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  THE 
  MANUFACTURE 
  OF 
  RLIF-FlStt. 
  

  

  347 
  

  

  fish 
  there 
  is 
  given 
  below 
  tbe 
  result 
  of 
  some 
  experiments 
  toade 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States: 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  tins, 
  100 
  kilograms 
  of 
  salted 
  fish 
  yield 
  on 
  the 
  average 
  88 
  

   kilograms 
  of 
  klip-fish. 
  Some 
  experiments 
  made 
  in 
  our 
  country 
  gave 
  the 
  

   following 
  result: 
  Fiumark 
  fish, 
  100 
  kilograms 
  salted 
  gave 
  49 
  kilograms 
  

   klip-fish; 
  Loffoden 
  fish, 
  100 
  kilograms 
  salted 
  gave 
  18.5 
  kilograms 
  klip- 
  

   fish; 
  domestic 
  fish, 
  100 
  kilograms 
  gave 
  51.7 
  kilograms 
  salted. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  statement 
  in 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  cod 
  fishery 
  at 
  Ice- 
  

   land 
  in 
  18S3 
  by 
  First 
  lieutenant 
  Trolle, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  considered 
  in 
  a 
  

   later 
  number, 
  lie 
  obtained 
  from 
  100 
  kilograms 
  of 
  salt 
  fish 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  

   71.8 
  kilograms 
  of 
  klip-fish. 
  

  

  Chemistry 
  is 
  becoming 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  employed 
  for 
  the 
  examination 
  

   of 
  our 
  food 
  stuffs, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  the 
  time 
  is 
  not 
  far 
  distant 
  when 
  it 
  will 
  

   be 
  of 
  practical 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  klip-fish 
  trade 
  so 
  that 
  one 
  need 
  not 
  pay 
  

   for 
  salt 
  and 
  water 
  as 
  fish. 
  

  

  Assorting. 
  — 
  On 
  inquiry 
  into 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  promoting 
  a 
  better 
  manu- 
  

   facture, 
  It 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  advanced, 
  and 
  rightfully, 
  that 
  a 
  change 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  effected 
  until 
  in 
  the 
  purchase 
  from 
  producers 
  a 
  greater 
  differ- 
  

   ence 
  of 
  price 
  is 
  made 
  between 
  the 
  different 
  qualities 
  ; 
  or, 
  in 
  other 
  words, 
  

   until 
  in 
  the 
  purchase 
  ice 
  discriminate 
  between 
  the 
  various 
  qualities 
  and 
  draw 
  

   a 
  sharper 
  line 
  between 
  them 
  than 
  is 
  done 
  at 
  present. 
  Herein 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   ducers 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  shippers 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  unanimous.* 
  

  

  If 
  we 
  now 
  find 
  ourselves 
  in 
  statu 
  quo, 
  it 
  is 
  principally 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  

   difficulty 
  in 
  becoming 
  unanimous 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  practical 
  solution 
  of 
  the 
  

   question 
  whether 
  there 
  is 
  more 
  profit 
  for 
  speculation 
  in 
  an 
  unassorted 
  

   sale 
  and 
  purchase, 
  which 
  has 
  exercised 
  its 
  influence 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  

   and 
  contributed 
  to 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  attempting 
  any 
  decisive 
  step 
  towards 
  

   working 
  a 
  reform. 
  

  

  In 
  assorting 
  klip-fish 
  we 
  must 
  separate 
  them 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  quali- 
  

   ties. 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  done 
  (1) 
  at 
  the 
  purchase 
  from 
  the 
  manufacturer; 
  (2) 
  

   upon 
  shipping 
  to 
  and 
  their 
  "reception" 
  in 
  a 
  foreign 
  country; 
  and 
  (3) 
  

   in 
  selling 
  at 
  retail. 
  

  

  We 
  shall 
  here 
  first 
  give 
  some 
  examples 
  showing 
  how 
  the 
  assorting 
  is 
  

   done 
  in 
  different 
  countries. 
  

  

  Canada. 
  — 
  Here 
  they 
  assort 
  fish, 
  first 
  according 
  to 
  size 
  into 
  large, 
  

   medium, 
  and 
  small 
  ;t 
  they 
  are 
  likewise 
  assorted 
  according 
  to 
  quality 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  proceedings 
  iu 
  the 
  discussion 
  meeting 
  in 
  Bergen, 
  October 
  27, 
  1880,. 
  

   pp. 
  29-32. 
  

  

  t 
  These 
  are 
  exported 
  in 
  barrels 
  

  

  