. About lobsters. Lobsters; Lobster fisheries. Fig. 19 Fig. 20. Another method of branding is shown in Figures 19 and 20. These are two samples of printed metal disks to be snapped over the tail of a lobster. Each has a locking tongue which pierces the tail and holds it in place. They were much easier to apply than the bands but were expensive. Notice that these are private name brands. Several years ago, wooden plugs were sold, each having the word " Maine" burned into them. They seemed to be a solu- Fig. 21 tion of branding since they re- quired no extra labor. A lobster is going t
. About lobsters. Lobsters; Lobster fisheries. Fig. 19 Fig. 20. Another method of branding is shown in Figures 19 and 20. These are two samples of printed metal disks to be snapped over the tail of a lobster. Each has a locking tongue which pierces the tail and holds it in place. They were much easier to apply than the bands but were expensive. Notice that these are private name brands. Several years ago, wooden plugs were sold, each having the word " Maine" burned into them. They seemed to be a solu- Fig. 21 tion of branding since they re- quired no extra labor. A lobster is going to be plugged any- way, so why not use a branded plug? They were not widely enough accepted to make their manufacture profitable (the plug shown in Figure 21 is a private brand). A fourth branding method, tried only in a limited way, was the use of decalcomania, or transfers, whereby printing is transferred from a carrying sheet to any object desired. They were excellent; they were intended to be applied to the carapace or solid shell of the lobster. But their application was far too slow to be practical. A fifth way of marking a lobster is the device used by. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Prudden, T. M. (Theodore Mitchell). Freeport, Me. : Bond Wheelwright Co
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