Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-03-07

constructed, under the direction OF the
commissioners on the Connecticut over
the great Holyoke dam, and the oao now
building at Turner's Falls.
This done there will regain nothing
10 obstruct the ascent OF shad to their
old traditional spawning beds and OF
salmon to the very head waters OF the
river.
He had full faith ia the ultimate and
early success o! the enterprise--but to
this end further legislation on the part
orthe States Interested is necessary, and
there must be an enlightened public SEN
,inent 10 see ths enforcement OF the
laws. He would have the last as mod
crate As possible consistently with the
purpose o. their enactment.
Col. Lyman was followed by Judge
Bellows, who gave a very full and in
tsresting account OF the recent appar.
emily successful attempt to restock the
Merrimack with salmon. As the meas
ures taken and the various observations
made, will doubtless appear in the next
report of the New Hampshire commits.
sloners, one or two rather remarkable
facts must suffice for the present. Some
$4,000 salmon ova were taken from SSad
fsh, impregnated with milt from dead
th-packed with wet moss, partly in
close tubs aud partly in champaign bas-
kets, and transported from some river In
New Brunswick, to the banks OF the
Merrimack in New Hampshire. Upon
their arrival it was found that all were
ruined except those packed in the bas-
kets--doubtless owing to want OF air.
These latter about 25,0O0-were planted,
a part Of them in the Pemigewasset,
a portion in Bakers river (both tribu-
taries of the Merrimack) and the balances
in a spring at Concord. A large pro.
portion OF those placed in one Of the
above rivers have Matched out and Of
those placed in the spring. about 30 per
cent. and though impossible from the
circumstances OF the case to ascertain,
it is presumed that equally good luck
has attended those planted in the other
river. At any rate enough have hatch
ed for all immediate practical purposes.
Judge B. reported the Merrimack
open from the Massachusetts line to
Manchester, where tlshway is in pro-
cess OF construction. Above there the
Merrimack and its main tributaries are
substantially clear for salmon to their
sources, and will be speedily made 50
for shad.
Dr.. Fletcher Of Concord, whose 90
servations and conclusions, by the by,
have not always verified the maxims of
the books and have sometimes, inde ed,
struck out into new paths-attended
personally, to the delicate business of
obtaining, impregnating, transporting
and planting the ova. Owing to the
stress OF the weather be couldn't secure
his fish alive. But the extrudiu. and
impregnating Of the eggs was effected in
each instance at tae earliest possible
moment after the capture Of the male
and female fish, For many reasons the
next report of the New Hampshire COM
missioners must be one of rare interest
and value.
Mr.. Cummings OF Maine, made many
interesting statements, drawn princi-
daily from personal experience and OBJ
servation - mentioning among other
things the natural re stocking OF an ex-
hassted salmon river through the ac-
cidental distinctions Of a certain dam
and dwelling particularly upon the sal
utary effect of protective legislation in
the Provinces.
The Connecticut commissioners gave
a great deal Of Information in regard to
the use of gill nets and other illcgitimato
and destructive engines at or near the
mouth OF that river, aud expressed the
belief that their legislature backed by
an awakened and sensible public sonti-
ment, would DO everything fitting and
necessary in the premises to make the
Joint undertaking of The New England
States success.
The commissioner rom Maine and
those from Vermont bore their part ia
the general discussion, the former ans
werirg many questions and Communi-
eating many facts touching things PTS.
catorial, &c, in his own State.
No just synopsis of discussion, at
first somewhat formal but at last con-
versational and running through six or
seven hours, full Of all sorts of things
bearing upon the general subiect-doubts
and convictions, theories yet to be- put
to tho test of practical trial, abundant
Incidents anG anecdotes in illustration
OF some statements, speCulations and
questions about minor matters and facts
In any quantity about major ones, can
be given VITA your small margin Of
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