•i-2() '/'hlrli/sl.rlli AniiihiI Mrrlimj 



rents of Wilier, eillier u|) or i\i>\\\\. iind llie (li.-|ieiisiii,i:- willi tliein 

 lias several achaiitajics. ain()n>i' \'\liieli may !)<■ mentioned the sav- 

 ing of ex])ense in eonsti'iidion. and sneli a simpliticatioii ol' the 

 trough that as soon as the J'i'aines eaii-\ ing eggs are lifted out it 

 is ready I'oi- lisli. These frames, locally termed ••staek-ri-ames."" 

 are made of s(|Uai'e wooden liases with \eiiical eoi'ner pieeo of 

 sheet metal wliieli I'eaeli up to llie >ui-raee ami hold all of llie 

 ti-a\s in place hy clasping lliem at the corners. These siack- 

 frames. with theii- contents, are lifted at pleasnre hy means of 

 hooks which aiv held in the hands and inserted in perforations 

 ill tlie corner-i)iecv's. and any stack can he taken out withont in 

 any degrt'e intei'fering with the neighhoring stacks. Theiv ai'e 

 in use two (U'i»ths of ti-oughs: tlu' !• in. li-ough. a stack for which 

 carries -20. 000 salmon eggs, or 1 lo.ooo or moi'e in a trough lo 

 ft. hnig: and a K inch Trough which carries twice a> many in 

 the same length. 



When tlie eggs ai'e ])icke(l. which is generally once a week', 

 (the low temperature not recpuring it ofteiier) the stacks are 

 one hy one lifted from the ti-ough and cari'ied in a shallow hut 

 tight hox to the picking tahle where the light is ample an<l the 

 o])erator can stand erect in a itosition most faxoi'alile to huih 

 ])ersonal comfoi't and (>tfective work. 'Idle trays ai'e now in- 

 spected, one hy one. tlie dead eggs removed, and the ti'ay Trans- 

 ferred to another stack-frame which stands alongside, having 

 l)een rinsed in clean water meanwhile if that appears desii'ahle. 

 When all the trays have thus heen iiicked and iilaced in the new 

 frame, the latter witli its contents is returneil to the ti'ough. 

 'Idle whole operation is simple and (pi'ckly pei'foi'iued. The e.xpo- 

 suiv of the eggs lo the ail' while out of the trough does not do ihe 

 slightest harm if the room is cool — we aim to keep it helow o.-)" 

 I'\ With only ordinai-y care it is easy to handle the eggs so 

 gently lluit not the slightest harm is done to them <'ven at th.' 

 most deiicate stage, and picking is ne\ci' intei'iuilted on account 

 o\' stage of developmenl. 



I ha\e heeii thus minute in desci-ihing these optM-ation< with 

 the hope of llurehy di'awing a \i\id picture id' a system which 

 appears to me to meet all the i'e(piii'ements heller than any other 

 of which 1 have h.^ard. I may add that I know .d' no other 

 system that app(ai's to he so well adapted to the meeting of 



