The New York herald., 1872-10-19
FISH CULTURISTS IN COUNCIL.
Meeting Of Fish Commissioners and Fish Cultur'
Government Appropriations-Stocking
the Rivers with shad-A Quarter Of Mil
lion Of Salmon Eggs Presented to
the United States by Germany

In pursuance of a cali by Professor 8. r. Baird,
the United States Commissioner OF Fish ana
Fisheries meeting was held at the ONCE OF Page'
Kdder Co., No. 10 Warren street, in this city, on
Wednesday afternoon. or the State Commission
ers there were present DR.. W. Fletcher, OF Con-
cord, N. H.; DR.. NJ. c. Edmunds Of Weston, and
DR.. N. Goldsmith Of Rutland, vt; Mr.. W. W. Hud-
son, OF Hartford Mr.. Robert g. Pike, OF Middle
town, and Mr.. James A. Bell. OF Lyme, Conn.,; E. A.
Berckett, OF Winchester, Mass; Mr.. J. H. Barden
and Mr. A. A. Read, OF Rhode Island; Hon. X. b
Roosevelt, OF New York, and DR.. ]. II. Slack and
DR.. B. p. Howell, OF New Jersey.
Besides these gentlemen, Commissioners OF their
respective States, there were several gentlemen OF
the American Fish Culturists' Association and
others; among them Colonel Worrall, OF Pennsyl-
vania; DR.. Sterling OF Cleveland, Ohio; Maddens
Norris, OF Philadelphia; Rev. William Cliff, OF Con-
Baltimore, and Mr.. George Shepard Page, OF this
city,
Hon. R. B. Roosevelt was chosen chairman, and
SPEECH or MR. ROOSEVELT
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PROFESSOR BAIRD'S REPORT.
Professor Baird then gave a succinct account OF
his own operations In the administration OF the
OF useful food fishes in the waters OF the
United States. He referred in the commencement
When W ems the american FISH casts % at
It's Albany meeting In February, 1872 appointed
Mr.. George 8. Page as the chairman OF committee
to urge upon Congress the granting Of an ap-
preparation for this work.
This appropriation, which was finally made to
the amount Of $4,000, was not available until the
1st OF July when 1t was almost too late to do any.
thing In securing young shad for distributions but,
through the efforts Of Mr. Seth Green and MI. vii;
New York and Connecticut, beginning was made.
Mr.. Green succeeded in planting several thousand
large number in the Mississippi above st. Paul.
Mr. CHIT placed about 1our hundred thousand also
the White River at Indianapolis, and the balance Of
his Stock amounting to several thousand, in the
Platte River, near Denver, Colorado
been taken for several years past in the Ouachita,
HVar Hot Springs Ark, and in the Alabama River,
and more recently in the Escamba and Choctaw-
haphee.
that the Mississippi or its tributaries, as Wen as
mny 0 bhe II ers han n.o ~ @ q t
slad. He proposed should Congress favor ihe
plan, to continue the experiment OF placing shad
in as many suitable Southern and Western rivers
as possible during the coming year, when, it is
hoped, he may have the means of entering the field
at much earlier season than 1t was possible to do
He then explained the measures he had taken to
procure salmon eggs for stocking American waters.
commissioners OF several States, at a meeting held
in Boston on the 18th OF. June, made an arrange
ment with Mr.. Atkins, of Bucksport, Me-, to pro-
cure for the United States large number OF eggs
from the salmon of the Penobscot River. This
States Commissioners, had been enabled greatly to
extend the operations originally undertaken in the
interest Of the, the New England States, and now has
enclosure staked or In the centre of a pond Of
$50 acres. From these fish the eggs are to
be taken at the proper time and impregnated, the
salmon themselves then to be again set free. From
this source he hoped to receive several million of
ing supply OF eggs he entered into correspond
ence with the officers OF the Deutsche Flsherei
yerein, in Germany, and through their influence
sent to the United States 100000 eggs Of salmon
IRON the Rhine, on the sole condition that the
pany. the eggs to the place of shipment. This
condition was gladly accepted, and sub
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more eggs of the same variety OF salmon. These,
it is expected, win pe cared for and transported
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fish culturst, and il is even hoped that he may ac-
company the valuable cargo-which will weigh
In acceptance with the suggestion OF the meet
ing at BtAton. it was decided to try to secure an
Livingston Stone was despatched for that object
early in August. he established himself on the
Mount Cloud River, tributary Of the sacramento;
but contrary to the expectation, derived from the
most trustworthy information, found he was
little too late, the spawning season having already
passed.
A most interesting report by Mr.. Stone of his
work was read in which he expressed the opinion
that, inasmuch as lie had already erected hatch
ing-house and solved many of the problems which
were necessary to be decided, the prospect ior
securing many millions OF eggs next year Is excel
lent, provided the ground be occupied as early as
tho Goth of July. Some ten or fifteen thousand
eggs were obtained this season, and may be ex-
Great interest was manifested in the re-
port of Professor Baird, and more than
two hours were spent in the discus
sion OF variety OF questions as to the
best kinds OF fish to be introduced the
Localities where the Rhine, the Sacramento and the
Penobscot salmon should be placed, the number of
eggs that each OF the commissioners would under
take TO hatch out, the influence of ponds upon the
destruction of fish, &c.
The gentlemen present expressed their earnest
desire that the operations so auspciously begun
may be carried forward ffom year to year to a
satisfactory conclusion.
At the close of the meeting Mr.. Page read letter
just received from JAPAN as to the method of fish
culture in that country.
THE LOTTIE STANTON ASSAULT,