Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . able our fishermen to feed the hun-gry of many nations. The tourist, the manfrom mid-country, and the newcomer who first witnesses the drawing of the nets isfilled with wonder and astonishment at thevast quantities of great fish which, figura-tively, are heaped into the laps of the fish-ermen by The Bountiful Giver. So abundantare the catches that they seem like specialacts of Providence. Salmon fisning is, how-ever, in reality a scientific pursuit requiringcareful study, long experience, and when ex-tensively followed large capital.
Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . able our fishermen to feed the hun-gry of many nations. The tourist, the manfrom mid-country, and the newcomer who first witnesses the drawing of the nets isfilled with wonder and astonishment at thevast quantities of great fish which, figura-tively, are heaped into the laps of the fish-ermen by The Bountiful Giver. So abundantare the catches that they seem like specialacts of Providence. Salmon fisning is, how-ever, in reality a scientific pursuit requiringcareful study, long experience, and when ex-tensively followed large capital. There are 24 salmon canneries, 12 coldstorage plants, 4 fertilizer factories, 5 cod-fish curing works, 2 clam canneries and 2sardine and herring canneries in WesternWashington. A fleet of 28 steamers, 32launches, 255 scows and 605 fishing boatsand dories, with 18 pile drivers, is utilized,while the apparatus employed includes 298pound nets, 374 seines, with 666 set nets and403 gill nets, the total capital employed be- Puget Sound and Western Washington 21. 1* _ u ^ r: c if C3 O 5 !- Q ? X. /i - *j J - ^ O crt ^ !^ H f. ^ UJ a £ 5 Q. c ;i en n < _i c/l . r. z a ^ < - — D ?—» 7 C 0 < c/l ^5 UJ L .-; X ZL 5 H :^ ~ C7 : t: ~ o ^ u ^ ?c--^ < u ^ ^ : s I h tr S c - 5 ^ . o — re - u _ t^ £ o 22 Paget Sound and Western Washington
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