packed " whole." Fishermen, as a rule, do not use proper care in handling the fish, so that, when offered for sale in the city markets, it is anything but attractive. The outer skin, from rough handling becoming injured, very soon gives rise at those points to decay, which rapidly spreads throughout the fish. Then, too, the internal organs probably begin to decom- pose very shortly after death, and should therefore be removed before shipment. Bleeding the fish after capture would also prevent rapid decay. Direct contact with the ice is not the best method of transportation. When the proper precautions are taken in shipping, this important article of food will become more attractive, and will then assume a larger and more important place in our diet than at the present time. Large quantities of fish are preserved by drying,- salting, smoking, and canning. Seasonableness. — INIost fish are not seasonable at the time of spawning, the flesh at this time being less firm, the nutri- tion going mainly to the reproductive organs. Some fish, the shad for example, are preferred at this time. Herring, too, is captured xisually at this season, since at other tiines it is very difficult to take. The following list was obtained from a Philadelphia dealer, and represents the fish purchased by him during each month of the year. January Cod ; Haddock ; Hake ; Black Bass ; White Perch ; White Catfish ; Red Catfish ; Spotted Trout ; Ciscoes ; Spotted Drum ; Nova Scotia Herring ; Smelts ; Spanish Mackerel ; llockfish; Halibut; Sunfish; Salmon; Eels; Green Pike; Blue Pike; Gray Pike. FISH 179 February Cod; Hake; Haddock; Halibut; Spotted Trout; White Perch ; Nova Scotia Herring ; Ciscoes ; Smelts ; Crokers ; Shad; White Catfish; Red Catfish; Eockfish; Black Bass; Eels ; Green Pike ; Blue Pike ; Gray Pike ; Salmon ; Floun- ders. March Cod ; Hake ; Haddock ; Halibut ; Ciscoes ; Smelts ; White Perch; Rockfish ; Nova Scotia Herring; Shad; Spotted Trout; Salmon; Crokers; Black Bass; Eels; Flounders; White Catfish ; Red Catfish ; Green Pike. April Cod ; Hake ; Haddock ; Halibut ; Shad ; White Perch ; Yellow Perch ; Rockfish ; Eels ; White and Red Catfish ; Flounders ; Salmon ; Crokers ; Bluefish ; Weakfish ; Dela- ware Herring ; Sheephead ; Cape May Goodies ; Sturgeon ; Porgy ; Butter fish. May Shad ; Delaware Herring : Hake ; Cod ; Haddock ; Rock- fish; White Perch; Yellow Perch; Bluefish; Weakfish; Sturgeon ; Porgie ; Flounders ; Red Drum ; Black Drum ; Crokers ; Cape May Goodies ; Sheephead ; Eels ; Red and White Catfish ; Halibut ; Salmon ; Spanish Mackerel ; Butter- fish. June Same as May, with addition of Sea Bass ; Kingfish ; Black- fish. July Same as June, but no Shad or Delaware Herring. 180 HANDBOOK OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE August Same as July, but no Sturgeon. September Same as August, with addition of Ciscoes ; Eound Mack- erel; Whitefisli. October Same as September. November Same as October, but no Porgies, Blackfisb, or Kingfish. December Same as November, but no Black Drum, Eed Drum, Butterfisli, or Cape May Goodies ; ■with addition of Blue Pike ; Spotted Drum.

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packed " whole." Fishermen, as a rule, do not use proper care in handling the fish, so that, when offered for sale in the city markets, it is anything but attractive. The outer skin, from rough handling becoming injured, very soon gives rise at those points to decay, which rapidly spreads throughout the fish. Then, too, the internal organs probably begin to decompose very shortly after death, and should therefore be removed before shipment. Bleeding the fish after capture would also prevent rapid decay. Direct contact with the ice is not the best method of transportation. When the proper precautions are taken in shipping, this important article of food will become more attractive, and will then assume a larger and more important place in our diet than at the present time. Large quantities of fish are preserved by drying,- salting, smoking, and canning. Seasonableness. — Most fish are not seasonable at the time of spawning, the flesh at this time being less firm, the nutrition going mainly to the reproductive organs. Some fish, the shad for example, are preferred at this time. Herring, too, is captured usually at this season, since at other tiines it is very difficult to take. The following list was obtained from a Philadelphia dealer, and represents the fish purchased by him during each month of the year. January Cod ; Haddock ; Hake ; Black Bass ; White Perch ; White Catfish ; Red Catfish ; Spotted Trout ; Ciscoes ; Spotted Drum ; Nova Scotia Herring ; Smelts ; Spanish Mackerel ; Rockfish; Halibut; Sunfish; Salmon; EEels; Green Pike; Blue Pike; Gray Pike. February Cod; Hake; Haddock; Halibut; Spotted Trout; White Perch ; Nova Scotia Herring ; Ciscoes ; Smelts ; Crokers ; Shad; White Catfish; Red Catfish; Rockfishh; Black Bass; Eels ; Green Pike ; Blue Pike ; Gray Pike ; Salmon ; Flounders. March Cod ; Hake ; Haddock ; Halibut ; Ciscoes ; Smelts ; White Perch; Rockfish ; Nova Scotia Herring; Shad; Spotted Trout; Salmon; Crokers; Black Bass; Eels; Flounders; White Catfish ; Red Catfish ; Green Pike. April Cod ; Hake ; Haddock ; Halibut ; Shad ; White Perch ; Yellow Perch ; Rockfish ; Eels ; White and Red Catfish ; Flounders ; Salmon ; Crokers ; Bluefish ; Weakfish ; Delaware Herring ; Sheephead ; Cape May Goodies ; Sturgeon ; Porgy ; Butter fish. May Shad ; Delaware Herring : Hake ; Cod ; Haddock ; Rockfish; White Perch; Yellow Perch; Bluefish; Weakfish; Sturgeon ; Porgie ; Flounders ; Red Drum ; Black Drum ; Crokers ; Cape May Goodies ; Sheephead ; Eels ; Red and White Catfish ; Halibut ; Salmon ; Spanish Mackerel ; Butterfish. June Same as May, with addition of Sea Bass ; Kingfish ; Blackfish. July Same as June, but no Shad or Delaware Herring. August Same as July, but no Sturgeon. September Same as August, with addition of Ciscoes ; Round Mackerel; Whitefisli. October Same as September. November Same as October, but no Porgies, Blackfisb, or Kingfish. December Same as November, but no Black Drum, Red Drum, Butterfisli, or Cape May Goodies ; ■with addition of Blue Pike ; Spotted Drum.

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