History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States Volume 215, PT. 1, V. 2. Emory Richard Johnson
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Author: Emory Richard Johnson
Page Count: 198 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781236087775
File size: 49 Mb
Download Link: History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States Volume 215, PT. 1, V. 2
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Author: Emory Richard Johnson
Page Count: 198 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781236087775
File size: 49 Mb
Download Link: History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States Volume 215, PT. 1, V. 2
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...the river fisheries of that State in 1908 having a product valued at $1,378,000, or more than 40 per cent of the value of all the fishery products of the Mississippi River division.3 Michigan is the only State not lying along the coast which has more valuable fisheries than Illinois. In each of nine other States in 1908 the products of the fisheries of the Mississippi and its tributaries amounted to more than $100,000. Table 79 shows the States which in 1908 had fishery products of a value of more than $100,000 from the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Table 79.--Fishery products of Mississippi Valley States, 19o8.' The most valuable fishery products of the Mississippi River district in 1908 were, in order, carp, mussels, buff'alo-fish, catfish, fresh-water drum, and black bass. Of each of these varieties the product amounted in value to more than $100,000. Illinois led in the production of all except catfish, of which species Louisiana contributed the largest quantity. Carp were introduced into the United States with a view to propagation in 1877, and from 1879 to 1896 they were systematically distributed throughout the country.6 Originally they were placed only in private lakes and streams, but it was not long until public waters were stocked, either intentionally, as in certain streams of Illinois and Indiana, or accidentally, through the overflowing of some private carp pond or stream. Being a hardy fish of great fecundity, the carp multiplied with astonishing rapidity, and by 1895 they were being handled by many fish-dealers in the Central States. The carp product of the entire country increased steadily from 2,108,000 pounds in 1894 to 42,763,000 pounds in 1908.1 In the latter year it ranked tenth in value among the fishery products, the total v...
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