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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  under 
  tlie 
  eggs, 
  and 
  on 
  several 
  occasions 
  eggs 
  of 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  

   have 
  been 
  carried 
  across 
  tlie 
  Atlantic 
  in 
  prime 
  condition, 
  without 
  

   repacking 
  or 
  special 
  attention. 
  

  

  The 
  packing-boxes 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  thin 
  pine 
  or 
  lir, 
  12 
  inches 
  wide 
  and 
  15 
  

   inches 
  long 
  — 
  finch 
  thick 
  boards 
  being 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  end 
  pieces 
  and 
  

   ^-inch 
  for 
  the 
  other 
  parts 
  — 
  and 
  hold 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  layer, 
  without 
  crowding, 
  

   2,500 
  eggs. 
  The 
  deepest 
  are 
  3h 
  inches 
  deep 
  and 
  take 
  four 
  layers, 
  or 
  

   10,000 
  eggs, 
  in 
  a 
  box. 
  To 
  make 
  up 
  a 
  shipment 
  of 
  40,000 
  eggs, 
  four 
  boxes 
  

   are 
  piled 
  up 
  and 
  secured 
  together 
  by 
  tacking 
  strips 
  of 
  wood 
  against 
  

   the 
  ends, 
  with 
  a 
  cover 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  box, 
  and 
  this 
  package 
  placed 
  in 
  

   the 
  case. 
  For 
  a 
  shipment 
  of 
  80,000, 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  40,000 
  packages 
  are 
  put 
  

   side 
  by 
  side 
  in 
  a 
  larger 
  case, 
  and 
  the 
  proportions 
  selected 
  for 
  the 
  inner 
  

   boxes 
  are 
  such 
  that 
  the 
  case 
  required 
  is 
  of 
  convenient 
  form. 
  

  

  

  

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  Longitudinal 
  section 
  of 
  a 
  case 
  of 
  Atlantic 
  Salmon 
  eggs. 
  

  

  Different 
  mosses 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  packing, 
  but 
  none 
  are 
  so 
  good 
  as 
  

   the 
  sphagnous 
  moss 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  swamps 
  and 
  bogs 
  in 
  most 
  

   regions 
  of 
  high 
  latitude 
  or 
  considerable 
  elevation. 
  Fresh 
  moss 
  is 
  

   preferable 
  for 
  a 
  bed 
  for 
  the 
  eggs, 
  though 
  dead, 
  dry 
  moss 
  may 
  be 
  moist- 
  

   ened 
  and 
  used 
  with 
  good 
  results. 
  

  

  The 
  moss 
  is 
  gathered 
  in 
  August 
  or 
  September, 
  dried 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  

   and 
  stored 
  in 
  sacks 
  or 
  in 
  bulk 
  until 
  wanted. 
  It 
  retains 
  its 
  freshness 
  

   through 
  the 
  following 
  winter, 
  not 
  heating 
  like 
  most 
  organic 
  materials. 
  

   It 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  light, 
  aud 
  the 
  best 
  nonconductor 
  known, 
  with 
  the 
  

   possible 
  exception 
  of 
  asbestos. 
  It 
  is 
  used 
  dry 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  ])acking 
  

   mainly 
  to 
  save 
  weight, 
  but 
  when 
  protection 
  against 
  freezing 
  is 
  all 
  that 
  

   is 
  sought, 
  wet 
  moss 
  is 
  better, 
  as 
  frost 
  penetrates 
  wet 
  moss 
  more 
  slowly 
  

   than 
  dry. 
  When 
  moss 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  had, 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  substitutes 
  

   which 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  protective 
  envelope, 
  such 
  as 
  dry 
  forest 
  

   leaves, 
  chaff 
  from 
  a 
  haymow, 
  chopped 
  hay, 
  or 
  even 
  crumpled 
  paper; 
  

   but 
  the 
  latter 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  become 
  wet. 
  

  

  