Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-10-09
THOSE TROUT.

NHiS ''AhSNt ~ fNe@AAS
ratiOns for the Matching of large nun
Der of trout the coming season. The
have now about 5000 parent trout. bessie
those hatched in their troughs last sprin,
Mr.. Morse, while ON his return from Ill
nOis, spent day very pleasantly wit
the famous Seth Greene. at his trout POND
in Mumford, n. Y, of which he gives
glowing account. In France, for man
years, other species of fish have been pre-
pagated by this artificial process, and az
preparations have been made by that gov
erumert for that purpose and found to b.
to the people, one of the greatest benefit
ciaries,--even source of exhistence t
many of their POORLY repopulating tn
streams but it was not until Mr.. Green
introduced his system that the Trout
which are becoming very scarce in GU
mountain streams could be successful,
propagated. 1t is claimed that about 81
per cent of the spawn can be Matched By
this meth cd, while in the natural stream
only about per cent. ever come to ma
turity. Their spawn is probably tn,
most delicate of all fish kind, requiring
to be shielded from all kinds of water in
scots, sediment, ETC., and to remain undis
turbed during the period of incubation
yet if the spawn is taken at the proper
time and the above requirements complied
with, success will attend the effort.
A short time since, Mr.. Morse address.
ed a note to Prof. A. D. Hager. our State
Geologist, offering to reserve one of his
hatching troughs for him, in which he
might place the spawn of the Salmon, and
received the following reply -
OFFICE OF STATE GEoLoGIsT, J
Proctorsville, Sept, 80, G7 I
Chos. @. Morse. Esq, Dear SIR
Your favor containing the gener.
Gus offer to hatch some of my Salmon
spawn is at hand. shall be most happy
to accept of your offer, and will say that
it will not DO necessary to exclude the
trout spawn from the same Matching box,
as the period of incubation and habits of
the two species are not essentially differ,
ent.
When the young Salmon are ready for
shipment, | shall want to take them T.; but
think probably that most. of those you
hatch will be wanted for the Lamoille
River, which will make an excellent Sal
mon stream whom the AodderS are made in
places where they are wanted.
The people must be made acquainted
with the Importance and prQGts Of the
salmon fisheries before they will do much
toward appropriations or building FISH
ways, but when the thing is fully and
thoroughly understood, they will cheer
full act in the matter, and will build all
the lsh-ways wanted, for it will pay.
So, too, will your enterprise of trout
raising. When You have proved Gas you
will if you properly attend to it) that
trout raising is one of the most profitable
that one can now engage in,
those who now pooh % aud snecr at it.
will be glad to buy spring and 90 into
the business themselves. A good many
people hate new things, and will keep in
the same old tracks in which their fathers
trod, and think it sin to leave them.-
Such people will not make fish. ronds, nor
will they adopt any of the discoveries of
his age till the same has age and become
popular.
expect my Salmon spawn in about
month or six weeks. and will send you
'ome when they arrive.
Wishing you much success, remain,
Very truly yours,
A. D. HAGER.
In report which Prof HagCr furnish
ID to the Legislature at its last annual
ession, it was shown that one great pecu-
iarity of the Salmon is, that they invar-
bly, return to the same beds from which
hey were Matched to deposit their spawn,
nless impeded by falls they cannot sur
Mount, which is the case with most of our
ivers where dams have been built for the
urpose of obtaining water. power. His
Ian is to construct ladders" and fish.
rays around such distractions, and thus
rovide for them the means of making
be assent. The plan has been tried
D some rivers and found to be successful.
nd it is hoped that an appropriation for
uilding fsh-ways on our beautiful La
Ioille, will be made at the coming SEES
on of the Legislature.
Any one desiring Trout-spawn can Sc.
Ire it, with full directions for hatching, t
applying to the Company, by letter or '
herwise, at the rate of $40 per thous- '
I'd, and warranted to hatch if the direc- c
ons are followed. Also the young fry" t
n be obtained at $40 per thousand i
be spawn can be transported to almost n
" distance, and any one who has water G
cessiblc, can hatch and grow them, and
I'd it very remunerative in furnishing Ct
I'd of the most sumptous kind, for with tt
little feeding and attention, the will in. ii
case very rabidly in size. c.
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