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Oysters. — The following table gives 

 oyster product, by states, for 1908: 



the canned- 



DIVISION AND STATE. 



United States 



Atlantic coast division . 



Maryland 



South Carolina 



Georgia 



Virginia 



North Carolina 



Florida 



Gulf of Mexico division. 



Louisiana 



Mississippi 



Florida 



Pacific coast division . . 



Washington 



Oregon 



OYSTERS CANNED: 

 1908. 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



., 593, 000 



$3,428,000 



25,924,000 



7,651,000 

 9,426,000 

 4,853,000 

 1,856,000 

 1,055,000 

 1, 083, 000 



20, 226, 000 



9,969,000 

 7, 835, 000 

 2,422,000 



444,000 



413,000 

 30,000 



Value. 



1,794,000 



599, 000 

 525,000 

 374,000 

 163, 000 

 70,000 

 62,000 



770,000 

 625, 000 

 134, 000 



106,000 



100,000 

 6,100 



Louisiana held first place in the value of oysters 

 canned, followed by Mississippi, Maryland, and South 

 Carolina, in the order named. In 1905 Mississippi 

 ranked first, Maryland second, South Carolina third, 

 and Louisiana fourth. In 1900 Maryland was first 

 and Mississippi second. The next tabular statement 

 shows the quantity and value of the canned oyster 

 product for 1900, 1905, and 1908, by states ranked 

 according to the value reported in 1908. 



The value of the canned oyster product was $371,000 

 less in 1908 than in 1905, but it was greater than in 

 1900 by $1,893,000, or 123 per cent. The decrease 

 from 1905 to 1908 occurred principally in Mississippi 

 and North Carolina. 



Shrimp and prawn. — In 1908, as in earlier years, 

 practically all these crustaceans were packed in Lou- 

 isiana and Mississippi, the former reporting 54 per 

 cent and the latter 44 per cent of the total value of 

 product. 



i Included in the total for "All other states. ' 



8 None reported. 



The tabular statement following gives the quan- 

 tity and value of the preserved shrimp and prawn 



product in 1908, distributed by method of treatment 

 and by states. 



