The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-03-25
THE 4GIS.
Sc; .f;i, &c., ~! .sE..ch 2S, 1870.
CULTURE Of FISH.

Mr.. Robert B. Roosevelt, a commissioner
of fisheries for the State of New York, by in
vitation of Governor Bowie visited Anna
polls last week, and delivered lecture be-
fore the Legislature, upon the subject of fish
culture, which was of n very interesting
character. The object Of the Legislature is
to ascertain what can be done to restore the
waters of the State, which have been greatly
depleted by everlasting, to their original pro-
ductiveness. A large audience was in atten-
dance besides the members of the Legislature,
and the lecture was listened to with great in
terest and attention. A portion of Mr..
Roosevelt's remarks, according to the report
of the Baltimore San, is as follows:
sHAD IN MARYLAND WATERS
MI Roosevelt then turned his attention to
the shad, a fish he said, which surpasses all
others in its adaptablity to cultivation, and
whose numbers can be increased with the
least trouble to tie most enormous extent.
While trout eggs require from forty to sixty
days to hatch, shad eggs require but six OF
seven days. The speaker REQUIRED to the
time when shad sold, at the falls ofthe Poto-
mac, for "bit," as it was then called, apiece,
and said: "That they have increased in
price so extensively of late is your own fault,
and if they are not restored to their former
condition soon it will be your fault hereafter
Your territory is cut up by streams and pene-
trated in every direction by water courses
that are adapted to migratory fishes like the
slad and herring. You have the Susquehan-
ma and Bush rivers and tributaries, draining
Hartford and Cecil countless Gunpowder
Stemmers run, Herring run, Patapsco and
tributaries, draining Baltimore county; Pa
tuxent and tributaries, draining st. Mary's,
Calvert, Charles, Prince Georges, Anne
Arundel, Howard, Montgomery and Carroll
counties Potomac and tributaries, draining
st. Mary's, Charles, Prince Georges Mont
gomery, Frederick, Washington and Allie
gany countless Elk river, draining Cecil and
Kent countless; Chester river, draining Kent
and Queen Annes counties; Choptank river,
draining Talbot, Caroline and Dorchester
counties Nantcoke river, draining Dorches
ter and Wicomico counties; Pocomoke riv-
er, draining Somerset, Worcester and Wi
comico counties.
sHAD FOR BRAIN AND BEAUTY.
The principal shad and herring rivers are
the Potomac, the Susquehanna and the Pa
tuxent, but with proper management those
fish may be made to run in all the others.
IL
that fish food is the nourishment of the brain;
that the phosphorus it contains goes directly
to supply the waste of that important organ,
without which man feels quite at a loss. The
same philosopher states that it is from this
cause that the inhabitants along the coast are
highly intellectual Hence the Marylanders,
who are so peculiarly favored in this particu-
lar, must be wonderfully gifted, talented
and well-educated people; if, however, there
is any doubt about this, l can only say that
the ladies of Baltimore are proverbally the
prettiest women in America which is almost
as fortunate for them as if they were as
strong minded as Susan B. Anthony OF Eliza
beth Cady Stanton. For myself, am suffer-
ing at present from the want of fish food or
you would find this address more entertain
ing the fact being that fish are so dear in
New York at present that man can hardly
afford to have any brains.