SECTION r>. 



METHODS OF PREPARATION. 



I. PREPARATION AND PRESERVATION OF FOOD. 



1. Preservation during life. 



FISH-OAES AND OTHER FLOATING CAGES FOR AQUATIC 

 ANIMALS. 



29539. Model of ti.sli-mai'ketmau'.s car. For prescrvatiou of liviug fish. J. 

 iSI. K. Sonthwick, Newport, R. I, 



2C221. Model of Providence Elver tisli-cai. These are towed by the smack, 

 and as fast as fish are caught they are put lu, and so kept for Provi- 

 dence market. D. D, Alniy. 



29397. Model of Noauk lobster-car. Capt. H. C. Chester. 



29538. Model of fisherman's car for transporting living fish to market. J. 

 M. K. Sonthwick, Newport, E. I. 



2. Preservation of freshmeats. 



EEFEIGERATORS. 



Ice-boxes and refrigerators. 



39432. Bauta refrigerator. Process patented July 1, 1867. Manufactured 



by G. A. Banta, New York City. Smithsonian Institution. 



(Accessory.) The ice-trade : 



Ice cutting and handling apparatus. 



32799. Low's patent ice crusher. Exhibited by D. W. Low, Gloucester, 



Mass. 



32800. Low's improved ice-pick. Exhibited by D. W. Low, Gloucester, 



Mass. 



3. Preservation by drying. 



SUN- DRYING APPARATUS. 

 Flake-drying : 



39433. Codfish-flake. Old style. Model. Capt. "^ E. Atwood, Provinoo- 



town, Mass. 



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