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  cally 
  sealed 
  tin 
  cans 
  is 
  in 
  universal 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  wherever 
  

   the 
  supply 
  of 
  fish 
  exceeds 
  the 
  local 
  demand, 
  and 
  " 
  can- 
  

   neries 
  " 
  are 
  also 
  increasing 
  in 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  South, 
  where 
  

   the 
  harvest 
  of 
  the 
  sea 
  is 
  still, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  ungarnered 
  

   Tinned 
  fish, 
  especially 
  salmon, 
  lobsters, 
  and 
  sardines, 
  and 
  

   mackerel, 
  are 
  extensively 
  consumed, 
  and 
  at 
  least 
  $3,000,000 
  

   in 
  value 
  is 
  annually 
  exported. 
  In 
  1880, 
  2,153,000 
  salmon 
  

   were 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  establishments 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  slope, 
  

   and 
  were 
  packed 
  in 
  31,453,000 
  one-pound 
  cans, 
  worth 
  at 
  the 
  

   factories 
  $3,255,000. 
  " 
  Sardines 
  " 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  $825,000 
  

   were 
  packed 
  in 
  Maine, 
  these 
  being 
  simply 
  young 
  herrings, 
  

   mostly 
  in 
  cotton-seed 
  oil 
  of 
  domestic 
  manufacture. 
  

   4,178,000 
  pound 
  cans 
  of 
  lobsters 
  were 
  also 
  packed 
  in 
  the 
  

   factories 
  owned 
  by 
  Maine 
  and 
  Massachusetts. 
  

  

  Improvements 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  fish-oil 
  and 
  guano, 
  

   in 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  which, 
  as 
  also 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  medicinal 
  oil, 
  

   steam 
  is 
  almost 
  universally 
  used, 
  have 
  been 
  numerous 
  and 
  

   important. 
  

  

  The 
  clean 
  and 
  attractive 
  packages 
  in 
  which 
  canned, 
  dried, 
  

   smoked, 
  and 
  pickled 
  fish 
  are 
  now 
  exposed 
  for 
  sale 
  led 
  

   also 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  extensive 
  use 
  of 
  fish 
  for 
  food. 
  The 
  fish- 
  

   shop 
  of 
  to-day 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  repulsive 
  as 
  of 
  old 
  to 
  sight 
  

   and 
  smell. 
  Salt 
  codfish 
  is 
  no 
  longer 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  

   markets 
  in 
  bulk, 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  thousand 
  men, 
  women, 
  

   and 
  children 
  are 
  now 
  employed 
  in 
  removing 
  skin 
  and 
  bone 
  

   and 
  packing 
  the 
  fish 
  in 
  neatly 
  cut 
  strips 
  in 
  boxes 
  or 
  in 
  

   tin-foil 
  covered 
  packages 
  of 
  definite 
  size. 
  In 
  many 
  inland 
  

   districts 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  boneless 
  dried 
  fish 
  in 
  boxes 
  and 
  

   pickled 
  fish 
  in 
  tins 
  has 
  led 
  to 
  increase 
  of 
  sales, 
  estimated 
  

   by 
  competent 
  authority 
  as 
  three-fold 
  — 
  this 
  within 
  a 
  period 
  

   of 
  four 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  new 
  processes 
  of 
  evaporation 
  and 
  desiccation 
  are 
  

   certain 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  inland 
  consumption 
  of 
  sea-fish. 
  

  

  