CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FOOD-FISHES. 707 
205. Blacklist. Purchased in Middletown. One whole fish. Price, 12 cents per 
pound. 
206. Rock cod. Purchased in Middletown. Eight miles southeast of Block Island, 
Atlantic Ocean. One whole fish, 4 pounds. Price, 10 cents per pound. 
207. Smelt. Purchased in Middletown. Coast of Maine. Fourteen whole fish 
weighed 398 grammes (14 ounces). ' 
208. Yellow perch. Purchased in Middletown. Portland, Connecticut. Six dressed 
fish, head, entrails, fins, and tails removed, weighed 302 grammes, averaging 50.3 
grammes (1.8 ounces). Price, 15 cents per pound. 
211. Halibut. Purchased in Middletown. George’s Banks, Atlantic Ocean. Font- 
slices weighing 8J pounds from different parts of a fish which weighed dressed 17 
pounds. The four pieces were selected to represent the average composition of the 
whole fish. Price, 20 cents per pound. 
212. Shad. Purchased in Middletown. Delaware River. One whole fish. Price, 
70 cents each. 
217. Eels, salt-water. Purchased in Middletown. Northern coast of Long Island. 
Atlantic Ocean. Six fish, head, skin, and entrails removed, weighed 436 grammes, 
average 72.7 grammes (2,6 ounces). Price, 12£ cents. 
218. Smoked halibut. Purchased in Middletown. Price, 18 cents per pound. 
219. Canned salt mackerel. Furnished by H. B. & F. K. Thurber & Co., New 
York City. Twelve fishes iu can, weighing 2,219 grammes (4 pounds 14.5 ounces). 
Head and tails removed. Two taken for analysis. 
220. Alewife. Purchased in Middletown. Connecticut River. Four whole fish. 
Price, 12 cents per dozen. 
221. Shad. Purchased in Middletown. Connecticut River. One whole fish, 
caught April 17. The first shad of the season were taken April 14. Price 20 cents 
per pound. 
224. Pickerel. Purchased in Middletown. Connecticut River, East Haddam. Two 
whole fish. Price 12 cents per pound. 
Weighings in preparation for analgsis. 
Constituents. 
a. 
6 . 
Average. | 
Flesh 
Grms. 
144. 0 
Grms. 
145. 0 
Grms. 
144.5 
Refuse 
151.0 
141.0 
146.0 
Loss 
9.0 
11.0 
9.5 
Total 
304.0 
297.0 
300.0 
225. Striped bass. Purchased in Middletown. Long Island Sound. One whole 
fish, weighing 2-J pounds. Price 20 cents per pound. 
228. Cod. Purchased in Middletown. One fish, head and entrails removed. Price 
10 cents per pound. 
229. Haddock. Purchased in Middletown. One fish, entrails removed. Price 8 
cents per pound. 
230. Mackerel. Purchased in Middletown. Two fish, entrails removed but spawn 
left in. Price 15 cents each. 
Weighings in preparation for analgsis. 
Constituents. 
a. 
b. 
Average. 
Grms. 
Grms. 
Grms. 
Flesh 
201.0 
166. 0 
183.5 
Refuse 
130. 2 
130.0 
130.1 
Loss 
9.3 
3. 5 
6.4 
Total 
340.5 
299. 5 
320. 0 
