The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-02
Fish.Gulture,

influential citizens have associated together
for the purpose OF promoting the culture
and protection Of fish in that State. SeDa-
tor BECK is president Of the association. The
society, by correspondence with Professor
MILNER. of the Smithsonian Institute, pro-
cured twenty-five thousand California SAL
mon. from Worthwhile, Mich, which were
transported to Lancaster county, KY, where
they arrived on the 9Th Of January last.
They were fvc days en- route. Only few
died on the way. They were transported
ia cases made like milk-cans, and the water
was changed in the cans every two hours,
| recurring great labor. They were attended
by Professor HAaAR, Of Chicago, who was
we'll worn by fatigue when he reached his
journeys end. The young fish were placed
| 10 Dix river and Hanging Fork, two small,
| rocky streams that empty into Kentucky
river. The United States Government fur
| rishsd the fish. The cost of transportation
was about seventy dollars.
Very recently member Of the club ex-
amined some of the fish, and found them in
excellent condition. The putting OF salmon
ia the Kentucky waters gives them the free
dom OF the Mississippi and all its tributaries,
and thi. makes the efforts in the cause in
Kentucky directly Interesting to us. We
hone that the exertions Of Senator BEcK's
society may interest the State Government
enough to- lead to the establishment of q
board of tish commissioners and the appro-
priation OF enough money to give force and
SUCCESS 70 their measures. This subject OF
fish.culture is steadily growing in import
auce and interest. Should the States com.
bine with the Federal Government in stock.
ing the waters of the Union with fish they
will all have the satisfaction of knowing that
they aided 10 securing to the nation great
blessing and an enduring source of popular
delight.
While on the subject we take occasion to
refer to the great success which has rewarded
| the efforts in New York to restock the beau
tirul Lake Canandaisua with fish. That lake,
| through the murderous means Of trapping
and catching fab, had been almost exhausted
| of them. The most experienced fishermen
were often unsuccessful, aud one or two Of a
day would be the utmost Of their success.
| In I'D some cousderate gentlemen undertook
| to put IN a few young trout. They procured
| 10000 for this purpose. In '73, By private
subscription. 100000 young trout were put
in. In IA 10000 trout and 10000 white
fish were put in the lake, and in rs. 800, 900
trout aud 10000 white-fsh were turned
| 10. In the spring of rs the fishing
| in the lake was eXcellent-better than ever.
Men readily caught dozen trout in an
| hour. Some fishermen caught two dozen in
| a day By trolling. This Is the report sent to
| the veteran SETH GREEN, who is nov super.
intendent of the New York State fisheries.
This IS a remarkable case Of u great addition
to public comfort and pleasure in sheet of
water that may be looked upon as peculiar
Bile sing to all people who have the oppcr-
tuni,y Of visiting it. 1t is great thing, in.
decd, when government has it in its power
to secure such benefits for society.
And yet again, while on the subject, J"
we must not fail 30 notice a lovely trout re-
Gently discovered by some gentleman while
on au exploring and Photographic excursion
9,70O feet above the sea on the Sierra Me-
vada. This was Il golden-hued trout, thus
described by The explorer:
"Thcr bright sides were flashing and
fitting through the water like jets of fire;
then collected in shoals beneath a projecting
rock or bank, would light up those dark re.
cesses with their gitering sheen. DR.. A.
Kellogg, botanist and naturalist OF the ex.
peditior, made drawing and the following
notes: THE golden and orange-bandcd
trout Of Kern aud Kings river. Descrip-
ton: Trout, four to eight inches long !;
proportion thick, and motion quiet Ground
color golden, lighter or darker as
they iuhabit deeper, stadier, or shallow
er aud lnuier streamets. Back dark, with
large black spots; q broad longitudinal baud
Of orange red along the lateral line of mucus
| glands, from head to tail, mostly vanishing
near the posterior, third, or tinal fin; trans
verscly c!ouded by ter large blotches. Belly.
| bright orange from under the throat and
opercular fin or respiratory gills to the vent
back of dovssl fin, and tail beautifully black
spotted; also, Il black bar running fore and
! aft through tue eye. All Of The fins Except.
ing the optIcular golden, margined with
white. Flesh, light salmon. Found in
shallow stream. of the higher meadows and
ravines Of Kern river, nine thousand tive
hundred to ten thousand feet above the sea
| level, where they disappear"
If this is not tempting to an augler-if
this does not fill him with golden.hued en-.
thusiasn-we do not kncw what will. An
attempt to bring down the charming trout
alive to the vale below was Intellectual. The
means of the party were inadequate to the
undertaking. But here is an inspiring OBJ
ject to the pisciculturist. 1t offers net quite
such an adventure as that Of JASON after the
golden fleece, and may not be so fraught
with scientific considerations as TYEDAL's
explorations of the Alps, but then in eclat
and poetic inspiration the translation of the
golden trout of the Sierra to the lakes and
mountain streams Of the Atlantic States
would be indescribably grand and felcitous.
We trust that the enterprise will attract
the attention of the heroic followers of the
noble pursuits relating to ish-those pur-
suits which derive sanctity from the occu-
patton Of the great leaders in the divine
dispensation which now envelopes our civ
ilization.
The Joke.
The new amendment provides that the
Legislature shall meet but once in two years