[Fwd: Q's re origin of coho and chum]

[Mike Cleven]

"Alan H. Hartley" wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: Q's re origin of coho and chum
> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 17:22:59 -0600
> From: "Alan H. Hartley" <ahartley at d.umn.edu>
> To: Mike Cleven <ironmtn at bigfoot.com>
> References: <k3jm3ugbs9l1kkg0hjhlvgg7biq039fjqg at 4ax.com> <3C3B54FC.FF65FABE at d.umn.edu> <3C3B7516.E0A1C187 at bigfoot.com>
>
> > Terry would know more about this, but IIRC it has something to do with
> > the use of chum salmon as bait?
>
> Not likely: the 4 earliest examples (1857-76) in the OED are of NE U.S.
> provenance. "Chum" was used in the same period to refer to the remains
> of menhaden after the oil was extracted. Chum in this sense was used as
> a fertilizer.


Wutz menhaden?

MC