New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-01

rsee are perpetusied In this manner In certain rivers
vshout soy amsjgs IN wbstever with the species OH
Chatting In other waters. Is seems % M toet no'
courre o. few years not ooiy 70 sreauy multiply sal
mon In all those streams 70 which tney resort spoo
neously but also to tDtrod0ce ava Ahs tnn
and preci feb In several streams which htherto nAVe
beon completely desu'ute Of II SO far AZ the salmon,
the trout and many oahsr peces OF 6h are concerned
ne system adopted by NM Gebin and Remy apoearsp
ne 30 offer ihs sures' and resdest means for stocsus
rivera But artificial formulation cannot be resor1o W
70 supply our fesh-waser esures with CERTAIN spec.
whioo IL would be very desirable 10 have 10 snIS,
rumber Of localities For instance, We never ooo ees
sbsi are charged with Iipe mit or rips egss Ia'so
ash whose reproduction seems 20 10 efscso1 eAea''V
the depths OF the from whish We see con"s ~
70 innumerable lesions, thu young eeis e'.V 49,
Occupy Cur rivers Our b'h.rman Ell. hoe N ony
ponds and strta ans which without thn nsn, wou1
ofcourse DO necessry 70 uss'por' 70 'oen u P'aU
ihh ny, and 10 rene~ The sane pehouiony INV -.
Cote has demonursted that tob utnspofsuon oau %
sstcted with the greatest facility ard over very cond-
srsble distances For this purpsse II sofnces 70 place
he m0rie y) In tbs Diost OF mass OF wei cu' grass
The srsss mutt be carefully hep, We, aur'ng 'no "sn|
portstios. The experiment. which N Cote u al pre-
sent making Ia bis laboratory at the College OF France
proves also that 10 possible s ituH sostto nourish
small ees and cause them 70 gov rsIleIy sno sm
irr Il eels might become very lueT alive occupation
fCr nur ssricuiturisu
tie marfume 0eneF1~k entered
nv cor nbsop, would here ash leave, n 10 hnisre,
10 call your sten,iob ~ al questions relative 10 the
re me Of oyster bsnks and 20 the means to be
scopsed for promoting the IMPLICATION OF these mol
hsks An enterprsips Individual OF the department OF
Cbarente, H. CstboDn hes ropesiedIy Of lste years,
communicated 70 the Academy OF Sciences memoirs up
on this subject He tbinks prsc,icsb TO establish
nfcis oyster beds at several poiafs Of oar coast 81.
QasueSsges has Also urged nRiGrsists seseoasis
70 suenpt the artificial ecupdston Of the eggs OF
oJsler and am persuaded that by studying expermen
ally the facts resfv. 20 the generation oftnese moaszs
results would be obtained VI Ugh Interest both CONNER
:ally and politically Bot 10 the actual state OF phyh
oosics knowledge With respect TO oysters 10 impos
abie 10 p onounce positively upon The value a. apph9o
them OF The processes for multiplication reco nmend.
ID BY tbs sutbors whose psnes have Juss mentioned.
aswever this may be, le Ainis,re, couslderiog the
rssuls Of which have bad inc 20 render you &C.
count and considering analogous experiments made By
Lefebre de Vanguard II dOes N to me AZ demon
ssted that with 10 possible at small cost
greatly sneorsie the ich,hy logical fauna OF France,
and By ,s 20 reap fron the portion OF our terri
toyy witch 10 covered with water a much greater
-eysppe than We draw from II at presept Tne whole
country would ma 40 u 40 ncresse O. wes,.ss A1d
experiments Ia ths direction seem 10 me especially DO
srsble from the consideration OF various circumstances
which are tending daily diminish the value OF oar ri7s1
ssheries contributing 20 our simentary resources
The Increasing rarity OF dan In many oil our MYERS does
not depend exclusively uoOp the mode In which nshlog
practiced. There are other causes and among tnem
must be me ntOned the extension of manu- acturing
such great numbers for obtaining hydraulic motive
power are 90 many hndrsncts 10 the reproduction oil
The various species of fab whose babs cause them to
ascend TO the very Of streams la order TO mad
there suitable places for receiving tneir spawc The
parent hsh arriving In less numbers at the small
streams the chtyologio population Of the rivers conse
gueuiy suffers for tbs eggs longer encounter
Ots favorable 10 the srOwta o. the young and the re.
sultDg elements Of the whole fauna rapidly decay
% In Scotland, and In In land there existed In
france many wealthy laDd-OHners possessing water
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esye private enterprise the execution OF all the works
esve TO the smeorsrOn Of river fishery for the iu
dydusl 10 whom these rivers belonged would have
direct Interest 10 aug ner tug their products. But
With as Il Ia oiher@ise ard Tue individual wac should
busy himself with stocking arlVer win tsd could hsr1y
tpe TO reap for bmss any Pc e, from hs undertaking.
He would augment the sn enta'y resources ct bis
tlow country men, sud Ia ,his way would render a
real service 10 bis country but his swn share Ia tbs
benefits would be email, and woud rot constitute su
icient motive to Induce him 70 undertake the work.
The stocking our rivers With feb wound be public
benefit ltsbOuld therefore, think, be public charge.
Experiments upon large tcs!s, but conducted Judi
sOasly and by intelligent men would bot iovolve much
expense, and migt lead 10 important results IL you
should judge II expedient 10 undertake them, you
would find NJ 10 Miuistre, IN tho two fishermen Of La
2resse of hom have just bad the honor II sDesdug
70 you, ospsble and jealous sgeuts aud will adj tina:
the chsreng tbem with ,bis commission would be, In
ny opnion the most oDriae recompaDse that the
Government could ascrd " them. Ia fact "a enter
prise like this would require serious preliminary ssu Hes
snd give Iiso 10 questions when would have 40 DO
,olyed by tho aduipsuRiiOu of streams and Forests
nd by the aid of scientific usturs.ts, and 1t wou't
perhaps be well 10 cbs'se mixed commission vita
lae execution Of the pr J. c.
10 conCius,ou So That ne stocking o' iTe'o "S''r
cresJos With sh by process Of artificial iacundN0on
prn, osed and contemplated many ago, has nc'
BEEN attempted 10 france uit within thesa last Ia"
yens; that NM Gehn aud kemy seem u oe me hr''
smopg US who have made pranuca spp"esu'h " 'uo
nToc.ss and IN have ohtansd rosul similar - those
arrived al about the same epoch by NJ Boo 10 lug
and tbet the works Of thesa two fishermen are ~oF'
Thy of nteres, that 10y spp log 10 the .cunsupa
Of ,aluop The method Which they have used "th su''
es.s AZ tho bresd NO OF u,u's might succeed In
ausmeusug very much the products OF our river h'h'
ales.
'"A's go" ""'' MILNE EDwARp5