PRESERVATION OF FISHERY PRODUCTS FOE FOOD. 513 
The following .suminaiy shows the number of cases of each species canned on tlic 
Pacific coast during tlie four years ending in 1895: 
1802— Washington . 
Oregon 
Calitbruia 
1893— Washington 
Oregon 
California. . . 
Total . . 
1894— Wa.shington . 
Oregon 
California 
Total . . 
1895— Washington . . 
Oregon 
California 
Cliiiiook. 
Blue- 1 
back. 1 
Silver. 
Steel 
lie.ad. 
Dog. 
Huiiii)- 
. back, j 
Total, j 
134, 253 
237, 684 
14, 334 
10,441 ' 
51,106 
28, 708 
CO, 293 
1, 550 
26, 945 
45, 403 
29,411 
394) 486 
15, 884 
386, 271 
70, .547 
90, 551 
72, 348 
29,411 
649, 128 
129, 078 
176, 024 
26, 436 
55,237 
23, 074 
31, 707 
' 62, 913 
500 
25, 663 
39,503 
23, 480 
9, 230 
17, 530 
282, 695 
310, 804 
26, 936 
331, 538 
78, 311 
95, 120 
65, 226 
32,710 
17,530 
I 620,435 
156,549 
216, 507 
81,663 
1 53,717 
25, 523 
32, 118 
100, 087 
1 500 
23, 209 
38, 829 
33, 9.52 
3, 102 
9, 049 
308, 594 
38T108 
404, 719 
79, 240 
132, 705 
; 62, 038 
37,114 
; 9, 049 
724,865 1 
157, 187 
316, 284 
28, 635 
502, 106 
70, 304 
12, 8.54 
i", 957 
138, 981 
400 
1 221,338 
18, 985 
48,680^ 
27, 027 
23, 033 
400,7.52 i 
525, 839 
29, 035 
955,626 
83, 158 
I 49, 678 
75,713 
1 23, 633 
Note.- 408.970 oases of salmon -were packed in Alaska in 1893 and 619,379 cases in 1895, making the total 
pack for the ITnited States in 1892 1,118,098 cases, and in 1895 1,575,005 cases. 
The extent of the salinon-cauuiug industry of the Pacific States in 1895 is shown 
in tlie following table: 
Persons 
Xo. of 
Cash ■; 
Tot.al in- 
Salmon 
utilized. 
Salmon canned. 
CIU- 
liloyed. 
can- 
neries. 
capital. 
vestment. 
Value. 
Case.s. 
Value. 

198 
4 
$62, 000 
719, 225 
$04,000 ; 
942,500 ’ 
$126, 000 
1.661.725 
1, 906, 525 
$52, 591 
29, 035 
$128, 632 1 
2. 456, 698 
1,638, 938 
OrgcfoB 
1,960 
26 
1, 184, 529 
525, 839 
400, 752 
WasUingtoii 
1, 146 
17 
374, 650 
601, 000 
975, 650 
. 27,’ 4il( 724 
731, 522 
Total 
3, 304 
47 
1 , 15.5, 875 
1,607,500 1 
2,703, 375 
64,647,490 
1, 968, 642 
955, 626 
4,224,268 
In Japan about 209,900 cans of salmon {Oncorhyitvhuf! and 0. li.aheri), 
amounting in value to 24,000 yen ($12,000), are prepared amiually, principally at Hok- 
kaido and by the Snmitara and Fujino Company. 
The following descrii>tion of the methods of salmon canning is from Mr. W. A. 
Wilcox’s “Notes on the Fisheries of the Pacific coast,” (U. S. Fish Commission 
Eeport for 1890, pp. 583-587) : 
As at conducted there is Init slight dili'ereiice in the mauuer of inepariug canned salmon 
in .any of the caunerie.s. As a rule the factories are located adjaceut to or very near the lishing- 
groiiuds, so that at the most hut a few lionrs elapse from tlie time the lish are freely swimming until 
they are caught, delivered at the cannery, dressed, canned, cooked, and packed, thus insuring a 
perfectly fresh product, old or stale h.sh never being met with at ;i salmon cannery. The neatness 
and cleanliness of the canneries is one of the first things noticed hy visitors during the packing season, 
The notes here presented on the methods of salmon canning were taken in 1896 at a cannery on 
the Columbia River, and with few exceptions represent the canneries of the entire west coast. 
The buildings connected with a salmon cannery are always built at the wateFs edge or partly 
over the water, so that vessels or boats may come alongside and deliver their fish and supplies or 
receive the packed products. As a rule they are large, roomy, one-story frame structures, the busi- 
ness of receiving, cooking, and packing of salmon all being in the one large, high, and well-lighted 
room. The lofts are used for the storage of empty packing-cases, empty cans, nets, etc., and in some 
instances large rooms are there used for the manufacture of cans. Adjaceut to the cannery are the rude 
quarters in which the Chinese employees live and near hy is usually the home of the sui)erintendent. 
F. C. B., 1898-33 
