A History of the Menhaden

George Brown Goode

Orange Judd Company, 1880 - Menhaden fisheries - 529 pages

Contents

• Section AINTRODUCTION: 1
• APPENDIx N Statements of correspondentsContinued 23 Statement of David F Loring Highland lightstation North Truro Mass March: 2
• Local names and usages: 15
• Page: 18
• TIA witH ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL NOTESContinued: 19
• The MANUFACTURE OF on AND GUANOContinued 43: 20
• Origin of the popular names of the menhaden: 21
• SECTION N MENHADEN AND OTHER FISH AND THEIR PRODUCTs As RELATED to AGRICULTURE: 23
• SECTION H Trie ENEMIES AND FATALITIES OF THE MENHADENContinued: 25
• Bug fish: 27
• Color and other minor characteristics 47 Color of northern fish 48 Color of Southern fish: 33
• Internal organs 51 The strainer in the mon 52 The accessory branchial organ 53 The alimentary canal: 34
• The swim bladder: 35
• Limits of range of Brevoortia tyrannus in 1877: 36
• Stay on the coast of Virginia and Chesapeake Bay 69 Stay in Delaware Bay: 39
• Stay at the eastern end of Long Island 72 Stay in Long Island Sound: 43
• Stay in Narragansett Bny: 44
• Stay in Marthas Vineyard Sound 77 Table showing dates of appearance of menhaden at Waquoit Weir 185972: 46
• Stay of the schools on the south shore of Cape Cod 80 Stay in Cape Cod Bay: 47
• Stay about Cape Ann: 48
• Migrations See also Appendix F 84 Migrations of fishes in general and the causes: 50
• The influence of ocean temperatures upon the movements of the menhaden: 52
• General considerations as to the winter retreat of summer fishes: 56
• The theory of extended migrations discussed with special reference to the mackerel: 62
• The arguments against extended migrations of the menhaden: 65
• The hypothesis of the oceanic sojourn of the menhaden: 66
• A criticism of Rimbauds classification with a new classification by habits of east: 68
• The movements of the schools of menhaden: 70
• Habits of the schooling fish 70 92 Habits of the schooling fish 93 Movements of the schools to and from the surface: 71
• George W Miles: 87
• Abundance on the coast of Maryland and Virginia: 93
• THE MENIIADEN Fisheries: 113
• SUPFRSECTION ECONOMICAL VALUE AND APPLICATIONS OF THE MENHADEN: 135
• SECTION K THE MENHADEN As A source of FoodContinued 36 Foodpreparations derived from the menhaden: 137
• The qualities of American sardines: 138
• Mr Goodales Extract of FishMethods of preparation and uses: 139
• Possible yield of Extract of Fish: 140
• SECTION LTHE MENHADEN As A BAITFISH: 141
• Comparative value of menhaden and other bait: 142
• Menhaden as a bait for mackerel: 143
• APPENDIX F Tables of ocean temperatures for certain points on the east coast of the United: 145
• The testimony of Canadian officers as to the value of menhaden bait: 146
• Testimony before the Halifax Commission regarding the greater value of menhaden bait: 147
• The use of menhaden bait in coast fisheries: 148
• Estimate of the annual consumption of menhaden bait: 149
• Use of menhaden bait by the Georges Bank fleet: 150
• Use of menhaden bait by the Connecticut smacks: 151
• The Connecticut method of icing bait: 152
• Conflicts between baitfishermen and manufacturers of oil: 155
• Present aspects of the conflict in Maine 15: 156
• The export of menhaden bait to Canada and Newfoundland as discussed before the Halifax Commission: 157
• Reply of the agent of the United States: 158
• Reply in behalf of Her Britannic Majestys government: 159
• Other references to the menhaden in the testimony and affidavits: 160
• The argument of Mr Dana: 161
• The claims of Connecticut and New York: 162
• The inception of the oil business in Maine: 164
• The location of the oil factories See also Appendix II: 165
• Factories in Rhode Island: 166
• Factories in New York: 167
• Factories in New Jersey: 168
• Factories on the Southern coast: 169
• A description of processes employed in manufacture: 170
• The factory of George W Miles Co: 171
• The factory of Joseph Church Co 243 The factory of Kenniston Cobb Co: 172
• The factory at Napeague N Y: 173
• The model of the factory of Joseph Church Co 246 The cost of an oilfactory: 174
• Organization of the fishing gangs 248 The advantages claimed for floating factories: 176
• Mr Goodales improved method for extracting the oil 250 Proposed chemical method 251 Proposed mechanical methods: 178
• Value of fish to manufacturers 252 Prices paid for fresh menhaden in different seasons 253 Prices proportionate to amount of oil to be obtained fro...: 180
• Oilyield of southern fish: 183
• Comparative oilyield in different localities Statistics of the manufacture of oil and guano 257 Returns for the State of Maine: 184
• Returns for the United States: 187
• Comparative yield of oil from the menhaden and whale fisheries: 259
• Comparative yield of nitrogen from the menhadenfactories and from the imports of birdguano: 260
• The associations of oil and guano manufacturers See also Appendices L and: 262
• The markets for menhaden oil: 263
• The grades of oil: 264
• The prices of oil See also Appendix: 266
• Introductory note: 267
• Menhaden in a fresh state used as a fertilizer 268 Use among Indians and early colonists: 268
• Use at beginning of present century and later: 269
• Use at present day: 270
• Fish scrap as manure 271 The inception of its use Experience in Maine: 271
