The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-05
Preparing Tod Fish for Market.

A correspondent 81 the Montreal
Ga.sVs gives the history of = cod fish
frJm iho moment when. ou the hook 81
the fisherman. IL is dragged from lis IA
tive element ull II disappears down the
human throar0n the banks of the ANA
Eon. the parsan, the Tagus, or the 20
After few expiring wrigsles ard ii is
comfort % be informed by nAturalists
tha; iish are almu4t iIseuslble 70 pain
tho col is flung from tie fisherman
boat upon tile rough stage. where il is
received by the cut-throat. who. with
"a sharp kEiic, laws open the fish ACROSS
the tLrast and dupu lAc belly. and
passes 10 tu the header This operator
proceeds 90 extract the liver. which is
dropped INTO q vessel hy his sldt. o. be
converted luio cudiiyer oil. He then ex-
tracts tie cutrAlls aud WrcncLoa OF the
head. and throws these into another re-
crptaclr % be preserved for the farmer.
to mix with bog and earth. thus forming
D most itrulIziny compost FOR his fields
The tongues, however. are taken cut,
and also the sounds, and these. fresh OF
plckled. are an excellent article 81 fool
The hsA is then passed g. the splitter.
who. hy lcNterous movement, cuts out
the backbone nearly % the tail. and thus
laws thc fish entirely vpen. and capable
81 being laid fal on lis back Tins il
thc incest part ~ thc operation. and
the splitter ALWAYS commands higher
wages than the rest 81 the operators.
The ssit,g next takes the ii-h aud washes
II well iram al PARTICLES II blood salta
IL, and places it IN piles to dram. After
laying the proper length Oi time il is
washed, aud spread 10 dry on the
" ilaLs. which is formed Il spruce
houghs. supported by framework rest
ing CA upright poles Here the cod are
spread out individually ta heach 10y ex
posurc ,o suu and ug and during this
proCeSs require constant attention. At
night. ur CA tho approach at rain. they
are made mp into little u1uui heaps, with
the skin outward. IN which state thcy
look very much like small haycocks.
When thc " bloom. or whitish appear
aucr. which for time they assume.
c1mos ont uH thc dried fish, the process
is finished. and they are quite ready Tor
storing. On being conveyed 10 the
premises ~ the exporting merchant. they
@Ar lAAh fAtftls AE A~HAkAfAis INTO AbAf
different kinds. known as " Merchant
able. 4" Madeira. 4" West India. and
" Dun, az br1kon fish. The first is the
best quality. tho second q grade lower,
the thiri ~ intended for the stomachs 81
negroes, and the fourth. which j. incapa-
bic 81 keeping, is uscd AZ home. The
COD sent 20 bot countries are packed by
screw power into small casks called
drums - th, 50 which 60 the Mediter-
ranean are usually exported in bulk.
Large quantities II dricd cod fish are
shipped to Brazil, and there Is hardly
All inhabited corner 81 that vast empire
whore the New 'ouudland cod is not 10
hc found. beng carried on the ba ks 81
mules from the seacoast into the most
distant provinces ~ the interior. The
negI,ncs 81 the West Indies welcome il
as a grateful addition 20 their vegetable
diet To all parts ui the Mediterranean
Il finds its way. Italians. Greeks and
Sicilians equally relishing the produce
AZ the sea harvest The Spaniards and
Portuguese are our best customers. and
all ovcr,he sunnypeninsuln the bucalo"
is a standing dish. In the warmer
Of the earth the people seem to
have special liking for the dried and
sulted cod, and II them it is IN almost
article Of food.