64 



NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



highest market price. Under common salt are listed the other 

 grades of fine artificially evaporated salt that are not so prepared. 

 Common coarse represents the coarser product from artificial 

 evaporation. Coarse solar salt is made by evaporation of brine in 

 shallow pans exposed to the sun's heat. This process can not be 

 closely regulated and results in a very coarsely crystallized salt that 

 serves many of the purposes of rock salt. Packers salt includes the 

 product sold to meat packers and fish salters. 



Production of salt by grades in 1912 



GRADE 



BARRELS 



VALUE 



VALUE A 

 BARREL 



Common fine ^ 



I 408 543 

 204 136 



I 353 643 



296 814 



72 771 



7 166 307 



$519 844 



82 880 



819 103 



103 886 



30 564 



I 040 983 



$0.37 

 .41 

 .61 



Common coarse 



Table and dairy 



Coarse solar 



•35 

 .42 



.15 



Packers 



Other grades ^ 



Total.. 



ID 502 214 



$2 597 260 



■ $.247 





1 Common fine includes a small quantity of common coarse. 



2 Include rock salt, salt in brine used for soda manufacture, and small amounts of brine salt 

 for which the uses were not specified in the returns. 



Production of salt by grades in 1913 



GRADE 



BARRELS 



VALUE 



VALUE A 

 BARREL 



Common fine ^ 



I 490 957 



III 057 



I 266 864 



436 800 



107 293 



7 406 550 



$583 757 



45 942 



789 857 



131 040 



51 895 



I 254 173 



$0.39 



•45 

 62 



Common coarse 



Table and dairy 



Coarse solar 



•30 



.48 



Packers 



Other grades ^ 







Total 



10 819 521 



$2 856 664 



$.264 





' Common fine includes a small quantity of common coarse. 



2 Include rock salt, salt in brine used for alkali manufacture, and small amounts of brine salt 

 for which the uses were not specified in the returns. 



The output in 1913 of 10,819,521 barrels of 280 pounds, or 1,514,- 

 733 short tons, was the largest on record and represents an increase 

 of 317,307 barrels (44,423 tons) over the total reported for the pre- 

 ceding year, which also was a record output. The production was 



