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  Carelessness 
  in 
  the 
  handling 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  cod 
  has 
  undoubtedly 
  kept 
  

   its 
  price 
  at 
  a 
  lower 
  figure 
  than 
  so 
  fine 
  a 
  fish 
  ought 
  to 
  bring. 
  Some- 
  

   times 
  it 
  comes 
  to 
  the 
  dealers 
  in 
  a 
  hard-salted 
  condition 
  which 
  makes 
  

   it 
  necessary 
  to 
  soak 
  thoroughly 
  before 
  the 
  smoking 
  or 
  kippering 
  

   process 
  can 
  be 
  undertaken 
  ; 
  again, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  in 
  an 
  iced 
  or 
  

   frozen 
  state, 
  rendering 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  thaw 
  out 
  before 
  striking 
  it 
  in 
  

   salt, 
  which 
  is 
  essential 
  in 
  curing. 
  Few 
  fish 
  can 
  stand 
  this, 
  and 
  while 
  

   the 
  resulting 
  product 
  is 
  marketable, 
  the 
  practice 
  is 
  undesirable. 
  

  

  The 
  best 
  method 
  of 
  treatment 
  is 
  a 
  mild-cure 
  process, 
  butchering 
  

   and 
  salting 
  the 
  fletches 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  the 
  fish 
  is 
  caught. 
  It 
  

   should 
  then 
  be 
  held 
  at 
  a 
  low 
  temperature 
  until 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  given 
  the 
  

   light 
  smoking 
  usual 
  in 
  the 
  kippering 
  process, 
  the 
  belly 
  being 
  better 
  

   suited 
  as 
  a 
  hard-salt 
  article 
  for 
  breakfast 
  consimiption. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  Seattle 
  brokers 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  

   market 
  will 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  hundred 
  barrels 
  a 
  month. 
  At 
  

   the 
  present 
  time, 
  salt 
  black 
  cod 
  is 
  worth 
  about 
  $11 
  a 
  barrel 
  in 
  the 
  

   Seattle 
  market, 
  whereas 
  formerly 
  the 
  price 
  was 
  not 
  over 
  $7. 
  

  

  Until 
  quite 
  recently 
  practically 
  the 
  entire 
  production 
  of 
  black 
  cod 
  

   was 
  consumed 
  locally 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  but 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   years 
  shipments 
  to 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  have 
  been 
  of 
  growing 
  importance. 
  

  

  Shipments 
  op 
  Black 
  Cod 
  prom 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  