning industries : 



Total number of cases of sardines packed in the 



United States in 1914 5,012,199 



Total number of cases of sardines packed in the 



State of Maine in 1914.. 4,634,424 



Total number of cases of blueberries packed in 



the United States in 1914 _ 151,636 



Total number of cases of blueberries packed in 



the State of Maine in 1914 _._ 116,001 



Total number of cases of clams packed in the Uni- 

 ted States in 1914 _ 185,186 



Total number of cases of clams packed in the State 



of Maine in 1914 _.. 94,813 



Total number of cases of clam chowder packed in 



the United States in 1914 _ _. 102,838 



Total number of cases of clam chowder packed in 



the State of Maine in 1914 86,771 



While not leading in the production and packing of corn, 

 it is unnecessary to state that the quality of the Maine product 

 makes up for the inability to show championship figures for 

 production ; we are, however, nearly at the top of the list, with 

 a pack of 1,101,333 cases. 



