The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-12-24
PENCIL yIEWs FROM PENNSrLviNIA,
No. 8.
TnE WEATHER AND Work.


We are being favored with beautiful wealth
err for this season of the year, and those who
were late with their corn husking have had /,
favorable time to finish gathering in their
crop. The lime trade is also very brisk for
the season.
Work has again been resumed on tho large
dam which is being constructed near tho
TROUT Farm" for the purpose of forming a
lake which is to be stocked with trout and sal
mon from the Matching house near by and
we would now ray few words about the
MATCHING HOUSE AND Trout FARM
For at this season there are more interest
ing sights to see there than at any other time.
| was n few days ago shown through the
Matching house by its gentlemanly Sulerin-
tendent, Mr.. Thompson, and the various OBJ
jects of interest thoroughly explained to me,
and must confess | WIS somewhat surprised
to find TINT such things could be. The egg
of the trout is larger than some would sup
pose, for we find them averaging the size of
small pea. These are procured in two ways
in the first, they are procured by means of
mother-trout has carefully deposited her eggs
in her own natural manner; but the eggs are
also procured by another method, namely
6 stripping" In this case the fish are taken
from the ponds very carefully in small scoop
nets, and one ut time the fish are "probcd y
Gas VIC were todd and If the eggs are found to
be matured, the fish is taken in the left hand
and with the thumb and forc-hnger of the
right hand the fish is stripped, !" by commen-
cling just back of the gills and pressing gem
tly towards the tail thus the eggs are obtain
ed, and then after they get tho eggs (by 9th
er Of these methods) they are carefully de-
posted on small gravels in the Matching
boxes. Here they remain until Matched, and
when the young fish have acquired sufficient
strength, then they AFRO turned into larger
boxes, where thoy begin to feed them. just
here will inform your readers that the young
trout require no feeding until they are 40 or
so days old, as during this period they are
provided for by nature, in tho form of what
is known as the "sac." This Is small
sack which is attached to the under side of
the fish and resembles the white of an egg,
and OH this they subsst for 40 or 80 days
then they are Of sufficient size and strength
to hunt for food, which is then furnished
them. Some of the eggs are placed in glass
tubes which are set close together in wooden
frames and sunk in the Matching boxes.---
These afford better view of the eggs as
they pass from one stage to another, in the
process of Matching. 1t is a beautiful sight
to see thousands of these eggs in the rows of
Matching boxes, some of them newly placed
there and some changing in the process of
Matching. You will also see hundreds Of
young fish just Matched and trying to swim
with the cumbrous "sac" attached to them
The water used in the Matching boxes is
Spring." (which is close ut hand.) 1t passes
through wire screen, which removes such
impediments as leaves and sticks, and when
it enters the Matching house it passes through
fine wire straincr, like those used in milk
pals, and when it enters the Matching boxes,
it passes through very fine linen cloth; and
thus you see when the water reaches the eggs
it is perfectly clean and all sediment is re-
moved thercfroin and SO with relation to cv
crytlng concerning the Matching and raising
of trout, great care must be taken. It re-
quires skillful and experienced person to
conduct such business, and we can safely
say that the Superintendent of the bingham
Spring Trout Farm" Is such man, thor
oughly acquainted with his business, as well
az kind and obliging. II any of your readers
would like to sec something both pleasing
and instructive, we would advise them to Wis
it this farm at this season of tho year, for
now the whole process is open before them,
while in the summer season the Matching is
over and cannot be seen.
In my next view will endcavor to explain
the process of "taking' the eggs after they
are naturally deposited by the female. Now
we close this "vicw" and hope your readers