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As an index of the demand that it is expected would develop, were 

 quality improved, attention is directed to the fact that shore haddock, 

 landed only a few hours after being caught, enjoys an eager demand 

 at twice the price of offshore haddock, the retailers arriving in 

 numbers as early as 4.30 in the morning in order to obtain these fish. 

 Several dealers believe that what is most needed is shorter offshore 

 trips, so that the catch will be landed in better condition, and com- 

 bined Math this they advocate State inspection at piers where fish 

 are landed as assurance of quality. 



A large number of retail dealers advocate that fish cookery demon- 

 stration work be inaugurated in Boston to acquaint housewives with 

 the best ways of preparing, cooking, and serving fish. Repeated 

 suggestions were also made by these same dealers that various other 

 advertising mediums should be employed in conjunction with fish 

 cookery demonstrations. The common recognition that more atten- 

 tion should be given to increased fish publicity finds expression in 

 varied propositions for attaining this end, among which is the use of 

 attractive road signs, street-car ads, window placards, the distribu- 

 bution of cooking recipes, and the regular use of newspaper space. 



It is insisted that more attention must be directed toward improve- 

 ment in methods of dressing and cutting fish. Specific recommenda- 

 tions are that fins be entirely cut out of the fish, since, in cooking, 

 these impart a taint to the flesh; that fish be scrupulously cleaned of 

 gurry, as othei-wise this waste penetrates and pollutes the ice used 

 in cooling and produces an objectionable odor; that reckless filleting 

 be stopped, so that the choice flesh of the fish lying next the backbone 

 wiU no longer be lost. 



RETAIL DISPLAY. 



Of the 171 dealers retailing fresh fish each day in tne week, 145 

 exhibited their product and 26 kept their supply in ice chests that 

 were entirely closed except for the occasional instance of a glass 

 cover. Of those who exhibited, 33 made both window and interior 

 displays, 86 used window displays only, and 26 displayed their fish 

 solely within the shops. Of the 119 establishments using window 

 displays, 41 showed the fish on porcelain plates placed on tile, 16 

 arranged the fish on tile surfaces, 35 had metal-topped tables, 12 

 used wooden equipment, 7 placed porcelain pans on metal tables, 5 

 used only pans, and 3 set the fish on wood. Of the 59 firms having 

 interior displays, 24 exhibited the fish in enameled ware ranged upon 

 tile counters, 9 on tile tables, 12 on metal-topped tables, 6 in pans' 

 alone, 4 in pans on metal, 2 in pans on wood, and 2 on wood. Garnish- 

 ments of lettuce leaves, parsley, radishes, or other greens were present 

 in 12 houses, and 48 protected their displays with glass covers. 



BOSTON ORDINANCES GOVERNING SALE OF FISH. 



Chapter 40, Section 1. No person * * * shall have in his possession, with intent 

 to sell, fish of any kind, except flounders, smelts, and other small fish, salmon, and 

 shad, until the same have been cleaned of their entrails and other refuse parts, or fish 

 of any kind unless they are kept in covered stalls or fish-boxes or covered carts, which 

 shall be clean and in good order and well secured from the rays of the sun. 



Sec. 119, Par. 1. All drip or overflow pipes shall be extended to some place in open 

 sight, and in no case shall any such pipe be connected directly with the drain pipe. 

 No waste pii)e from a refrigerator or other recei^tacle in whic^ provisions are stored 

 shall be connected directly with a drain or other waste pipe. 