• Experience in Connecticut Mr Clift: 272
• Experience of Mr Hall and Mr Loveland: 273
• Statements of Professor Cook of New Jersey: 274
• Further experience in Maine Messrs Hinckley Kenniston Smith and Captain Collins: 275
• Other testimony: 276
• The manufacture of fish manures 277 Early attempts at manufacture in Connecticut: 277
• The De Molon process in Europe and in America: 278
• Early manufacture in Rhode Island: 279
• Manufacture in Canada: 280
• Manufacture of cancerine in New Jersey: 281
• Early manufacture in Maine: 282
• Early manufacture in France: 283
• Early manufacture in England: 284
• Other European manufactures of fish manures: 285
• The Norwegian fishguano: 286
• Manufacture of glue and removal of oil in preparation of fish guanos: 287
• Success of fishguano as a fertilizer in Europe: 288
• The manufacture of fish fertilizers in the United States: 289
• Kinds of fertilizers made from fish refuse: 290
• lishguano methods of manufacture and needs of improvement statements of Professor Goessmann: 291
• APPENDIx G Table showing comparative amounts of menhaden mackerel shad and alewives: 295
• Proceedings of the United States Menhaden Oil and Guano Association: 358
• Annual reports of menhaden oil and guano manufacturers in the State of Maine: 368
• February 23 1874 and January 9 1875: 390
• Statement of William Atwood lighthouse keeper Plymouth Mass February: 404
• Statement of David F Loring Cape Cod lightstation North Truro Mass February 23 1875: 409
• Statement of Josiah Hardy 2d Chatham Mass February 17 1874 and January: 410
• Statement of Alonzo Y Lothrop Hyannis Mass February 18 1874 and January: 412
• Statement of William S Allen Nantucket Mass January 1875: 413
• Statement of R C Kenney Nantucket Mass January 21 1874: 414
• Statement of C B Marchant collector of customs Edgartown Mass January: 416
• Statement of Jason Luce Co N: 417
• Statement of Luce Brothers East Lyme December 4 1877: 418
• Statement of E T De Blois Portsmouth R I November 26 1877: 425
• Statement of William H Potter Mystic River Conn January 27 1874: 428
• 30: 430
• Statement of Leander Wilcox Mystic Bridge Conn January 15 1875: 431
• Statement of Samuel C Beebe Cornfield Point lightvessel No 12 Saybrook Conn January 6 1875: 432
• Statement of R E Ingham Saybrook lighthouse Saybrook Conn March 17 1874: 433
• Statement of J L Stokes Westbrook Conn February 25 1875: 435
• 37: 437
• Statement of W S Havens Sag Harbor N Y January 1 1875: 441
• Statement of Hawkins Brothers Jamesport N Y February 25 1875: 443
• Statement of Benjamin H Sisson Greenport R I January 29 1874: 445
• Statement of David G Wail River Head Long Island March 20 1875: 447
• Statement of Joseph Whaley Point Judith light Point Judith R I December: 449
• Statement of A G Wolf Absecon light Atlantic City N J March 6 1874: 450
• Statement of Albert Morris Somers Point N J January 12 1875: 451
• Statement of D E Foster Cape May lighthouse N J February 15 1875: 453
• Statement of James H Bell Mispillion River Delaware Bay January 23 1875: 454
• Statement of Benjamin Tice Maurice River light January 11 1875: 457
• Statement of Hance Lawson Crisfield Md January 22 1874: 458
• Statement of Isaac D Robbins Hog Island February 21 1874: 460
• Statement of G Henry Seldon Kinsale Westmoreland County Va August 1874: 461
• Statement of Henry Richardson Cape Henry February 9 1874: 464
• Statement of C G Manning Edenton N C January 6 1875: 465
• Statement of A W Simpson jr Cape Hatteras N C January 20 1875: 470
• Statement of A W Simpson jr Cape Hatteras N C January 25 1875: 471
• Statement of Wallace R Jennett Cape Hatteras N C February 26 1874: 474
• Statement of A C Davis Beaufort N C February 14 1874 and January 27 1875: 475
• Statement of W T Hatsel Bodys Island N C March 4 1874 and February 23 1875: 477
• Statement of W A Harn Morris Island S C January 21 1875: 478
• Statement of George Gage Beaufort S C January 20 1874: 479
• Statement of J F Hall Brunswick Ga April 11 1876: 481
• Statement of Charles Koch Jacksonville Fla January 15 1874: 482
• Statement of D P Kane Matagorda Texas March 1 1874: 483
• Letter from C A Goessman on the agricultural value of menhaden fertilizers: 485
• A description of the factory of the Pacific Guano Company at Woods Holl Mass: 487
• The Cumberland Bone Companys works: 491
• The Quinnipiac Fertilizer Companys works: 492
• The Crowell Manufacturing Company: 493
• Method of calculating costs of valuable ingredients of fertilizers By W O Atwater: 495
• 101: 499
• 172: 501
• Improved methods of drying fishscrap: 502
• APPENDlx P Exports of menhaden oil from the port of New York from January 1875 to July 1878: 506
• The spawning grounds of the menhaden: 507
• Menhaden fishing on a Long Island steamer By Ernest Ingersoll: 508
• The manufacture of sardines from menhaden: 512
• Small oiltrying in Maine 1860: 513
• The use of fish for manure by the early colonists of Massachusetts: 514
• Explanation of plates: 515
• 173: 517
• Alphabetical index: 519
• 200: 520
• 209: 521
• 210: 522
• 212: 523
• 213: 526
• 217: 527
• 219: 528

Bibliographic information

• Title: A History of the Menhaden; American fisheries
• Author: George Brown Goode
• Publisher: Orange Judd Company, 1880
• Original from: Cornell University
• Digitized: May 15, 2009
• Length: 529 pages