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this is possible, if a proper method of transporting them conld be fonntl. 

 It is maintained, bnt whether jnstly or not we do not know, that out of 

 the water the crab cannot be kept alive as long as the lobster. If this 

 should be the case, it is probable that some other method of transjiort- 

 ing crabs could be found ; if not raw, they could possibly be transported 

 cooked. 



Our hope in seeing our crabs made an article of commerce is based on 

 the fact that crabs bring a high price in England. In London large 

 quantities of crabs are offered for sale, and they may be seen in many 

 stalls on the Strand, Fleet street, &c., where lobster salad and crab 

 salad are favorite dishes. In the London markets last summer [IS85] 

 the price of crabs varied from 8 cents to 90 cents apiece, while the 

 average price was about 40 cents. Such hgures ought to furnitsh a satis- 

 factory answer to the question, whether our crabs are too good an arti- 

 cle to be left lying on the sea-shore, all the more as our fishermen inci- 

 dentally catch ten times more crabs than lobsters, which represent a 

 considerable income in our fisheries. 



There is therefore every reason to urge our fish-dealers to take up 

 this matter. Attempts should be made to export crabs. Even if they 

 were to bring a much lower j)rice than is i)aid for them in the London 

 fish-market, these fisheries would yield some i^rofit; and we are con- 

 vinced that our fishermen would be well satisfied, if they could sell crabs 

 at a low price. But our fish-dealers should also endeavor to introduce 

 crabs in our domestic fish-markets. The Danish public might possibly 

 be induced to entertain a better idea of crabs, if it learns what prices 

 are paid for them in London. 



s.s.-CARP €Iti,ti;re iiv s\vki>h:iv.* 



By FILIP TRVKOM. 



Carp culture has of late years made considerable progress in Sweden, 

 after the old carp ponds had been allowed to lie idle for along time, as 

 is nnfortunately still the case in many parts of Denmark. Carp culture 

 was again taken u]) in 1879, when C. \Vendt, a landed proprietor, who 

 was familiar with it from his German honu», commenced carp culture on 

 a large scale and according to n rational method, on his i)roperty Gus- 

 tafsberg, near Perstorp. His land comprises several small lakes, which 

 are very well adapted to carp culture, as they can be laid entirely dry 

 and again be filled with water. The gentle valleys on his projierty 

 have mostly an otherwise worthless i)eat and swamp soil, where, by means 

 of dikes, i)onds can easily be formed. These ponds are ami)ly su])i)lied 

 with water from marshes lyijig on higher ground, at least under the 

 usual conditions of rain. 



* " Om Karpearll Srcrifir." From (Lo Danisli F/s/.Tn^V7fnf7f, Copenhagon, Septem- 

 ber 29, 1«8."). Translated (Voiii the Uaiiisli ))y IIkhman Ja(X>ijson. 



