New-York tribune., 1874-11-19
FISH CULTURE.


THE SEASONS WORK AT NoANK-EXPERIMENTs IN
BREEDING AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN FOOD
FISH THROUGH THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.-The United States
Fish Commssiou at the conclusion OF their Summers
work, returned to this city, and are now engaged
IN drawing up their annual report. The following facts
are a summary OF their years labOrs:
At the head OF the Comms sion is Prof 8. r. Baird OF
the Smithsonian Institute Its Secretary is ii. f. Rock
well OF this city At the head OF the naturaiss OF The
Commission was Prof. A. l.. Verrl OF Yale College
whose principal subject Of invesg ion Is the marine
Invertebrates He was assisted by Prof. s. l. Smith ana
four or i've st tudents from the Scientific School OF New
Haven. Wesleyan University OF Mddletown' Conn.,
was represented by Profs Rce and q. Brown GOOde ;
TO the latter was specially ntrusted the ichthyooPca
denartment Prof Hyatt OF Boston, assisted by Profs
Saltonsta and Rithbone, represented the Boston 90
cety of Natural History. From Yale. beside those al
ready mentioned, came Prof. ID. l.. Eiton with Two or
three assistants; from Cambridge, ID. W. Is. Farlow ;
these two gentlemen Savo special attention TO coiec
tons of alge or seawecd. From Philadelphia repre-
seph ieidT' smiyns microscopic formations, and
Dr. Henry Chapmln The artist was MT MI
Blake OF Cambridge. The party was. therefore,
composcd Of over twenty Socialists, VINO gave thelr
best tune and thought all the warm months IN prose
cutting "invesgatiOus with tnc-'ew ol aSceI
whether any and what dimuuiion IN me nuHDer Vi ioo
fishes o. tue and lakes OF the United states mas
taken place, and, II 50, TO what canses ine SAM 10 @
and also, whether any and what protective; Pro,
hibtory or precautionary measures should DC aiopeHi
in TIC premises" To carry out tbis PIogramne eaiI
IDENTIFY requires complete oiogiGa % e %ta G%tas a
IL is due to these gentlemen 10 state that OF the whole
twenty only TWO receive salaries or any pay eA'opt
thor ocua EXPENSES The secretary and the artist are
paid by Government out OF the appropriations all tae
others give thcr services 10 the work OF the Com
mission amply repaid by their contributions 10 science
aud by The collections OF fauna, agI &C.. that they
collect for their several institutions.
The place selected for tlcir hallaIters tne peSen
year the pleasant lte fishing village OF Noank III
CONNECTICUT. Situated at the end OF Long Island sound,
InI .le flstuI
New-London and stoninGton, with population princl-
pally engaged IN 1shng lt was Weil sued 10 hne pIl
Secretary OF the Navy sent the small steamer tle Blue
Light, Capt BeaIdsee of the Washington III
command with a picked crew OF eight nine men. The
Of the steamer was to carry the party 10 INC
of their daily abors, aud to do the heavy work OF
dredging and trdwllng. BY this AID of steam the
amount OF work done IN the season was AT least qIad
ruped Including the scientlil, gentlemen their iani
ANA the numerous scientists VINO were often Vl.iting
thcm about seventy persons were constantly &ssenhic
Noank studying hshcs their food, their habits and
While investigating the questions concerning the foor
fishes OF the Atlantic, great attention has been pld 10
the food fishes OF the lakes and rivers Under the dre~
ZION Of Prof Bard Mr.. Livingston Stone has been en-
ployed on the Macleod River, branch OF the Slrra,
ucntO obtaining salmon eggs OF whicn ne secured
six millions. The salmon OF the MacIeoa are
very vigorous fish, growing rapidly, and larger than our
Eastern salmon weighing 20 ami 3O and occasiona 90
warmer waters country, and the eggs thus OBJ
tained have been distributed III the headwaters ofhe
susquenauna, Potomac James, Delaware, and even the
Mississippi. They come forward much carrier tha1
those from the colder waters OF New-Engiand ana
Canada, the Ova being obtained IN august uu ocPS'
ber ana youug fishes, fully halched, intrusted TO
tner future homes i'll November and December.
