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Title: The literary digest
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York : Funk & Wagnalls (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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thers. Of all thisninety-nine per cent, went to England andFrance. But, of course, canned foodsplayed only a modest part in this vasttotal. In that important department of can-nable foods, fish, the salmon holds firstplace. The retail value of the UnitedStates salmon pack last year was in theneighborhood of $80,000,000. The mystery of the salmon is one of thestrangest in nature. The great bulk ofthe Pacific coast varieties go into the deepsea from the fresh-water beds where theyhatch, and remain in the ocean from fourto six years. Then, like migratory bu-ds,they come back to their identical breedingplaces—male and female alike. Theyare large fish, sometimes Aveighing eightypounds, and they make their way up therivers and creeks by the million, forcingthemselves into shallow pools where thespawning takes place. A salmon spawnsbut once—and then dies; and the male,too, dies, on his first trip back to hisbirthplace, the males and females being The Literary Digest for March 15, 1919 49
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Splitting and rotting sidingof another wooden house, in thiscase without surface protection.Loss is due entirely to neglect.The occasional application of paintwould have kept the lumber inperfect condition. Quincy Mansion, Quincy, Mass. Construction startedin 1685. Finished in 1706. It has secret panels,chimney staircase and hiding places said to have beenused by smugglers. Later the home of great statesmenand of the famous belle, Dorothy Quincy. What Dorothy Quincys famous house tells us A panel of steel. Oneportion was painted; the otherwas not. Exposure has ruinedthe unpainted surface. Rust hasbitten deep into it. The paintedportion is as good as new. Savethe surface and you save all. LOOK at this house. Whowould ever realize that it ismore than 200 years old! Whatan example of property preserva-tion by surface protection. But it is only an example.The real point to appreciate isthat if it is a- house we own, orany other thing, its surface is itsdanger point. That is wheredisintegr

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