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'^■oldfisli ) ; 1 American sunfisli ; 2 l)lack bass; 2 small- 

 month black l)ass; 2 stone bass; 2 pike; 4 pike perch; 2 

 American horn pout : and 5 eels. 



An inspection of nine issues of three fishery journals 

 in January and May, 1909, discloses the advertisements 

 (if 20 persons or firms oltering fish food for sale, under 

 the following names: fish-roe, fishmeal, "fishmeal aki", 

 fishmeal "Ideal", Hering's fishmeal, Schlutup fishmeal, 

 Naegel's fishfood, fleshmeal, food-fish-meal, food-flesh- 

 meal, "Radical pond food", rice-food-meal, rye-food-meal, 

 lupines, "Lupiscin", "Cyprinin", etc. In several instances 

 tlie a1)o\'e advertisers state the composition, in part, of their 

 food articles. For instance, the "Fishmeal Aki" is said to 

 contain 60 to 70 per cent phospliate of lime; the "food-fish- 

 meal" 65 to 70 per cent protein. Lupiscin is a patented 

 article composed largely of lupines. Cyprinin is a mixture 

 c(jnsisting of 40 parts lupiscin, 40 parts fishmeal and 20 

 ])arts loam (or clay), .\pparently there is good sale and 

 extensive use of many of these articles. 



In the markets many species are sold for consumi)lion. 

 those from fresh water in a single market report in June 

 being carp at 77 to 92 marks for 50 kilograms (or 8 1-2 to 

 10 cts. ])er lb.) ; tench at 23 to 102 marks (or 2 1-2 to 11 

 cts. per lb.) ; pike at 25 to 123 marks (or 2 3-4 to 13 1-2 

 cts. ])er 11). ) ; eels 21 to \3>5 marks (or 2 1-4 to 14 3-4 cts. 

 per lb. ) ; and salmon at 92 to 121 marks (or 10 to 13 1-4 

 cts. per lb. ). The favorite way of selling fresh-water fishes 

 in Genuany is from tanks of water, alive, and the lowest 

 ])rice (juoted above is in each case the price of fish not sold 

 alix'e, except the carp, of which no dead fish were offered 

 that daw and salmon, of which only iced fish were on 

 the market. 



There are many fishery societies in Germany, nearly all of 

 them being especially interested in fish culture. The lead- 

 ing society is the Deutsche Fischereiverein, which geo- 

 graphically covers the whole realm. Other general societies 

 are the Seefischereiverein (or Society of Sea-fisheries) ; the 



