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  strings 
  of 
  ten 
  or 
  a 
  dozen, 
  to 
  fifty 
  or 
  sixty, 
  at 
  distances 
  apart 
  

   of 
  fifteen 
  to 
  twenty 
  fathoms, 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  long 
  buoy 
  line 
  at 
  

   each 
  end. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  principal 
  Lobster 
  markets 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  are 
  Port- 
  

   land, 
  Boston, 
  and 
  New 
  York. 
  Lobsters 
  are 
  in 
  season 
  

   during 
  the 
  entire 
  year; 
  but 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  abundant 
  in 
  

   the 
  markets, 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  highly 
  prized 
  as 
  food 
  during 
  

   the 
  late 
  spring, 
  summer, 
  and 
  early 
  fall. 
  

  

  "The 
  canning 
  of 
  Lobsters 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  is 
  entirely 
  

   confined 
  to 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine 
  ; 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  provincial 
  

   canneries 
  are 
  controlled 
  by 
  American 
  capital. 
  Without 
  its 
  

   canning 
  interests, 
  the 
  Maine 
  Lobster 
  fishery 
  would 
  lose 
  

   much 
  of 
  its 
  prestige, 
  as 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  Lobsters 
  canned 
  

   are 
  below 
  the 
  regulation 
  size 
  established 
  by 
  custom 
  for 
  the 
  

   fresh 
  markets. 
  The 
  market-smacks 
  will 
  seldom 
  buy 
  

   Lobsters 
  measuring 
  less 
  than 
  ten 
  or 
  ten 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  inches 
  in 
  

   length, 
  and 
  those 
  under 
  this 
  size 
  are 
  sold 
  to 
  the 
  canneries. 
  

   The 
  canning 
  industry 
  was 
  first 
  started 
  about 
  1840, 
  at 
  East- 
  

   port, 
  Maine 
  ; 
  but 
  several 
  years 
  elapsed 
  before 
  it 
  was 
  

   successfully 
  introduced. 
  In 
  1880, 
  there 
  were 
  twenty-three 
  

   canneries 
  in 
  Maine, 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  capital 
  of 
  $289,000, 
  re- 
  

   maining 
  open 
  from 
  about 
  April 
  1 
  to 
  August 
  1, 
  and 
  giving 
  

   employment 
  to 
  about 
  650 
  factory 
  hands 
  and 
  2,000 
  fisher- 
  

   men. 
  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  fresh 
  Lobsters 
  used, 
  amounted 
  to 
  about 
  

   9,500,000 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $95,000 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen. 
  The 
  

   value 
  of 
  the 
  canned 
  products 
  was 
  $238,000, 
  an 
  enhance- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  value 
  by 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  canning 
  of 
  $143,000. 
  

   Seventeen 
  provincial 
  canneries 
  are 
  owned 
  by 
  Americans, 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  one 
  each 
  in 
  Newfoundland, 
  the 
  Magdalen 
  

   Islands, 
  and 
  Prince 
  Edward 
  Island, 
  three 
  in 
  New 
  Bruns- 
  

   wick, 
  and 
  eleven 
  in 
  Nova 
  Scotia. 
  The 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  

   capital 
  invested 
  in 
  1880, 
  was 
  $213,000; 
  10,000,000 
  pounds 
  

   of 
  fresh 
  Lobsters 
  were 
  consumed 
  that 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  

  

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