The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-29

blind obedience to the inherited IN
stinct of their race.
The great product of Labrador is its
fisheries Strip if of its marine PROD ri
ucts and you have left nothing but |
mosquitoes and barren waste In Its W
fisheries which amount annually to Y,
many hundreds of thousands OF dol W
lars, it is easy to see what has been n
the bone of contention in the past #
years between England, France and
the United States. The business or
catching fish is carried on for the 2
most part by the large and enterprls- I
ing houses of England with their I
branch offices in Newfoundland. Each "
house has it's dependents whom it fur ,
nishes in the spring with food, ap {
paratuS and boats necessary to Cd s
| tain a catch. In the fall the accounts ,
are settled. If the season has been
a remunerative one the house OBTAINS
an ample return for its investment,
but if, as often it happens, the season
has been for some reason an unpronl-
able one, the house stands its loss, pa
tiently looking to another year 10 re-
imburse it for its previous unprolta-
BILE outlay Little money ever passes !
into the hands of the catchers OF COZ
II is a matter of barter wholly, ana
+ the balance of credit is always on the
side of the house. Yet, with its mani
Y fest disadvantages, the system IS
$ great practical help to the fisherman
n himself, since it frees him from direct
r connection in the open markets ana
!. guarantees him home and means OF,
# support, which if left to hlmsel ne
n might often lack.
Is The method of 1tching fish diners
,e from that employ i by any other peo-
q nile except the Scandinavians. 1t was
% introduced from the Norwegian coast
v over 20 wears ago and first put INTO
n oneration off the shores of NeWfound-
10 land near st. Johns. There 1t was
at 81 successful that trap fishing is now
it. employed along the whole Labrador
vn coast The trap consists OF an I'LL
NJ mense we'll built in the form OF
es square, measuring eight fathoms u
no side These sides, which are mace
rs of strong netting, are connected at .n'
IN hottom bv flooring of netting, TN
ot whole extending from the buoys at TN
rs surface to very near the bottom. Frol
,ck the square inclosure thus maze lit
va ;s snrung to the shore, where II
oot fastened, generally at the foot OF som
I'D narnendicular cliff, to serve the pu
fms pose of leader. The hsh IN the
fioh massage to and from the haroor e.
md counter this leader, and in trying
,ns mass around it enter the trap Wnio
o,,t thew try in vain to leave Inc ave
70. 400 number of fish captured at OF
40. baul Of the trap is so quintals IN
-ivo oood season, and as two hauls
made in a day the profits are lare
nsnecially when the fish sell, as al
rom no the last season, at from $35o
the 81 a quintal.
rect The method of pulling the trap
The interesting. A large boat, capable
orne narrving 40 quintals of fish a
G n mannod by six hands, is moored
tory ono corner of the trap and the We
oony If undermining begun, the OBJECT
+oek mo 70 force the fish into one cor'
cisv. that they may the more easily
e:h tronsferred to the boat by the dlp1
n ,,e peginning at this corner, the bott
arav. and sides of the net are pulled gra
tho DIV to the sides of the boat, as e.
aono now hold reaches the gunwale
nva nreceding one being let 60 in
,,s,,; ! r,ov the fish are gradually forced
. Iifo tho corner. from which they are tr'
. ore ferred to the boat. Oftentlmes the
,or;os of the net becomes caught on the
,orod tom Of the boat which is then liter
,s IN aground on the shoai OF COO
ny m. When the catch is too large Tor
~ CO ho.t to carry to the cleaning hou'
nr at bag Is fastened to the top line OF
an ho not and the fish forced into 1t, W
& otore thev remain till the next day. v
49, 90 tbov are taken at special trip
fan well.eouipped trap costs $4OO'
.' r%a Whom badly torn or, as is sonnet
- tho tho case in storm, lost altoge
lg the necessltates Oh nor
, away on the unloi '"N