Show i FISH JAW W OIL OIt NOW 1 c SOARING IN PRICE I f Used sed ed for Lubricating Delicate Delicate Deli Deli- r cate Mechanisms ij Washington Because Because the Increasing increasing In in- i creasing numbers of aeronautical Instruments watches and other delIcate delicate del del- i mechanisms are causing a n nr r shortage In tile the supply of fish oil a n government agency has undertaken a survey of the sources of such lu lu- Oil from the Jaws of porpoises per por poises and blackfish fish which now Is chiefly y used to lubricate these thee the e mech mech- r has soared In price For two centuries porpoises have been taken In nets off Cape Hatteras says a n bulletin from the National Geographic society Today Today To day they are also fished along niong the coast of FIn FInmark mark the northernmost province of Norway and along the Atlantic shore near North Ca Carolina roll na Porpoises winter off oil the South Atlantic coast Schools may be seen J I almost dally daily passing Just outside the surf The largest animals reach a length of seven feet and weigh about pounds The porpoise fishermen are as expert as fishermen who literally I IlIve Ilive live In the codfish fisheries off New England and Newfoundland Lo kouts k- k outs are stationed on the beach above and below the point where the porpoise fishers await signals When a school of porpoises Is sighted boats equipped with large seines are launched The seines are ore joined forming a semicircular pen with one ne end secured to the beach The net men are able ohle to watch the progress of a n sch school ol of porpoises by hy bythe bythe hythe the position of ot the I loo out who walks walles along the beach abreast the school When the animaL enter the pen the offshore end of the net Is rushed ashore The porpoises lunge at nt the thenet thenet thenet net and attempt to Jump over and I I J I I dive under the mesh but fishermen are usually stationed In boats outside outside outside out out- side the pen to scare the surging animals toward to the shore Near the beach bench a smaller net Is laid around the main portion of the school which Is beached benched first Then the remainder re re- ier er of ot the school Is swept In by the larger net Although Jaw oil Is an nn important Important Important tant product of ot porpoise fisheries the animals also are valuable for tor their body oil which Is extracted from the blubber by boiling In OlIn northern Norway the blubber Is eaten by the who conI consider con con- sider It superior to many other sea foods The flesh not consumed Is salted for tor exportation while the entrails entrails entrails en en- trails and bones make good fertil fertil- izer For many years the Indians along the Maine coast const have supported support support- II III ed themselves by capturing por por- poises Porpoise meat also Is consumed aboard v whaling haling boats Whalers cape capture cap cap- ture porpoises by harpooning The blubber not consumed Is cut Into longitudinal strips 4 to 5 6 Inches Incites wide then minced and placed In pots to boll boil Each animal yields about two gallons of body ody oIL PorpoIse Porpoise Porpoise Por Por- poise ja jav rv oil Is produced by removIng removIng removing ing Ing the animals animal's lower Jaw and extracting extracting extracting ex ex- the oil containing blubber which Is boiled gently A single Jaw contains about a n half pint of Jaw oil oU Blackfish Jaw oil Is of equal merIt merit merit mer mer- it for lubrication These fish which widely range the tile Atlantic ocean are usually captured by harpooning |