Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-07-26

! under wheel which is so exactly TT
ted to its place. that not the smallest
fish can escape, and maintains 4 reg
ular motion. This pond is seventy
five feet long, twelve feet wide, and
four or five feet deep. Mr.. Greens 5
dwelling is over the lower end of this
pond, which affords shade and q hid
ing place for the trout when they
choose to retire from view. There
are from eight to ten thousand fish
in this pond, and water enough for
fifty times that number. A great
deal of feed passes to them from the
stream, but they are fed every day
with beefliver chopped fine, to which
they rush in the most excited man.
ner, leaping out of the water, and
tugging voraciously two or three at
time at the same piece. They are
so tame that they will take the liver
from spoon or even from the hand,
and will even bite the hand itself, rs
we can testify from the sharp expe-
rience of their teeth.
To lover of fish, no finer sight
can be presented than the sight of
this pond, swarming with splendid
trout, as plainly visible, so clear is
the water. as if they were in the open
air. 1t is a gigantic aquarium, which
probably has no rival in the world.
and the mere sight of which will well
repay the trouble and expense of a
long journey. But besides this main
pond, Mr.. Green has another close
by it, fifty bv thirty feet, which con-
tains about 10000 two year old
trout, and still another, filled with
countless multitudes of yearlingS,
and lastly, long pond or brook in
which are hundreds OF thousands of
this years Matching.
The Matching house is simple, IN
expensive structive of wood, forty
by twenty feet, with posts eight feet
high. 1t has three screened WIN
dOws, admitting a soft light and eX-
cluding the glare of the sun. Being
rooted, the spawn and young trout
are perfectly protected from storms
of hail, which in shallow water might
in one minute destroy thousands of
young trout; or heavy and sudden
fall of rain might wash them from
the troughs where they are kept for
several weeks after Matching troughs.
These are three in number. The
water is brought from the main
stream through bored logs and re
ceived into tank six feet long, two
feet eight inches wide and foot and
a half deep, from whence it passes
through six strainers into a trough
running entirely across the end of
the house, and from thence by small
gates (which are regulated at pleas
ure to increase or diminish the flow
of water) it passes into the several
Matching troughs, DC. These troughs
are subdiyided, or rather two are
placed together, and between them
are passages Tor conveniently distriD-
uting the spawn, inspecting the ope-
ration of feeding and Matching the
young fish. BY wooden bars the
troughs are partitioned into small
squares. By this arrangement the
force of the current is checked at
each bar, and the trout arc prevented
from huddling in a mass and becom-
ing suffocated. The space on one
side is 4 platform, having a stove
and the various conyeniences for
feeding, DC. At one end is a pond
eighteen feet square, with about two
feet depth of water. If by any
means trout escape from the treughs,
they cannot get beyond the pond,
and the room is ample for keeping
millions until they are two or three
inches long. From this pond the
water passes into the main stream.
The Matching house and troughs,
though not expensive, are complete
in arrangement, and are fulfilling the
highest anticipations of their perse
vering and enterprising proprietor
The bottom Of the troughs is cover
ed with small clean gravel, over
which the water passes by gentle
flow. Thus prepared, they are ready
for the reception of the impregnated
spawn, which are spread evenly over
the gravel by dextrous movement
Of the water, the spawn not being
touched or allowed to come in con-
tact with anything but the water and
gravel. Impregnated spawn sink to
the bottom, even in water running
with considerable force, and will re
main stationary, if undisturbed, until
the young fish begin their efforts for
arelease from confinement In from
Is to 20 days after the spawn is de
posted, the young fish is discernible
with the naked eye.-.Syracuss Cour-
Ter.