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or salt-pack fish. Limited quantities of fish can be salted in barrels 

 or tierces. A cutting table or chopping block is an aid when dress- 

 ing the fish as well as when cutting them into suitable sizes to feed. 

 Most ranchers cook cereal with the fish at certain seasons of the 



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Fig. 10. — Modem type of dwelling on fox island in southeastern Alaska 



year, and for this purpose build a caldron or a specially designed 

 steam cooker either in the feed house or just outside. The steam 

 cooker, although somewhat slower than a direct-fire caldron, cooks 

 the food more thoroughly and without burning or scorching it. 



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Fk;. 11. — JjiviuK tjuartoL-.s and oiill>uil(lings con.sUutU'd Ironi native timlKjr 



Steam-pressiire cookers of various sizes on the market hasten cook- 

 ing and simplify the process. 



A smokehouse (fig. 12^ for smoking fish or other feed for the 

 foxes should be erected in the vicinity of the feed-storage house. 



