The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-12


 into the room. You were the one who talked about gold fish for many months before Christmas and now that Christmas is gone and you got the fish you just don't pay any at tention to them"
 Haven't I got my work to do. to chop" retorted Jack. "All you have to do is help around the house ard it seems to me that once in a while you could feed the fish. It 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 1 the next, and so on, That way would be fair and easy for you ! both"
 '"That's a fine idea" said Jack.
 q think so too," said Ruth. "Then be sure to follow it. While we are sitting here, and inasmuch ! as we are talking of fish, I'll tell you something about fish. This | isn't a fish story but little infor- nation you should have regarding the fish industry and the part Uncle Sam plays in it. Very few people realize what an enormous business 1t | is and what an important role the Government fills. It is quite jump | from those three little gold fish swimming in that little bowl to the realization that 2,5OO,000,000 pounds of fish are produced in the United States every year and that $SO,oOO,- 900 is invested in the business by Americans.
 This industry is so big that their is separate division of the Gov ernment to look after it, known as the Bureau of Fisheries. You see' kiddies, this bureau is concerned with several things. One Of the most important is experimenting
 with raising fish with which to re
 nlace the thousands that are caught
 for food each year. For this Worh exnerimental stations are located II almost every state in the Ohloh "' l: well as Alaska The bureau als' studies carefully what kinds or llsi ,,,,,e the hest food and what then value is aside from thelr ea''l's cro1itties The bureau has foune fron, it's work that the Amerlcai : neople do not eat enough tlsh' f1o" many pounds of meat do you thlnf tho average citizen of this counlr' will eat in a year? Well, 1t l' more than 100 pounds, while ne eau ,ass than IS pounds of fish. You set it is of great value to those eh gagged in the industry to nave 'n' odvantage of the investlgatlohs o this bureau as to methods o1 ca''i' : ino sbinning. salting, drying can : ming and refrigerating.
 : "One of the hardest problems u ao,va was how to ship fresh fish great distance without spelling. fol
 many wears only dried or salted flsh
 could be shipped into the interior o1
 the country. Today, thanks to the
 Bureau of Fisheries, a method mas
 been worked out so that the flsE
 are frozen for long shipment. They
 are frozen to between 10 degrees ana
 zero and in this condition they have
 been shipped over 2,0O0 miles ana
 then delivered by rural delivery
 thawed and found to be as good as
 when freshly caught. More thar
 that, experiments have shown thai
 fish can be kept in this manner fol
 12 months.
 "You know how I like sardines
 Perhaps you have noticed the cans
 they come in. Practically all sar
 dimes have come from either France
 or Norway. Those two countries have
 supplied the world with the best
 sardines. Today the Bureau of Fish
 cries through it's laboratory in Cali
 fornia has reached the point in its
 investigation of sardine canning
 where it will only be a short time
 until the United States will have its
 own supply of the highest grade sardines.
 "You remember last summer when we were at the seashore, the day
 when we saw the fishermen pulling in all those fish in big net? All the nets and lines that are used each year in this country cost between $S,OOO,0OO and $15,000,000. The Bur eau of Fisheries is experimenting with various means of preserving