The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-10-28

then there may be a chance for a few
heifers and steers to grow to maturity,
and later on dedicate their full-grown
to the meat eaters
Of the United States.
English fisheries are considered of
very great importance, and the fishing
feet has been recognized as bearing
an important relation to her COM
merce. Germany has advanced its
fishing interest to the fullest extent,
and yet Germany before the outbreak
Of the war could not begin to supply
her growing demand for fish. 1t be.
came a custom in Germany for the
faster passenger trains to be used for
fish shipments. and as part of the edu-
cational system Of that country sup
ported by the government, a series Of
cookery lessons were started in Ber-
lin and other large cities, using moving
pictures to show the methods Of fish
ing, and the varieties of fish, and to
~ III tApldllllDS lhtl loOh NdluC' M
cording to the Daily Consular Report
of January %, 1913, this movement
was enthusiastically received, and at
present articles are frequently being
written and issued in pamphlet form
which contain helpful and heretofore
little known facts regarding sea fish
and the best methods OF preparing
them for the table. AS a consequence,
the taste for fish has spread amazingly,
and the various TRAVELLING concerns
have entered upon an era Of prosperity
which seems likely to be permanent"
While the United States has been
struggling with the meat problem, it is
interesting to know that fisheries
created a big business in sending hard
frozen steel.head salmon in carload
lots from the Pacific to Germany, be-
cause the German market proved a
good one, and the Germans appeared
willing to pay the price for a high
grade fish that our people will not.
More than $14, 600, 900 were repre-
scented in the value Of the fish caught
in Norway during 19l1-and today
when one goes to his grocer for sar-
dimes he does not inquire for those
from the %canneries of Maine, but the
chances are that he will ask for the
brands packed in Norway, simply be-
cause they are better prepared. Can
ada is not as far behind as the United
States in recognizing the value Of fish
as food, and it has built up its fish
industry so hat it produced $34,667,S72
in fish for the year ending in 1912. In
the United States the Atlantic Coast
ton in fish, and the entire fish catch
for the United States in 1906 was
65,877,443. 1t has been determined
that as a general rule the dominant
fish in any market are produced com
paratively near by, which lends en-
phasis to the fact that the meat eaters
are willing to go to foreign countries
for their beef, but less frequently is
the fish from the Atlantic or the Pa
cifc found fresh in inland sections.
Quoting from the Year Book of the
Department of Agriculture for 1913, we
find additional evidence of the ignor-
ance of the American people with refer
ence to fish. The article says: "a
visit to any large wholesale fish mar
ket in the United States is a voyage
of discovery to most consumers. They
will see there more kinds Of fish for
sale than they had supposed existed in
the sea-. But such a market displays
little variety when compared with the
fish market of the Halle Centrale' in
Paris or the wonderful market on the
Grand Canal in Venice. Spread out on
trays, garnished with green n red
and brown seaweeds, arranged to catch
the eye by beauty of color and design,
are delicacies that our fishermen never
take the trouble to bring on shore be-
cause we do not consider them desir-
able food. The praised soup served in
Naples was made from a member Of
the cuttleish family-a 'squid'-eaten
here only by Italians and used for bait
by our fishermen. The much desired
raie au beurre noir of Paris is, in plain
English, just a piece Of skate, or ray,
that would not be salable in American
markets.
With the South producing beef on
cheap grazing lands and in a climate
where little shelter is required; with
the North and Alaska engaged in the
raising of reindeer which hustle their
own food, and prosper in cold eli
mates; and with the oceans, lakes and
rivers providing immense quantities
Of fish, the American people ought not
to go hungry. If they will use the right
kind of judgment, they will utilize all
these different foods.