El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
eat Fish and Help the Nation Win War Frank Carpenter
Is Advice of Food Administrator Hoover s.! !5 Franz
United States Has Modified Fisheries Which
of World; SOOOO0OOO Salmon Ready to Ship.

O in hogsheads Of $50 pounds each. at Z
, cost OF 500 per hogshead
I saw them curing halibut this way at
Prince Rupert. IN Canada The sverage
fish used was as heavy as good sized
man It was sliced in two. the back and
front forming two slabs OF snow white
meat It was then hung up like sides
OF beef and the backbone vas cut out
The slabs were then salteo and laid one
on top Of another in the hogshead until
il was full Of what was practically solid
Another fish from Alaska which could
easily be shipped as food for our allies is
the cod There are great banks about The
AleutiRn Islands. where the cod swarms
as thiclkly as It once did on the banks OF
Newfoundland We are now catching r1il-
lions Of pounds Of Alaskan Goldfish every
year and the amount is steadily incress-
ing. We take a great deal from the wa
tiers OF the Atlantic and We are planting
coo eggs and cod fish in those waters TO
increase the supply About ten years ago
more than O0.00o,0oo little cod were
planted By the United States bureau OF
fisheries during one season The cod Is
prolific Ten million eggs have been
taken from a single female, Weighing IS
pounds. and it is a poor cod that viii not
lay couple Of million eggs
Cod Popular IN Europe.
The cod is more popular in Europe than
here. 1t is greatly relished by the French
Italians and Spaniards, and IL has formed
one OF the chief commercial fishes for
hundreds Of years. The Romans and
Greeks both ate Il, and also the Anglo
Saxons who gave IL the name OF CAD,
from which the word cod comes. CAD rep
resenting the rod on which it was dried.
II IS claimed by some that when the
Danes came from Iceland along about
the year 1000 and discovered North
America they were looking for new cod
fishing grounds. and il IS said that the
banks Of Newfoundland had been VISITED
by Spanish Fishermen long before colum-
bus crossed the Atlantic
The Goldfish come 10 the shallow banks
Of the ocean TO feed They pasture On
the bottom Of the sea. eating almost
every sea animal smaller than they They
eat fish OF many kinds. and also crabs,
starfish and lobster, and even the great
sea clam. In browsing long the bed Of
the ocean they pick up all sorts OF things
which have been lost from the ships. and
fishermen record the finding Of scissors
and oil cans IN their srOmachs. The heel
Of a fishermans boot was once found in
side a cod caught off Newfoundland, and
about 80 years ago q wedding ring was
fodnd Inside a cod The ring belonged
to Mrs. Pauline Burnam. an Englishw0m-
an who was lost when the steamship An
gio-Saxon went down in 1851 The fish
erman traced the ownership Of the ring
and sent It back TO the son Of Mrs. Bur
nam. who is said to have rewarded him
with a present OF $50. - s25e-
Matches Fish Like Chickens.
In connection with the planting OF cod
fish and cod eggs It will surprise some 10
know that Uncle Sam now matches fish
as farmers hatch chickens and that he
plants the young where he pleases. With
in late years he has been greatly adding
to our food supply by picking out the
best kinds Of fish, and scattering them
through the waters of the United States
especially fitted for them. Just now his
fish scientists are devoting themselves en-
tirely to work along the lines Of the
war. but IN the year before it broke out
he planted three OF four billion eggs or
tiny fish and turned loose in the waters
fish OF different varieties.
The bureau OF fisheries has now "a
permanent hatcheries. and more than Zoe
subhatcheries and egg collecting Stations
located in 81 different states and IN
Alaska It has q floating hatchery IN
the steamer Fish Hawk The Alaskan
hatcheries distribute great quantities OF
salmon in the rivers and streams where
that fish swarms, and they are planting
shad eggs in similar places along our
eastern seaboard- They are planting
whitfish IN the great LIKES and are set
ting out oyster beds where the oyster has
never grown IN abundance before Some
OF the best oysters I have ever eaten
are those which grow in these artificial
beds in the Gulf OF Mexico. and along
the coast Of the Pacific ocean In san
Francisco you can now get excellent oys-
tiers. whose 1orefathers came from the At
lantic ocean across the continent in re-
frigerator cars holding 200 barrels each
The oysters are planted inside stockaues
10 protect them from their fish enemies
and after two years they begin to pro-
ducs for the market
German Carp in Many Ponds.
The bureau is planting fish not only IN
the waters along our coast, but in those
OF our streams, lakes and ponds You
have all heard OF the carp That Is an
alien German subject which has been in
termed in our American ponds since his
a. ~ ~
idly and. according to our last fish cen
sus. IS giving US more than 45,0O0,0O9
pounds OF food every year
There are now millions OF carp in the
United States. and the number might
easily be run high into the billions. The
fish are raised on the farms OF different
parts OF Europe and IN Germany almost
every farmer has his carp pond We have
something like 100000 farms in the
United States. and II one farmer in six
should start a carp pond the interior Of
our country would have more Of this food
than It could possibly eat
Some may object 10 the taste Of the
carp, but that is because they do not
know how 10 cook IT, The fish has been
sometimes called the hog OF the waters
Il likes to wallow in the mud and when
it is first taken from a mud pond Il IS
APT to have mud taste. This disappears
II the live fish is kept for few days
IN cler water, and then the meat VIII be
found 70 taste as fresh as that OF our
fish from the lakes or the seas
Much Depends on Cooking.
II carp is cooked the right way Il
Is hard to distinguish II from some Of
our choicest sea food few years ago
zoo members Of the American and Cana
dian fish associations met together for
3 fish dinner. They were supposed TO be
experts on Fish and they ate what they
thought was red-snapper and called It de-
liciOus. After the dinner was over they
were told Il was carp. which had been
prepared by a chef who understood how
to cook Il In protein food values carp
meat Is equal to mutton. and almost 70
the best OF sirloin steak The bureau OF
fisheries can give you simple recipes how
10 fry boil and bake it. and how TO
make carp pickles, carp salads and carp
croqu cites