Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-05-02
<vrhsen for the Grant Co. "Herald.~
Palmer's Trout Nursery at BoscoDr.

In the Spring of 1859, NJ. Alfred
Palmer, OF this place, carhe to the con-
clusion that artificial trout culture could
De made Il success in Roscobel as well MS
at the East He therefore parchased
the "Matt Ward tarns, on Crooked
Creek, one mile soath Of this village, and
Immediately pat to work rncn enough to
construct in short time pond and
house suitable Or the enterprise. Pond
No. the largest, has capacity for hold
ing 1900 or 10 600 fuil.erown trout.
This pond is fed from spring, the water
of which is beautifully and perfectly
translucent The spring is at the biss
Of ~ HID, about three feet abo the Level
of the water in the ponl. Tbs spring
is very large, ard is capable of contain.
inn lar more than It's present stock OF
trout There are assures in the rocks
through which tire water flows into the
spring. lhat afford fine hiding places for
the Il h. there being some in there now
that have NOT hcen seen for two years
Trout that are put in there can not he
used to advantage. so it vii no longer
be made to serve it, present purpose
Mr. Palmer, ut the beginning OF this
vo X, had hut n small propagatln. house
iui T. but has since been obliged to con-
struct Il new one having three times the
cap icity OF the old, fitted up after the
most approved trout raising plan. Mr.
Palmer devotes his whole attention to
this business, attending to the spawning
and breeding, transferring the Ish FROM
one department to another seeing that
rIut Of about the same SIC aud age are
together, &c, etc
Th" process Of breeding trout in an
artificial manner is quite novelty
Ait.r the fish have been artihcially
spawned (wiiieh is done by gently rub
bing tn han alo,g the belly from the
heal Backward the spawn is put into
the hotchrng trough4, table. shaped, stand.
ing about two feet, from the floor, y feet
wide, 8 feet long aud four inchcs deep.
with divisions at Intervals Of aboat2 feet
These boxes are filled to the depth Of
or inches with fine gravel, upon which
the spawn is placed Over THIS con.
slant stream of clear cald water is KEEP
flowing throughout the whole season of
propagation, lasting during the months
of \nvcmher, Nccemhcr, and January
After the eggs have become trout, they
are taken careta ly ont Of the boxes and
plocrd INTO II pond puwoscy arranged
Tor them The fish are about nm inch
lon when taken from the ing box
es, ana have rather n large head They
arc fed with frozen cream, an article OF
70 d discovered hy Mr. PALMER and
claimed to he the best ever used Cream
that is not frozen spreads like oil when
placed upon the water, and is not very
beneficial IA food, but when frozen and
thrown upon the water it dissolvos or
break into particles which are readily
eaten hy the iish, and nothing is lost or
wasted The larger trout are fed with
raw meat = generally liver chopped 6nc
1t il An unimntinc sight the tinny ,aulU
tides dlrtin., hithcr and thlhcr 81 find
hc co. that is thrown upon the water
to them.
lur ponds NJ well as the trout nre
sccn from the rral thai passes near by.
There are now in the three pOnds and
sprine pb,ut $4,000 tout mostly small
ores. bat also many lh,t will weigh well
int, hre pounds,
Mr. Palmer went to New York State
three years ago, for the special purpose
of mat in II udy of artificial trout cm.
ture He learned many hines which
are of the greatest v,lur to him now.
a large number of trout have been
sold from these ponds 20 stock tho waters
% culturiSts in Iowa aud this State --
Rcgu ar shipments Of trout viii he made
from Boscohel to Milwaukee and Chicago
this summer, where customers stand
ready to purchase at any price. Many
people 20 to visit the ponds almost daily
MIR Palmer is the frs who made ar,i-
fetal trout breeding experiments in this
country west of New York.
Il may not he generally known that
the artificial spawning OF fish WAS dis,
covered in France about 20 years ago.
roscohcl, April, 1872 q
VHAr was n pleasant little scene thew
had the other day out in Muskagec, in
the Indian Territory Ooc Proctor. nc
aoSrd ct murder, was acquitted where.
uron n relative of the murdered person
shot the deIendent dead and then shot
the Judge on the bench, This fear
FIJI ceRdcHa led to an inliscrimnatc
tight, IN which eleven other persons, in.
cIuding three United States Narshals
were killed.
SPAN is again conyulSol nv a Cortnil