. New England; a human interest geographical reader. © Kalkhulf \. Y- *Lobster-Charlie with a six-pounder In Europe various little fishes have long been cannedas sardines, and since 1875 the industry has developedon the coast of Maine. When herring are feeding,they swim at the surface of the tidal currents and canbe caught in weirs. The weirs are closely woven brushfences built out from the shore with the outer endcurved nearly back on itself and finally turned a shortdistance into the enclosure, but ha\ang a small openspace for an entrance. As the school of herring movesalong with the ti
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. © Kalkhulf \. Y- *Lobster-Charlie with a six-pounder In Europe various little fishes have long been cannedas sardines, and since 1875 the industry has developedon the coast of Maine. When herring are feeding,they swim at the surface of the tidal currents and canbe caught in weirs. The weirs are closely woven brushfences built out from the shore with the outer endcurved nearly back on itself and finally turned a shortdistance into the enclosure, but ha\ang a small openspace for an entrance. As the school of herring movesalong with the tide the brush fence turns them into theenclosure, where they continue to swim slowly around 350 New England in a circle without finding the blind entrance. Pres-ently a boat containing a seine arrives. The seine isstretched across the entrance, and the boat movesaround the inner side of the enclosure paying out the. An inlet on the coast net until its ends are brought together. At its loweredge is a purse line which is drawn to close the bottomof the seine. Then the entire seine is hauled in so thatthe fish are in a sufficiently reduced space to be takenwith dip-nets into the boat. Small steamers collect thecatch and deliver it at the factories, where the fish arecleaned while fresh by men, women, and child they are soaked in brine, dried on wire flakes,cooked in hot oil for two or three minutes, and packed insmall tin boxes. Many full-grown herring are heads and other refuse are made into fertilizer. The Coast with a Hundred Harbors 35 The Maine coast is a very attractive summer re-sort region. No matter how hot the weather may beinland, the sea breezes and cool water usually makethe air along shore quite comfortable. The coast isdelightfully bold and picturesque, and the littlesteamers that thread the channels among the islandsbring a multitude of visitors to it every ye
Size: 2018px × 1238px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorjohnsonclifton1865194, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910
