New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-10-07

more imperiOusy denAndeC OF ne again W ioo''''
level with the CONT lual increase OF our pcpun''on
There exists not ~fsly affirm. one single oranoh Vi
industry or Of culu, which, with less chance VI ''
offers to realize more important bepehia'
The people Of ,ve British Isles were. "ppareh'y W"
awakened 10 the subject OF propaeat'ng 'fou' ~.
mon BY srtfcnl means, through the eApeii".n
Messra Shaw and Young. which hrs' 'os"'', :,
humorossly discussed question IN one u ~" 80
magazines IN about the year ls4u On eI,-
tct;ons Of the Salmon" which hn''a p"''' n,,,..
with A premOniiion Of those Iac's wiz" 80
elnceuted in France by hessrs' Ieh'n anu ~ ~
ls47 and divided interest with 'ao c'"''"0N'"'
tions Of lSir.
Although the French Government Tecosh'A'u '"0
90 If the invention Of Genin and Remy by
liberal reward in money and lncrnuVe employment VI
.o-r,Irc forward the experiment nnder Government
patronage so that millions OF trout anu sanon "V'o
snuoy hatcsed by artificial propagation yet the peo-
e Of Britain did not engage In it until after the year
isso when Messrs. Edmond and Thomas Ashworth are
ssd TO have been the first to test it. by stocking some
Of the rivers on encumbcred estates in Ireland under
the superintendence Of Mr. Robert Rainsboltom. Out
in America, Up to the present time. only very few
gentlemen have engaged In the enterpiiSe FIRST among
whom Is r. L. PeI esq., late President of the Arricul'
Mr.. Stephen IL. Ainsworth trout breeder in West
Bloomfield. n. Y. To these may be added SCION l'oo'
nson and Prof Maues as scientific gentlemen and ex'
,.r,mer,er the first of whom stated before the Aneri'
can Institute THAT trout can be ar6ciay produced
with greater p,o6t 10 the producer than kind Of
meat. no member Of the Club entortains doubt nut
In nduce pcoe 10 enter upon tie business the SUBJECT
need. TO be constantly agated" In abolition to these
vii. nd Az Rlnsh "A
ia son Of Robert Ramsbotom and brother to Mr. Rams
bottom who Is now eng iged at propagatlng tout III
Austraf. from formulated roe transported from En-
gand) we know of bu, few more In this country pu'
the vital subj ct Is undergoing incubation, and promises
a superahundant yield after the people become faly
awake to the immense profits and the attractive amuse
mert and Injury Of propsgating trout by artificial
means.
BEsT WATER no PROPAGATE TROUT IN
Spring water from 40 u 45o has thus fur proven the
best for the business in this country Prof Ramsbotom
state. that spring Is preferable to brook since the
latter ia liable to sudden foundations which sweep away
the oya or destroy them by deposits Of mud ia other
espects Also spring ID much desirable the tenn
perature of spring water being higher In the Winter
season and more eQuabe than that Of river wafer IL
is the superior warmth OF spring water which renders
its empoy ent almost essential 10 the pocess OF art-
Gciol propagation. When deposited IN the bed OF O
sprnc the oya sre hstched in much shorter period
than in river water The Of their exposure to he
numerous causes Of destruction Is consequently less,
and the probability OF their ultimate escape proper
tionably greater Instead VI being liable TO injury for
more than one hundred days they are frequently haehed
in sixty River water. indeed. may be Of so low "
temperature as TO render 1t impossible that the oya
shall ever be hatched at al. even when properly i'm
pregnated and deposited. In situations where spring
water cannot DO obtained in sufficient quantities. The
river water should pass through filter OF sand and
gravel II the sprug il large enough and tho grount
suitable 1t may be divided into artificial rills. win
pipe OF two inches run u water TO each. Under oil
circumstances q gentle. equAble, and pure current
Indispensable.
HOW TO PREPARE ARTIFICIAL sPAwErNa DEDs
III II you have trout pond tap IL at the sluoe IN IN
dam with several pipes Of two inches diameter cove
ing the ends In the pond with fine wire gauze ~ eIcud
young fish, the eggs OF such fish or reptiles as al
y enemies TO trout Conduct the water through ,hes
pipe to Of boxes about two feet wide and six lei
long the boxe, nom the head nearest the dam rec
y ing two inches lover than the which immediatel
precedes IT, so produce current sufficiently svi
In this artificial stream formed VI a row. or sewers
rows Of boxes and each row formed OF halt dozc
% boxes One pipe to supply each row Of boxes and the
you may have ne many Of boxes you have waite
TO supply always bearing In mind that the water anu,
run continually. The waste water Gter II leaves "a
boxes may be conducted by ditch into the brook belo
the dam into pond prepared 70 receive the youn
trout Tho bottoms Of the boxes are next covered I
the depth OF couple Of inches with sand and sma
pebbles. upon which u laid pavement or stones fror
three 10 six inches diameter. The water should be
much as two inches deep above this pavement and Fl
the boxes two. thirds full Tie boxes open ct IL
top. Then pour tie fecundated roe equally over h
paved bottom Of each box ard 1t will find lite
into The crevees Of the stony bottom ard within fro
sixty TO seventy five days the trout will be baehe'
and bag connected to the abdomen by IN ubilcal cor
contains susenance sufficient for forty days, af.s
which the tiny creature begins 10 seek food and shou
DO removed to tier pond.
Tie principal object to he aimed at In forming art
fetal spaw Ming beds with boxes Is TO initiate nature
nearly possible and improve upon the natural spG1r
ing by preventing the enemies q tie front an
lovers Of spawn fion gaining access IL 1t In stockln
Ids Of first il 10 well TO do II with front OF least Nv
years old, but sfter the prcTrve 10 stocked 1t s NOR
economical and certain to continue Its supply by art
fetal propagation. for wbic it is true that young rou
have many enemies In their natural streams that no
one in natures, and Of planted In the nntura
stream scarcely in hundred 10 hatcbed because
being devoured by reach GELS and the parent trout
destroyed by host OF other causes. such fresets
which either sweep them clean away or leave deposit
Of mud and debris deep to destroy both eggs AM
tae Gsh which lately hatched. While these Oh
the conconants Of the natural procreatlon Of trout
artificial propagation prevents those losses by protect
ing the eggs until they hatebej. and afleIward By
preserving the young uout in shallow ponds by them
selves until they become two years DID, when they maj