each year shows a progressive increase in value per pound. The great
increase of 1898 over 1892, 5.1 cents per pound, was caused by the
closing up of the canneries in 1895, and the consequent dropping out
of the cheap product they had been buying from the fishermen.



WEIGHT OF LOBSTERS.

The figures given below show the average weight of lobsters at certain
given lengths. These weights are made up from the results obtained by
investigators of the United States Fish Commission, particularly those
of Prof. Francis H. Herrick. Males in nearly every instance weigh
slightly more than females of the same length.


Weight
Length in pounds.
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9 inches 1.16
l0 inches 1.50
10-1/2 inches 1.75
11 inches 2
12 inches 2.50
13 inches 2.75
15 inches 4.25



CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF LOBSTERS.