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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [14] 
  

  

  laxities, 
  and 
  with 
  suitable 
  inclination, 
  or 
  Jcuppelsten. 
  The 
  last 
  is 
  pref- 
  

   erable, 
  especially 
  if 
  the 
  ground 
  slopes 
  somewhat. 
  If 
  boards 
  are 
  at 
  hand 
  

   they 
  should 
  be 
  used 
  both 
  for 
  the 
  floor 
  and 
  the 
  covering 
  - 
  . 
  The 
  fish 
  should 
  

   remain 
  in 
  these 
  heaps 
  at 
  least 
  twenty-four 
  hours, 
  or 
  as 
  nearly 
  so 
  as 
  the 
  

   state 
  of 
  the 
  weather 
  will 
  permit. 
  

  

  When 
  there 
  is 
  eonsiderable 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  fish, 
  they 
  

   should 
  be 
  assorted 
  before 
  pressing, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  larger 
  and 
  the 
  

   smaller 
  fish 
  may 
  be 
  treated 
  separately. 
  If 
  the 
  cargo 
  is 
  not 
  sufficiently 
  

   large 
  to 
  warrant 
  the 
  assorting 
  of 
  the 
  fish, 
  the 
  larger 
  and 
  thicker 
  fish 
  

   must 
  be 
  placed 
  undermost 
  in 
  the 
  press-layers, 
  and 
  the 
  smallest, 
  on 
  the 
  

   other 
  hand, 
  should 
  be 
  uppermost. 
  Old 
  fish 
  must 
  be 
  treated 
  with 
  greater 
  

   caution 
  than 
  those 
  which 
  are 
  salted 
  fresh. 
  If 
  the 
  fish 
  is 
  too 
  salt 
  it 
  should 
  

   be 
  allowed 
  to 
  lie 
  iu 
  the 
  water 
  from 
  one 
  hour 
  to 
  several 
  hours 
  longer. 
  

   The 
  workman 
  himself 
  must 
  decide 
  how 
  long. 
  Should 
  it 
  become 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  afterwards 
  to 
  remove 
  the 
  superfluous 
  salt 
  by 
  pressing, 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   facture 
  will 
  occupy 
  a 
  longer 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  drying 
  place. 
  — 
  Iu 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  Canada, 
  

   Newfoundland, 
  and 
  Labrador, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  dried 
  on 
  scaffoldings 
  

   or 
  u 
  flakes. 
  " 
  These 
  consist 
  of 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  grating 
  laid 
  on 
  a 
  trestle. 
  Some- 
  

   times 
  the 
  grating 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  turn 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  

   smaller 
  inclination 
  to 
  the 
  horizon, 
  according 
  as 
  one 
  wishes 
  to 
  expose 
  

   the 
  fish 
  to 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  sun 
  or 
  protect 
  them 
  from 
  it. 
  In 
  some 
  

   places 
  there 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  purpose 
  a 
  frame-work 
  over 
  the 
  grating, 
  

   supplied 
  with 
  curtains, 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  put 
  on 
  and 
  removed 
  at 
  pleasure. 
  

   The 
  grating 
  consists 
  either 
  of 
  laths 
  or 
  of 
  spruce 
  and 
  pine 
  strips 
  (furruk- 
  

   viste), 
  which 
  are 
  cut 
  the 
  year 
  before, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  thoroughly 
  dry. 
  

   If 
  the 
  last 
  is 
  used 
  the 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  scaffolding 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  

   manner: 
  Over 
  the 
  lengthwise 
  strips, 
  wdiich 
  rest 
  on 
  the 
  trestle, 
  are 
  laid 
  

   cross-bars 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  of 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  G 
  inches, 
  and 
  across 
  

   these 
  are 
  placed 
  twigs 
  which 
  are 
  fastened 
  with 
  laths 
  at 
  each 
  fifth 
  or 
  sixth 
  

   foot 
  of 
  their 
  length. 
  When 
  the 
  bottom 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  twigs, 
  drying 
  is 
  accom- 
  

   plished 
  more 
  slowly 
  than 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  laths, 
  as 
  the 
  circulation 
  of 
  air 
  

   is 
  less 
  free. 
  Whereonehas 
  both 
  kinds, 
  he 
  should 
  use 
  the 
  first 
  during 
  the 
  

   closing 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  drying 
  process. 
  The 
  height 
  and 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  scaf- 
  

   foldings 
  vary. 
  In 
  Canada 
  those 
  which 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  drying 
  of 
  the 
  

   smaller 
  fish 
  have 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  4 
  feet 
  and 
  an 
  equal 
  breadth,* 
  whereas 
  those 
  

   which 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  drying 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  fish 
  are 
  12 
  to 
  14 
  feet 
  in 
  height 
  

   and 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  100 
  feet 
  broad. 
  For 
  the 
  convenience 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  there 
  is 
  

   constructed 
  on 
  this 
  a 
  board 
  walk, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  readily 
  handle 
  

   the 
  fish. 
  

  

  In 
  Scotland, 
  also, 
  scaffoldings 
  are 
  used 
  to 
  some 
  extent. 
  The 
  advan- 
  

   tage 
  of 
  the 
  scaffoldings 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  get 
  a 
  circulation 
  of 
  air 
  both 
  above 
  

   and 
  below, 
  whereby 
  the 
  evaporation 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  takes 
  place 
  more 
  rap- 
  

   idly, 
  while 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  danger 
  of 
  be- 
  

   coming 
  sunburned. 
  Furthermore, 
  on 
  these 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  not 
  exposed 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  Norsk 
  Fiskcritidendc, 
  18S3, 
  p. 
  12. 
  

  

  