The art of fishcuring / by "Viking." (R.J. Duthie, Fishery officer, Lerwick).

  • Viking
Date:
1911
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Credit: The art of fishcuring / by "Viking." (R.J. Duthie, Fishery officer, Lerwick). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    under discussion, however, the building (of which I here- with give a sketch, showing construction of roof and sliding doors) should be long and broad enough to allow two selec- tions of herrings to be packed in it at once. The roof should be of slate or corrugated iron, and should be well supplied with skylight windows. For night work a good supply of gas should be led along the joists iu the centre of the building. The pillars might be 10 ft. or more in height, and the building should be closed in all round, the walls being made in sections, either to slide on pulleys or to hoist up inwards. A building of this description would be useful all the year round. In winter it would be used for storing staves and heading, hoops, etc.; and by opening sections or doors on opposite sides of the shed a draught would be created that would thoroughly season the wood and keep it in good condition. Then, in the event of the other buildings being filled up, a considerable number of barrels might be stored in the packing shed instead of being put outside, as is often the case during the spring or early summer. In ground plan jSTo. 1, if there were no store in the upper end of the yard, its place might be taken by a packing shed near and at right angles to the middle of the gutting shed. Occasionally a packing shed is constructed high enough to have a loft in it. The only drawback to this arrange- ment is that the packers can only get light from the sides; and in a broad building such as this, the centre, where the work is principally done, can only be well lighted from the roof. A compromise between the two arrangements is to leave a number of the flooring boards unfastened in the centre of the loft, and to have windows in the roof directly above, so that when the loft is empty the boards may be lifted and the light admitted. Plant.—The plant required for a business employing,
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