114 FISHERIES OF THE NORTH SEA 



fish for which he could rely on obtaining 

 a remunerative price. This difficulty no 

 longer operates. In 1892 the Norwegians 

 manufactured from some of the surplus 

 a powder which was found to give good 

 results as a cattle food. The Germans 

 took up the idea, and with its introduction 

 into Germany a demand grew up which 

 soon exhausted the waste quantities of 

 the Norwegian fishing. Then, .with the 

 opening years of this century, the English 

 took up the manufacture, and exported 

 the whole of the product to Germany, 

 owing to the prejudice of the English 

 farmers, who thought it would do all kinds 

 of harm to their stock. Although this by- 

 product industry was only in its infancy 

 before the war, it is estimated that from 

 30,000 to 40,000 tons of this concentrated 

 food was exported by Britain annually to 

 Hamburg and Bremen. If Germany could 

 afford to pay the sea freight and railway 

 carriage in distributing it to the farmer, 

 surely the British farmer should recognize 

 that with the advantage of having this 

 valuable food practically at his farm gates, 

 it is well worth his consideration. With 



