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cheap. We may state that the leading position shad occu- 
pied some ten years ago in the New York market as an arti- 
cle of fish-food has somewhat lowered of late. The reason 
is that New York, with increased facilities of transporta- 
tion, draws to itself all the best fish of the seaboard, and is 
not as dependant as it used to be on a single variety of fish. 
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The consumption of trout (Sa/mo Fontinalis) has been no- 
tably increased in New York during the last three years. 
This increased favor in which trout is held is owing to the 
fact that its excellence has become more widely known. Spe- 
cial efforts have been made at the opening of the season to 
bring together on exhibition all the varieties of this beauti- 
ful fish. As many as thirty varieties of the Salmo Fontinalis, 
from the British provinces to California, have been displayed 
at one time in Fulton Market. It should be remembered 
that this year the season opens fifteen days later than for- 
merly, it being against the law to sell or catch trout in New 
York before the first day of April. 
In trout, the cultivated fish from Long Island stand the 
first in public favor, not only on account of their beauty, 
but fine flavor. 
Owing to the depressed state of the times, trout being 
rather an expensive fish, at least when first brought into 
the market, they were not as readily disposed of last year as 
on former seasons. The average price was about eighty-five 
cents a pound for cultivated trout from Long Island. Some 
of the finest specimens were sent by Mr. Livingstone Stone, 
of Charlestown, N..H., which readily brought seventy-five 
cents a pound. Large quantities of trout were sent into 
market, raised by Mr. F. H. Douseman, of Wisconsin, who 
