Sulfur (calculated as SO3) 2.47
Chlorine 3.46

Chemical analysis calculated on
fresh substance in flesh:

Water 82.73
Nitrogen 2.17
Albuminoids (nitrogen x 6.25) 13.57
Fat 1.97
Crude ash 1.74
Phosphorus (calculated as P2 06) .39
Sulphur (calculated as SO3) .43
Chlorine .59

Nutritive value of flesh of lobsters
compared with beef as a standard and
reckoned at 100. 61.97



ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OF THE LOBSTER.

The rapid increase in the catch of this crustacean during the past ten
years has drawn upon it the most earnest attention of all interested
in the preservation of this valuable fishery. If the "berried" or
female lobster bearing eggs, and the young and immature, were let
alone by the fishermen there would be no necessity for a resort to
artificial lobster culture. Maine has a most stringent law forbidding
the taking and selling of "berried" lobsters, and of any lobster under