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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [16] 
  

  

  tho 
  rays 
  of 
  the 
  sun 
  may 
  not 
  by 
  reflection 
  be 
  concentrated 
  on 
  auy 
  single 
  

   point. 
  The 
  fish 
  which 
  aro 
  -dried 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  place 
  will 
  readily 
  become 
  

   sunburned. 
  Bough 
  ground 
  or 
  ground 
  with 
  ridges 
  is 
  advantageous, 
  since 
  

   there 
  is 
  some 
  circulation 
  of 
  air 
  under 
  the 
  flsh, 
  and 
  the 
  drainage 
  of 
  wa- 
  

   ter 
  is 
  free. 
  Before 
  the 
  drying 
  begins 
  the 
  place 
  must 
  be 
  freed 
  from 
  grass, 
  

   moss, 
  &c, 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  swept 
  clean. 
  To 
  remove 
  the 
  turf 
  immediately 
  

   before 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  drying 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  secure 
  more 
  room 
  is 
  in- 
  

   jurious. 
  This 
  work 
  should 
  be 
  performed 
  beforehand, 
  for 
  one 
  should 
  

   avoid 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  everything 
  that 
  may 
  cause 
  dust, 
  because 
  if 
  this 
  

   gets 
  on 
  the 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  beginning 
  it 
  can 
  never 
  be 
  removed. 
  

  

  Drying. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  performed 
  somewhat 
  variously 
  in 
  different 
  coun- 
  

   tries 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  climatic 
  conditions. 
  In 
  one 
  respect, 
  however, 
  

   there 
  exists 
  a 
  complete 
  agreement; 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  universal 
  dependence 
  up- 
  

   on 
  the 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  weather 
  and 
  the 
  uniform 
  results 
  everywhere 
  

   following 
  upon 
  these 
  conditions. 
  Softening 
  (sleiphed), 
  sunburning, 
  salt- 
  

   burning, 
  and 
  flies 
  are 
  drawbacks 
  which 
  operate 
  against 
  one 
  in 
  America 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  Europe, 
  and 
  the 
  problem 
  for 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  is 
  to 
  coun- 
  

   teract 
  thein 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  he 
  can. 
  The 
  remedies 
  are 
  the 
  same 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  Atlantic, 
  whether 
  one 
  uses 
  sheds, 
  scaffoldings, 
  stone 
  heaps, 
  or 
  

   slopes. 
  They 
  can 
  be 
  included 
  into 
  one 
  word, 
  which 
  wo 
  never 
  weary 
  of 
  

   repeating 
  — 
  carefulness. 
  A 
  great 
  many 
  " 
  disasters," 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  called, 
  

   may 
  be 
  prevented, 
  but 
  very 
  few 
  can 
  be 
  repaired. 
  Wo 
  shall 
  treat 
  of 
  

   drying 
  in 
  its 
  details 
  under 
  Norway, 
  and 
  thereupon 
  give 
  a 
  short 
  synopsis 
  

   of 
  the 
  conditions 
  which 
  exist 
  in 
  other 
  countries, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  these 
  are 
  not 
  

   touched 
  upon 
  iu 
  previous 
  pages. 
  

  

  Norway. 
  — 
  When 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  run 
  off 
  after 
  washing, 
  for 
  which 
  at 
  least 
  

   twenty-four 
  hours 
  should 
  be 
  allowed, 
  drying 
  begins 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  

   weather 
  is 
  favorable, 
  by 
  carrying 
  the 
  fish 
  to 
  the 
  drying 
  place, 
  for 
  which 
  

   purpose 
  hand-barrows 
  are 
  employed, 
  and 
  laying 
  them 
  out 
  with 
  the 
  flesh 
  

   side 
  up. 
  If 
  the 
  weather 
  is 
  dry 
  and 
  good, 
  the 
  fish 
  may 
  remain 
  out 
  over 
  

   the 
  first 
  night, 
  but 
  the 
  skin 
  side 
  must 
  be 
  turned 
  up 
  towards 
  evening. 
  

   On 
  the 
  forenoon 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  the 
  flesh 
  side 
  is 
  again 
  turned 
  up, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  afternoon 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  collected 
  into 
  layers 
  containing 
  thirty 
  to 
  

   fifty 
  each. 
  When 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  laid 
  out 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  times 
  they 
  must 
  

   be 
  well 
  stretched, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  belly. 
  As 
  this 
  work 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  im- 
  

   portance 
  to 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  carefully 
  performed. 
  

   It 
  requires 
  much 
  time, 
  and 
  one 
  should 
  rather 
  sacrifice 
  a 
  day 
  to 
  it 
  than 
  

   undertake 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  hurry 
  during 
  the 
  collecting 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  before 
  night. 
  

   When 
  the 
  fish 
  have 
  been 
  out 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  times,* 
  or 
  when 
  they 
  have 
  

   become 
  so 
  dry 
  as 
  to 
  admit 
  of 
  being 
  put 
  in 
  press, 
  which 
  is 
  indicated 
  by 
  

   the 
  breaking 
  of 
  the 
  belly 
  upon 
  bending 
  it, 
  they 
  are 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  

   press 
  layer. 
  In 
  this 
  they 
  remain 
  five 
  to 
  eight 
  days, 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  

   dryness 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  putting 
  them 
  in, 
  whereupon 
  they 
  are 
  relaid 
  in 
  

   another 
  press 
  layer 
  so 
  that 
  tho 
  uppermost 
  are 
  underneath, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  

   they 
  remain 
  for 
  an 
  equal 
  length 
  of 
  time. 
  Thereupon 
  they 
  are 
  again 
  

  

  * 
  Before 
  each 
  time 
  of 
  taking 
  in 
  tho 
  fish 
  they 
  are 
  laid 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  in 
  piles. 
  

  

  