New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-15


pounds Of delicious food as ever delighted gouT
nands palate, satisfied hungry mans stomach. II
family of the saIp.ond ne will Turk about the bottom
of some pond. Craze some peObly mountaln Dr9oH
aud struggle up TO half pound or more before Twelve
months snail have rolled over bis head.
SALMON AND TROUT IN MARKET
Salmon and trout excessively dear iii our market
They will at times bring 81 50 pound and never fall
below 80 or 40 Hence they no longer food Of
the people Yet reported that they were so abund
ant IN the Connecticut River within hundred years
that articles Of ndenture Of apprentices provided by
special clause that salm0n not 70 be led TO Them
more than twice week 1 have always doubted this
story but within a few months gentleman OF my ac
assured Inc that ne mad III his possession
among his family papers an ~ d y, -, & an,
identical provision lie promised 10 sena II 10 me- put
has not yet Whether this evidence OF the for
on that both salmon and trout abounded waters
OF STATE and of the United States where they are now
x and must now struggle to reeslaOlish fortunes
With perseverance We Can succeed Wltnln score Vi
Years salmon were equally dear and scarce IN Great
BrIaip had qualy passed from the category OF oid
nary food and mad become solely the luxurious
top of the rich. To-day after wise system oi pise
cnItnre and FISH protection, pursued only during the
short period about 40 years, this most nutritious Oh
Of moGspate means Although the demand has IN
creased enormously with the reduction OF price, suu tho
railroads have opened tue whole country as MARKER
for fresh sn the supply than kept pace with
the demand To-day salmon sells III an od, ib'ckD SGT
tied country like England for much less than IL tihgb
I'D new one like ours. IL remains W
say whether VIII allow such state OF a1ar' " con
tnue. The remedy Is ia our own hands.
CALIFORNIA SALMON, sHAD AND BASS.
have spoken only of salmon and trout hut the other
feh OF the same be cultivated in the
ner and with equal advantage The Namagarsn or
Mackenaw salmon which attains weight Of 80 pounds,
aud can live nil large lakes. Possibly vslu
able than even this splendid fsh Ia the California sal
mon a variety Of our ordinary salmon, whic! has special
admirably adapting II 10 rivers VI the
Atlantic In winch salmon could not exist on ac
count OF tue temperature Of the wafer 10 spawns IN
the Spring and viii 1--we In rivers which attain high
temieratuIe u cOntrAdstlncton 10 lie Eastern salmon
and root winch cannot endure neat exceeding 70 de
eTees Strenuous efforts being made to Introduce
this ,h among by the U1ited s;aes CohInissoner
Prof Spencer r. Baird. photograph OF California Sal
mon No )And nnally there Is the new species. only
lately discovered III our country, the IFayhng nsh
which Is highly priced Ia Europe BON Tor tue table aud
for sport. photograph Of Grayllng No. l) .
sbad eggs uer essentially from trout egst ahd require
Wholly different manipulation They are tindc SMALL
and lighter II trout or salmon egg Is cropped into
wafer IL sinks at the bottom, out shad egg VIII
almost float and has tie more specihc gravity Than
tae water itself Shad eggs are loss tnan nall tho size
Of trout eggs and require their beat coDdton fof
hstchIug temperature Of from 6S0 to 1t'' They VIII