The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-06-22
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As thro&ing considerable Night at,6nA
subject which has attrasssatS great aehi
of ateentlonin' !then n1optheerh:. Statss,Ato
which the South haBs Hur recently been
attracted we 'c5pybrfronf faI Nsw York
paper. to which our attention has beeil
directed'aby1 q, friehdj- resu1ae Of ths
recent progtessS III 't6eA Northern States
in theiartifciar propagation of flsh: a,'
.'Abolt 'fodr yaafs 7ig6. tHs first move!
ment iWas nude tb'dbin onstFAte in O pub.
lie way that the fishes in tha great rivers
could be j. iaaAlisted 3 in III ,.p9rtppagatjan aud
their numbers be IMMENSELY multiplied
blythe artificial process SETH Gteor, Ind
previously been enghged ln.the otltivea
tion Of brook trout With 'fitore cpiesA
successful RESULTS" He, Hatl tnrn6d' liz
attention to shad and insisted that with
small putlaF 6f time and inoaey these
excellent ,fahes could be produced ii
such Quantities as ssorgIHt1the,market and
n make shad the chsaasp food, for the poor,
10 demonstrate thus it became nenesssry
to find suitable. place where the work
could be done unde" the protection of
law, and some pecQnnry Rid from. the
public could be, obtained, Masaaohu-
setts and Connecticut were induced to
lend their hid in q Joint effort to stock
the Connecticut. nMr.i Green made liba..
raj proposals, to- the, Commissioners of
these, States, and went to, the dam at
Holyoke, the head waters of the Oon
nectf6at, for shad, and there began his
work, under great disadvantages, inolud.
ing the opposition OF the ignorant fisher.
men. and receiving but little countenance
from the public Of the locality generally.
He sought to demonstrate the truth of
his. theories, md was willing to make
almost any sacrifice to do this. He had
declared his firm belief thai the shad
hntched in particular. river would an
nuaily return to that river, and would re-
sort 30 no other, aud that by artificial
propagation ninety iper cent. OF the
spawn; would be. productive, while, by
the natural method, not five per cent.
were hatched. The correctness OF his
positions have been demonstrated be.
yond all doubt. How this has been
done let the Commissioners OF. the State
Of -Oonneoticnt tell. In their report to
the The Legislature, Just received. are the
In the month 81 july. 1867. Mr.. Seth
Green, :of Mumford.y New; York, under
the1oint patronage of the Massachusetts
and Connecticut Commissioners, made
the first experiments. in the artificial
pronaaatioA OF shad in the Connecticut
River. 9 short distance below, Holyoke
Dam. HE. Green's skill and large e1pe-
rlenoe dp the culture Of fish. especially
fitted him for; the work. His first at
tempt resnlted in hatohing about two
per gent, Of tue oya:, His second at
tempt, with improved arrangements..
broughe out seventy per cent, His third
effoEt secured ninety-nine per oe1t. and
in three weeks, he pnt into the Conneoti-
cut River about forty millions ct Young
shad. At; this time. nothing was really
kn0Wp about the. growth of the shsd;
there wasa great difference OF opinion
among fishermen and naturalists; some
asserted that 1t reached maturity, or
marketable size, in one year; others,
that it took from two TO five years. The
better opinion seemed TO- be not less
than three nor more than Ave years: and
this was partially corroborated by the
Investigations OF iMr. M, IS. Treat. of
Eastford, which showed that alewives,
which are closely, allied to ahad, take
four years to matnre. It was also cor
roborated by the time Of the disappear
ance OF shad after the building of dams.
In the fall of 1867, more young shad
were observed at varlons places along
the river, from Glastonbury TO its mouth,
on their way 70 the sound. than had been
noticed for several years. The ferry
boats on the river repeatedly scooped
them up on their aprons, while many
were caught by the. fishermen in their
fine.meshed nets. -
In the following summer, June 90.
1868. Mr. Green repeated his expert
ments in the Matching Of shad, ut Hol.;
yoke. under the direction Of the Massa-
chusetts Commissioners, and for about
twenty days had complete success. He
TURNED out ''severai millions Of Young
fry. daily. On the, 12th OF July, the
wenther became 80 extremely hot that
the Temperatures of :tlse@ water ranged
from 81 to 88 aegreesj aud the spawn
was spoiled in the hatching boxes. 1t
is eatimnted that sixty millions .of;yonn9
shad were pat.into the Connectious:that
year. sgG N in-- n, Ii
During. the SAME year, attempts wero
made by. the Connecticut Com mission-
ers to hatch, shad at, Brockvay'a Point,
but itewas on the 9Th of July before the
ovawere placed in the boxes, and the
extreme heat Of the weather destroyed
them. IL
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