16 Fish Cultural Assoctation. 
ket, and those which bring the largest price, are smelts 
caught in some little inlets of Long Island, Patchogue, and 
other places—smelts which average five to a pound. They 
are caught in the afternoon, and we get them next morn- 
ing, and the flavor is considered superior to anything in the 
market. Speaking of the Raritan smelt, the fish commis- 
sioner of New Jersey brought up a small basket at the time 
of the opening of the trout season last year, on March 
15th, and quite a number of gentlemen of this Association 
were present and ate them, and everybody thought them the 
fimest sureltss they ever sate. 
Mr: “Green: .The fact is thatgphe fish caughturieltin 
your, homes:-is.-the»best’ fish: youjtever sate. - 1 think: thefdire 
ference is: due: to) the: time they, are out of water... When 
go, to,/market; I. inquire: for theyireshest fish) they: have! 
By a GENTLEMAN PRESENT: I find that this same question 
of excellence applies to shad. When I go to the South I 
find there is nothing like the shad there, and the same in 
the North. People in this state talk of North River shad. 
People in Philadelphia swear by Delaware shad. 
Mr. Milner then read a paper by Mr. LIvINGSTONE STONE 
on packing and transporting salmon-eggs. 
REPORT ON THE GENERAL SUBSECT OF THE PACKING AND 
TRANSPORTATION OF SALMON-EGGS. 
One of the features of the culture of the salmon family, 
which has contributed without doubt more than anything 
else to its efficiency and wide-spread usefulness, is the fact 
that it is possible to transport the eggs of the salmonidz 
