Evening journal., 1923-01-02
Uncle IedS Bedtime Stories
Three Little and the Story of Uncle Sans Fisheries

you ought TO look after them
s better than that" said Ruth as Jack
came into the room. you were the
one who talked about gold fish for
months before Christmas and now
that Christmas is gone and you
got the fish you just don't pay any
attention 20 them"
Haven't I got my work TO do.
Errands to run for mother and wood
TO chop" retorted Jack. IAN you
have to do Is help around the house
and II seems TO me that once in a
while you could feed the FISH. II
wouldn't take you two minutes"
Seems like the poor little gold
fish are again causing an argument"
said Uncle Ted as he arrived on the
scene. why don't you take turns
looking after them? You take care
OF them one week, Jack and Ruth
the next, and so on. That way would
be fair and easy for you both"
That's a fine idea" said Jack.
Il think so too" said Ruth.
Then be sure to follow II. While
we are sitting here. and inasmuch
as we are talking OF fish. I'll tell
you something about fish. This
isn't fish story but a little iDforma-
ton you'd should have regarding
the fish industry and the part Uncle
Sam plays in It. Very few people
realize what an enormous bust
ness IL Is and what an important
role the government fills. II Is
quite a jump from those three little
gold fish swimming in that little
bowl to the realization that $780,
100000 pounds OF fish are produced
in the United States every year and
that ssO.0OO.00O is invested in the
business by Americans.
This industry is so big that
there is a separate division OF the
government TO look after It, known
as the Bureau OF Fisheries. You
see. kiddies. this bureau is concern
ed with several things. One OF the
most important is experimenting
with raising fish with which to re-
place the thousands that are caught
for food each year. For this work
experimental stations are located in
almost every State in the Union
as well as Alaska. The bureau also
studies carefully what kinds of fish
make the best food and what their
value IS aside from their eating quail
ites. The bureau has found from
its york that the American people
do not eat enough fish. How many
pounds OF meat do you Think the
average citizen OF this country will
eat in a year? Wen. II Is more than
100 pounds, while he eats less than
90 Auh 10 d aF
velue TO those engaged In the in
dustry to have the advantage of the
investigations OF this bureau as 10
methods OF catching. shipping,
sailing. drying. canning and refrig-
Grating.
zone OF the hardest problems to
solve was how 20 ship fresh fish
great distance without spelling. For |
many years only dried or sailed fish |
could be shipped into the interior |
Of the country. Today. thanks TO /
the Bureau OF Fisheries. a method |
has been worked out so that the !
fish are frozen for long shipment. I
They are frozen TO between 10 de- |
grees and zero and in this condition /
they have been shipped over 1000 /
miles and then delivered by rural /
delivery. thawed and found to be as
good as when freshly caught. More
than that, experiments have shown
that fish can be kept in this manner
for IL months.
You know how 1 like sardines.
Perhaps you have noticed the cans
they come In. Practically all sar-
lines have come from either France
Or Norway. Those two countries
have supplied the world with the
best sardines. Today the Bureau OF
Fisheries through its labratory in 4
California has reached the point in
Is investigation of sardiDe canning