The Glenwood post., 1923-01-11
uacle Ted's Bed Time Stories
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-ups, Too
THE STORY OF
UNCLE SANS FISHERIES

"You ought to look after them bet
ter 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 to
them
Haven't 1 got my work to do,
errands to run for mother and wood
to chop?" retorted Jack. can you
have to do is help around the house
and it seems to me that once in while
you could feed the fish 1t wouldn It
take you two minutes.''
"seems like the poor little gold
fish are again causing an argument, -
said Uncle Ted as he arrived o. 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 would be fair
and easy for you BOTH"
THAT S a fine idea,'' said Jack.
think so, too,'' said Ruth.
"Then be sure to follow it. while
we are sitting here, and inasmuch as
we are talking of fish, Ill tell you
something about fish. This isn't a
fish story, but a little information you
should have regarding the fish indus
try and the part Uncle Sam plays in
1t. Very few people realize what an
enormous business it is and what an
important role the government fills.
1t is quite a jump from those three
little gold fish swimming in that little
bowl to the realization that 2,5OO,OOO,
900 pounds of fish are produced in the
United States every year and that
$sO,OoO,000 is invested in the business
by Americans.
"This industry is SO big that there
is separate division of the govern
ment to look after it, known as the
bureau of fisheries. You see, kiddies
tbs bureau is concerned with several
things. One of the most important is
experimenting with raising fish with
which 10 replace the thousands thai
are caught for food each year. Fol
this work experimental stations arc
located IN almost every state in the
Union as well as Alaska. The bureau
also studies carefully what kinds o,
fish make the best food and vha
thelr value IS aside fIom their eatin.
qualities. The bureau has found from
lis work that the American people d.
not eat enough fish. How man
pounds of meat do you think the av
eiage citizen of this country will ca
IN year? Well, it is more than l0
pounds, while he eats less than Il
pounds OF fish. You see it is of grea
value to those engaged in the industr,
to Fave the advantage of the investiga
tions of this bureau as to methods o
catching, shipping, sailing, drying
canning and refrigerating.
lone of the hardest problems :,
solve was how to ship fresh fish ,
great distance without spelling. Fo
many years only dried or salted fist
could be shipped into the interior ot
the country. Today, thanks to tn,
bureau of fisheries, method has beer
worked out so that the fish are frozer
for long shipment. They are fuzer
to between 10 degrees and zero and il
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 12 months.
"You know how l like sardines.
Perhaps you have noticed the cans
they come in. Practically all sardines
have come from either France or Nor
way. Those two countries have sup
piled the world with the best sardines.
Today the bureau of fisheries, through
its laboratory in California, has reach
ed the point in its investigation of
sardine canning where it will only be
a short time until the United States