FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



287 



Table showing the extent of the wholesale trade in fishery products of Maryland in 1897 — 



Continued. 



Items. 



Fairmount and 

 vicinity. 



No. 



Value. 



Westover and 

 Edwin. 



No. 



Value. 



Coulbourn Creek. 



No. 



Value. 



Establishments . . 



Cash capital 



Persons engaged. 



7 

 '2i8' 



$11, 525 

 14, 700 



15 



$425 

 3,500 



4 

 "i56 



$11,345 

 6,500 



Products handled: 



Oysters opened gallons. . 



Oysters in shell bushels. . 



Crabs, hard number. . 



Crabs, soft do — 



Value of products 



74,400 



60,500 



25,000 

 150,528 



125 

 5,645 



10, 775 



66, 270 



5,681 



5,681 



57,500 



46,000 



9,500 

 195, 000 



62 

 5,600 



51,662 



Items. 



Tulls Corner 

 and East Creek. 



Crisfield. 



Lawsonia. 



Total. 





No. 

 5 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Establishments 



$6, 275 

 6,200 



31 



$52, 125 

 92,300 



9 



$5,763 

 7,550 



235 



$1,759,391 



Cash capital 



1, 615, 285 



Persons engaged 



138 



985 





162 



15,788 











Products handled: 

 Oysters- 

 Canned 1-lb. cans. . 















11, 399, 867 



6, 906, 370 



4,365,384 



127, 255 



3,385,005 



440, 250 

 3,716,000 



2, 955, 745 



9,522,613 



143, 472 



2,625 



16, 996 



6,744 



61,550 



38, 610 



18,808,417 

 6,382,540 



710, 695 

 829 995 



Canned 2-lb. cans.. 















Opened gallons. . 



In shell bushels. . 



53,843 



42, 752 



249, 519 



18, 480 



100, 000 



201, 961 



19, 790 



1,350 



53, 666 

 3, 500 



41.878 

 2,500 



3,552,561 



159,471 



17, 943 



17,079 

 8, 576 



Shells do 







Lime (made from shells) , 

 bushels 











Clams number. . 







2,100,000 



192, 200 



5,432,868 



12,900 



4,050 



1,297 



162.599 



1,598 



1, 200, 000 



3,194 



Crabs- 

 Hard do 







18,000 

 254 849 



Soft do 







540, 600 



11,360 



Crab meat pounds. . 







16, 107 

 328 



Shrimp do 











Terrapin — 

 Diamond - back, num- 

 ber 







12, 560 



24,455 







39, 234 

 1,400 



Western number.. 











Sliders do 















1 210 



Snapping turtles . .do 















1,610 



Fish- 

 Fresh pounds. . 







282, 246 



• 10, 185 







742,557 

 292, 682 



Salted do 

























Value of products 





42, 752 





427, 285 





58, 932 





6,664,297 













