FISH-SCRAP FERTILIZER INDUSTRY OF ATLANTIC COAST. 7 
In Table III are given the statistics of the fish-scrap industry 
for the years 1873-1898, inclusive, taken from Stevenson's report. 1 
Since the dissolution of the United States Menhaden Oil and Guano 
Association the statistics of the industry have not been made 
available. 
Table III. — Statement of the extent of the menhaden industry of the United 
States in each year from 1873 to 1898, inclusive, according to the returns of 
the United States Menhaden Oil and Guano Association. 
Facto- 
ries. 
Men 
em- 
ployed. 
Vessels em- 
ployed. 
Capital 
invested. 
Fish received. 
Oil made. 
Scrap made. 
Year. 
Steam. 
Sail. 
Dried. 
Crude or 
acidu- 
lated. 
1873 
62 
64 
2, 306 
2. 438 
20 
25 
39 
46 
63 
64 
81 
82 
73 
83 
69 
59 
78 
45 
46 
45 
46 
52 
54 
55 
57 
56 
48 
53 
60 
51 
300 
283 
304 
320 
270 
• 279 
204 
366 
286 
212 
136 
157 
84 
74 
38 
42 
84 
27 
13 
10 
27 
28 
35 
38 
45 
20 
Dollars. 
2, 388, 000 
2,500,000 
2, 650, 000 
2,750,000 
2,047,612 
2, 350, 000 
2, 502, 500 
2,550,000 
2, 460, 000 
2, 338, 500 
2,651,000 
1, 534, 756 
1, 314, 500 
1, 234, 000 
1, 000, 000 
3, 000, 000 
2, 500, 000 
2, 500, 000 
1, 775, 000 
1,756 000 
1,721,000 
2, 000, 000 
1, 600, 000 
1, 376, 500 
1,871,000 
2, 500, 000 
397, 700, 000 
492, 878, 000 
563, 327, 000 
512,450,000 
587, 642, 125 
767,779,250 
637,063,750 
776, 875, 000 
454, 192, 000 
346,638,555 
613, 461, 776 
858, 592, 691 
479, 214, 415 
283,106,000 
333, 564, 800 
439,388,950 
555,319,800 
533, 686, 156 
355,138,873 
223, 623, 750 
366, 406, 625 
533,361,900 
461,747,000 
401, 425, 800 
584, 302, 930 
542, 500, 000 
Gallons. 
2,214,800 
3, 372, 847 
2, 681, 482 
2, 992, 000 
2, 426, 589 
3, 809, 233 
2, 258, 901 
2, 034, 940 
1, 26^ , 549 
2,021,316 
2, 166, 320 
3, 722, 927 
2, 346, 319 
1, 80b, 544 
2, 273, 566 
2, 051, 128 
3,327,030 
2,939,217 
1,946,642 
1, 329, 644 
1, 269, 002 
1, 999, 506 
1,767,754 
1, 741, 530 
2, 147, 113 
2, 450, 000 
Tons. 
Tom. 
36,299 
50, 976 
1874 
1875 
60 2, C33 
Q4 2. 758 
53, 625 
1870 
51, 245 
1877 
1878 
1879 
1880 
1881 
1882 
1883 
1884 
1885 
1886 
1887 
1888 
1889 
1890 
1891 
1892 
1893 
1894 
1895 
1896 
1897 
1898 
56 
56 
60 
79 
97 
97 
78 
52 
50 
26 
28 
24 
29 
28 
27 
29 
33 
44 
42 
35 
41 
40 
2,631 
3,337 
2,296 
3,261 
2,805 
2,313 
2,427 
2, 114 
2,064 
1,154 
2,499 
3,568 
4,400 
4,368 
2,985 
2, 002 ' 
2,235 
2,356 
2,276 
2,115 
2,750 
2,470 
5,700 
19,377 
29, 563 
25, 800 
25,027 
17, 552 
34,216 
58, 433 
33,910 
14, 597 
17, 262 
15, 638 
24,359 
20, 339 
12, 608 
8,400 
13, 150 
20,057 
18, 682 
14, 280 
18, 430 
17,360 
49,744 
64,342 
37, 496 
19, 020 
7,592 
10,029 
10, 920 
10, 430 
7,225 
4,298 
5,368 
12,406 
25, 859 
21, 173 
15,069 
10, 815 
15, 465 
27, 582 
21,965 
21,484 
34, 372 
34, 120 
THE MENHADEN. 
NAMES. 
The menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannm, is commonly known on the 
various sections of the Atlantic coast by various popular names. In 
Maine it is called the "pogy," though sometimes the "menhaden"; 
likewise in Massachusetts it is spoken of as the " pogy " and the 
" menhaden," and occasionally as the " hardhead." In Ehode Island 
it is known as the " menhaden," while in Connecticut the names " bony 
fish " and " white fish " have been applied to it. In New York and 
New Jersey it is designated as the " mossbunker " ; and as one passes 
southward the names " alewife," or " old wife," and " bug fish " (on 
account of a parasitic crustacean found in its mouth in certain re- 
gions) are encountered, until North Carolina is reached, when the 
names " f atback " and " shad " prevail. The name menhaden sup- 
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