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toa pound. The whiting “sticks”? are cooked in hot fat and then 
placed on a steam table, where they are kept hot until sold. A suffi- 
cient number are cooked to supply the trade expected at a given 
time. Portions are served as a whiting sandwich, consisting of a 
whiting and two slices of bread, which sells for 15 cents. During the 
course of a year this establishment sold 72,000 pounds of this fish 
and as high as 2,200 pounds in one week. ‘The trade is best during 
the summer, particularly on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Ice 
chests capable of holding a reserve supply of 3,600 pounds of fish were 
installed in a building adjoining the shop. 
PRODUCTS OF MODERATE IMPORTANCE 
In this class of fishery products are some that have been important 
in this market and are now of secondary importance because the 
supply is limited or too seasonal. There are others, also, which 
ranked in the third class in years past but now are becoming more 
important. It is believed that in future years some of these species 
will rank among those commercially important. The 15 species of 
this group amount to 2,626,000 pounds and constitute 20 per cent 
of the trade. 
TABLE 6.—Fishery products upon which 20 per cent of the trade is based ! 





Rank | Product Rank Product. 
Ae mPa 
(j2atee NEY Pee Se | Lake herring. DY sjee Eee tees. see ee Sablefish. 
Set eee oe | Spanish mackerel. 1622 Red snapper (Gulf). 
Ores 2 ae ICR | Carp oa U7 fe ene Salmon. 
WOS.E6. Sone soos | Frogs Tee ts tere | Whitefish. 
1 a ERE | Shrimp 1k? See eo Spoonbill cat. 
i Ee nS Fe ee | Tilefish 20. sake SIR Crappie. 
Lge ane ee e™ eee Lake trout. A ee White perch (fresh-water). 
Mais svat oan 2 ot | Black bass. 

1 Tables 5, 6, and 7 are to be considered together as regards the relative rank of importance of the products 
as a whole. 
PRODUCTS OF SLIGHT IMPORTANCE 
Limited quantities of 53 fishery products, amounting to 628,000 
pounds, or 5 per cent of the trade, are marketed in greater St. Louis. 
Many of these products are used mainly by the foreign trade, some 
are species of which the supply is declining, and some are unpopular 
in this market. 
TaBLEe 7.—Fishery products upon which & per cent of the trade is based ! 





Rank Product Reasons for limited sale 
PP pee Blnempiket = 2052. Deane Seasonal variety; relatively high priced. 
O35 eae Sunfish]. - 222.8 ee Limited supply; high priced. 
?, Smelts, eastern__----.---- Seasonal variety. ; ; 
Rote=tes Tallibess.:. 2a ess Limited supply; used largely for smoking and substituted for ciscoes 
and whitefish. 
26 Pak (lObstersaa-asess sae neene Limited supply; high priced. 
Pt eer Mlounders:#25: Seas Not well known; demand increasing. 
eae Yellow perch:----- == 2222 Seasonal variety. 
p1! ee Rees j\ Crabsshard2e2 2) See Poor shipper; too many losses en route. 
1 alice 5, 6, and 7 are to be considered tozether as regards the relative rank of importance of the products 
as a whole, 
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