Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-22


Pistisulture.
Translated for the y. Y Tribune Revue Suisse
In days fishes cultivated upon spots oi the earth
covered with water just rye corn barley grass and
ther plants cultivated upon the dry ground. Hence
expression Pscicuure, sgnifying hsh.breeding
paSns srtihcally frucfed az present in the
water just the seed of wheat in the field.
In lecture delivered before the Academy OF Sciences
Paris in the year 1885, Prof Quatreiage encouraged
the people living the banks OF rivers make Of
he means discovered many before tor the multi
living of ish. The process of artifciay ructifying
spawn is new invention. A. early the middle of
le last century Garnet Godsten published a pamph-
the raising of trout About the year 1893
ir. Jicobi, Of Hamburg, cultivated the of
ing aud multiplying and salmon In ItaT, Spal-
.z,ni proved the possibility Of artfcilly breeding
spawn, and discovered the laws of fructiyng them In
SSi the Italian naturalist Rusc1n aned the same end
nut the results OF his endeavors were so it'll, known that
shen, IT, ls+a, AgAssE E"gt and Desor commenced their
researches fishes they had no knowledge of them
The last named at first put the fructied spawn
IN 6 Of muslin, and then into salt water whereupon
they discovered that they completely developed them
elvrs when into kettles where the regularly
enewei and kept low temperature. Vogt made the
observation that the spawn wat-r-moss was
spontaneously formed destroying the eggs This
ted it would SEEM by stagnaon Of the water into
which the spawn put The new invention tried
irst a large scale, by two fishermen, named Geyin
md Remy, OF Ia Brese, in the Canton OF Refinement
Neither of them either professor learned in any
branch of science; all they knos they taught by
ure herself Whom ihese simple fishermen, in the valley
Of the Vasge how their branch of industry grad
iAy falling Off they thought OF means to prevent it
The task the more difficult for them they did
thing about the researches of their learned pre-
1ecessors, OF whose existence they aware
However they did not fear the difficulties aud went on
making observations and trials until last their patience
ctoSned with success. In the cold moonlight nights
OF November they lay the shore of the lake looking
constantly into the deep water and the movement
Of the breeding They that the female
trout, full OF tender for their frv would dive
the bottom Of the lake, push the sand aside and dig
broad, but not deep hole, wherein the spawn
protected by sort Of slime, which them. At
The time the males in the vicinity discharged their
uit the accidental mixing Of which with the SPAWN Gre
ited the impulse Of life If the milt does not touch the
which, of Subsequently the case i, will not
develop. When the time Of laying their Fry is past the
rru both males AMI femlles the spawn with sand
and small This protects the fry from being
washed away bni allows Of the free circulation Of water
around them. As soon as our fishermen had obtained
IL tinct knowledge of this they tried initiate the
Grafton. After having collected ripe spawn they put tn IN
into vessels, where they came into connection with the
mlt and laid them into box pierced with holes which
theg filed with -and and sunk into river After few
weeks the young had their appearance and
other object now how to iced raise them. In
this too i-hermen he'd and until they be-
did they transplant them into the rivers and creeks These
two male secret Of their discovery and wherever
they called by Governments private persons they
succeeded in filing the waters with fish. VI. Milne III
wards Professor the Jar1n des Plautes in Paris visited
their settlement and made report their discovery
the Minister of Commerce and Agriculture in consequences
I
/ from the French Government
Public attention, having been called to the cult
yaton Of f-h. it a-certaned that in England, in
ISL Civil Engineer. nv the Of Boccius, had made
successful trial To populate the Tha Recently,
association has been formed IN London for the purpose Of
having the Thames filed with salmon, and Mr. Boccius
has been CHARGED with the undertaking.
Ia France. the experiments o. the fishermen Of La
Bres'e have formed imititors Two engineers made
IT their experience, and set mp establishment near
Ilnniugen, FOR the purpose o raiing h-h According
their reports they have produced upwards of 500 600
i.h Of dfTen' species They they have dug great
lumber Of f.h ponds along the canal connecting tie
RhOne With the Rhine In these the FRY j. bred and a.
ter while tho whole canal NAV be regularly provided
With this operation These gentlemen a. the result
u close obs rvann that IN the oi few yeirs al
the fresh waters D France might he populated. Accord
ing 20 their estimite Il woli not Ice difficult 10 draw
from the waters Of France, after few years annual
revenue Of two millions of francs. They Furthermore
I .tste: It, That frucfci sp Nns buried for several
years IN chests, hl'cd sh wet sand be exported,
without sustaining the least Injury. J. Sand l. indispen.
sable Tor the Development NJ species of f AMI
that Il pplc raise mixed bree f,r Instance
of iron, AMI salmon They have imported At great ~.
prnsr. such species n fsh from .rmtny aud Swizer.
la"d they DO not 6nd in France; anil they hope ~
riisr them II 10 he regretted hrt tho l,te foundations
NJ tho Rhine haze pg, NJ their fab pond. under the
water. ~ sequence n which many of their foreign
guests have taken leave of them. II iz IN lee hoped.
hoF"ver 'hr' they will succeed in nitIrilng several Of
them 10 the canal
Ws.hlnron Gossip.
wAsnrvarov. Iui- 10 1883
] There seems m he an impression rrt Mr. Bic'pnau
will sal for Europe IN The stel n Si'url1v nc1t
,scr'sn iht n certainty ~ HE doinr
sill be remembered that c has Secretary NJ or1-
'ior. VIZ Appleton having declined IN consequence II
domestic affection Perhaps VIZ. Buchanan proposes N
retain tho Acting Secretary o legation Mr Lawrence.
Tor the present n 3D. his instructions IN hi- peck.
e., and hc hls discussed them with tho administration
quite sufficiently to become perfectly familiar with all
tor details there be obstacle In the way Of hs
inmediite departure
VI. Spu6 expects n eavcin The steamer Of tho 9th.
stopping TO 'pcnda Few days In Paris biz way 70 Ma.
drid.
Governor Trou'i'le IL ronc 10 Brazil expecting N
sa with the first good vcsscl for Rio either from New
York or Baltimore Washington Repibhc
N,v,L-The T. 8 friV,tc Congress, commanded by
Geo Pearson. ard hearing the broad penant Of Com.
modorc Iasc Mckcevet. arrived s morning f2Ohl from
Rio Jsreiro which port she left oh June Shc has been
abacnt three aud months and has been the ntg
ship Of the Brtzar squadron during the whole Of that
time. The onlv ship of that station the shp
jamestown A. Bueuo' Ayrcs. AMI the steamer Water
Witch on n survey o. the River u Plata.
Tho Congress has returned after her proon gel absence
IN good order aui condition. and her officers and IN
good health.-Nsp FORK Journal Of Commerce.
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