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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



Table 1.— IOWA— FISHERY PRODUCTS: 1908. 



1 Includes apparatus, with catch, as follows: Crowfoot dredges, 4,699,000 pounds, valued at $44,000; hooks, spears, etc., 55,000 pounds, valusi at $1,400; and minkand 

 muskrat traps, 1,500 pounds, valued at SI, 200. 



2 Less than $100. > 100 skins. * 4,300 skins. 



Table 2.— IOWA— FISHERY PRODUCTS OF MISSOURI RIVER DISTRICT: 1908. 



i Less than S100. 



KANSAS. 



The fishing industry is not important in Kansas, and 

 commercial fishing in 1908, which was entirely of the 

 shore and boat class, was confined to the Missouri 

 River and to the part of the Kansas River near its 

 mouth. The principal statistics of the fisheries of the 

 state are summarized in the following statement: 



Number of persons employed 97 



Capital: 



Boats $3, 200 



Apparatus of capture 3, 900 



Shore and accessory property and cash 2, 200 



Value of products 28, 000 



Comparison with previous canvasses. — A comparison 

 of the statistics for 1908 and those for former years, 



which were secured by the Bureau of Fisheries, is pre- 

 sented in the following tabular statement. There was 

 a decrease in the number of persons engaged in the 

 industry, but an increase of over 100 per cent in the 

 value of the equipment and in the value of the 

 product. 



Persons employed. — Of the 97 persons employed in 

 the fisheries of Kansas, 90 were proprietors and inde- 



