New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-26
fish CULTURE.
TROUT AND SALMON RAISING.
ERRORS CORRECTED BY AN EXPERT EMPLOYED by
AGAssIz-LFECHEs READILY PRoPAGATED, AND
Z RAISING

| AGAssz-LFECHEs READILY PROPAGATED, AND
| PROFITABLE.
TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR: The subject of tish-culture Is properly
attracting attention from scientists a1d practical
men year by year. and important that the public
Journals should be free from in what they publish
concerning it, they msead friends Of The enterprise
and inure It's interests short time attention
was called to OF fact published in daily
paper this city and the interview led to The conrmu
ncatOn below signed "Aquaticus" The writer OF that
article On the German language is of those very
distinguished working naturaliss whose services were
engaged by the lats teacher Agassz to assist him in
carrying oct his grand enterprises, and TO this man he
ntrusted the important work Ot building and msnasing
| the aquariIfts on Penikese.
The eminent scientist C. siebOld had written to
me Of him time saying at he felt very deeply
interested in tie Of the institution on Pekese.
expecting best results for sciesce aud that he Knew
thaS MI Agassa had "foupd a maa lin Aquaticust who
was ennently endowed with the very qualities most
needed carrying out his great Tieas, and VINO was
also stored with large aL,0uDt OF experience OF the
right kind from employment in similar schemes IN
EuroT+" One e his most valuable services vas
carrying out misson OF observation of the condI
ton fisheries anu fsh-culture in Rrssa. Persia. and
Turkey fn Asa) for the Government of 8fussa He was
aeo owner of the large eech farm on he Uppar Rhine
which has a capacity OF two ~ three million leeches
yearly The opinion n sreh oughSto be valuable
SELF A. L. H.
SIR: You will confer q real favor the public 81
we'll as those who engaged IN hszcuiture, II you
would allow space n your Columns FORA cor rection
of several which appeared lately iu alderman
paper OF this city. feel interest ia al that concerns
the science of fish cult rre and have great respect
for the most honorable embems of the art Of ctchuG
sh-ihe spear. the angle, and che net-and eartly
rejoice at the spread acknowledge of these thin and
at imprC Sed methods of CO Frying these
important Industries all civilized countrt IS. IL
the subject should proTs sufficiently interesting. NAV
ne ab3aiu some fuur9 papers add to the tgeneral
knowledge from my Personal e1perienas The article
I'm question was in statIra that the sou tn Side
Club bad stocked the Connecticut River with eggs OF Tho
samsu and that the enterprise had faded because the
yonn fish had all left che river, seong away into oer
wate-s The igFtwofold for tia reason that ash
eggs are never used aendcaed. being Away mat shed
in ssme establishments for the purpose, and the young
fish, at the proper and season, esinG placed Ia the
river under most favorable circumstances; and
alse because young salmon instinciyely leave their
breeding places for ts ocean, remaining away two
or even three years, when they noturn well sfewn-
Many observations this point have been meGe N
Europe ander the highest authos+ties in Natural HIS
tory Il may H. Also To call attention to the pec-
characterization by tbe same writer in'the Journal
ust named tho treatment of Matched sarson esss
eDdiwhich seems 60 me entirely amistake.
The multipicaaon and preservation OF salmon ia be-
coming subject Of national importance, aof there is
every 10 hope that IN afsw years what is now
luxury forthe reh will 30 sSthe cheap articles
OF food for poor One % Che principal eauses why
nshcuture is undertaken by persons Of moderate
may be the suPpost0n that large ponds or large
rivers necessary for successful business farm
Of is 20 with small pond OF two, natural or
artificial Supplied with water from river or from
perennial springs would fbe all that could be desired
For certain branches the raising Of trout and cray
fish, certain soils and bottoms requisite. Having
| dip,rr
construction in the breeding apparatus under skilled
supery sion, success IA certain and so managed there
This cty and vicinity afford steady market for large
quantities of troutand craysh which may be raised
for the proper materials and construction
The crayhsh ies adapted TO the table Ia the Astdcs
PnUdfil,s OF Europe. which has flesh equal In quality
and far more delicate than the lobster and also without
the ndieestble qualities of the larger orustacean The
American variety (Cdmb1rus Bdrton ~ OF tough
ture esb and profitable for the pocket or the
table, IL h surprising that while there are 80 many
places in the vicinity Of this city within the radius OF 10
miles we'll adapted by nature to fish culture that no one
has as yet established shsr% expressly for This ar
another branch OF the business that might De made to
In this case also the European variety Is most
valued by medical men, and this country imports nearly
looking about such places near the city several were
visited aud ono especially well adapted by nature for
pose the Newark waterworks, land soping 70 the
river Besides dwellings outhouses barns, orchards
springs Of sweet water and the bottom is the right KIND
for trout crsysh or ieeches The Passac River would
furnish food In abundance for the young
:. having 30 many natural advantages will probably be
utilized and 10Y object In mentioning 1t Is TO call atten
u ton " lDis as an instance among many places where
1sbc uture business could be prohtaby
Incidentally, of course this industry would benefit al
" lovers of fish az a diet.
70 one reason for mentioning the subject OF
d s the supply from all parts OF Europe except
tany is gradually falling because OF the draining OF tn,
marshes the Danube IN 5clsv0nia and European Tur
Key all native places Of tho ieeoh hope 70 see thi
In Europe, and have no doubt thh more careful inor
dlsfrih al
ir pers win greatly assist Ia tho forward movement
Or | kss- Kegk, March .. 1874 AQUAuoUs.