or the 6COO0OO eggs Obtained ny MI Stohe lOVOVJU
were to their native ver lt that source OF
supply might not be dried the other 100000 were
distributed IN The Middle ana western o'aes; 10000
were Michigan, and 10000 to Utah Hall mil
lion placed in the hatchng-nouSe OF Mt Alexander
Kent Baltimore to be distributed over Maryland ana
Virginia. and another large am JUGt 10 similar hstltu-
tion at BoomSOurs ~: Besides these salmon gam
cred from Oregon and scattered In Tue warmer waters
OF the country, Mr. Charles g. Adkins OF Bucksport he
on the PenObscOt, has obtained 95O0,OW eggs from
that river Tnese hshes adapted 10 tue streams OF New
England ana Northern New-YOrk, are slower in coming
maturity than the Western n T1ey are secured re m m
| Following February and March From Maine and
Oregon therefore 75000O salmon eggs have been this
year gathered and distributed In all the rivers Of the
| land that run TO the ocean.
obtaining eggs of the landOcked salmon OF Lake SeDer
in Maine. This species of salmon, though now fresh
water, is supposed to have up thtner from the
ocean, hut never TO have returned. They are small
fish. weighing from three to eight pounds but very fine
eang 10000 OF these have Deeu secured and dis
tributed among the rivers Oi New-England and Mleh
gan that run into lakes.
Casteton, n. Y, ON the Hudson aud Holyoke, Mass
S0oOOOo or COOOOoO eggs have been secured salmon
eggs sent across the continent imDedded III moss
hat sad are so lively beng hachcd in five or six days
after they impregnated, that they only be dis
tributed living fishes. LlTge cans arc therefore
deposited 5000 10 90 OF the little fishes These
5OO0C00 6,0O0OO shad have been distributed over
New England NeW-York Pennsylvania Illinois ana as
tar West Iowa. TIE Southern States have also
ceived then quota $4,000 having been for the first time
deposited i'll Two in Texas; that three
frop this Gt requires three years bring the shld
to fun maturity the shad Will he national fish. and
will be caught In every stream in the Union. Some OF
these sad eggs have been deposited in tributaries
OF the Mslss pp aud OF the great lakes But the latter
is an experiment the shad hitherto having always
found way salt water. But small snefish, of the
same species the shad feeds upon tho of
the ocean, having been found III tue depths OF great
lakes, been determined to try the experiment OF
both shad and salmon for lakes.
it is experiment stock rivers running
sea with food fishes In 1867 tie shad were first
carried former hatcng places in the
Of the Connecticut. Daring the three years required
the growth the Connecticut was empty of fish that
the fisheries Of the lower part OF the river wholly
abandoned But Ill 1870 large schools began 10
the river and they have continued TO grow In numbers
and in weight TIL this year, when in the hight OF the
season shad sOd on the spot whore they
caught al 50 per Streams IN Southern Massachusetts
have restOcked with acwves, that 100 tons OF
shfood are now taken from that six years ago
without fish and the supply Of tins fish III the
streams restOcked mouths of the the
shores with larger and nutritious fish, attracted
thther by the righteousness OF their favOrite bait.
IL is interesting fact, developed by these investga
tiOns that the fish, when too young TO take OF
itself cared for by man, but that. When instinct
is fully developed. nature Is better than The
gnatlOn of the is much better secured by art
fetal means than when left to the fishes themselves;
but when hatched, takes better than man.
A few years ago the young fish carefully cOoped
up, fatened, and nrusted to himself only When fully
started III life. The consequence that when
left free his native waters he became the prey OF his
numerous enemles against which he had instructive
resources. But when the young OF any fish, first
Iooseued yOkebag. nDds itself alone
waters it at once sinks bottom, where its color
renders it undstinguishabe fr0m the sand by which 1t
IL surrounded. As IL grows up 1t learns sefpreserva
found to be larger under the et-aone principle than
under mans most careful tuition.
TROTTING AT FLEETWOOD PAPR