Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-03-02
SURVEY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.


cred art. Its practical meaning Is, re-
stocking of our ponds with f,h. These
were once prolific ia all the kinds of mi
gratory fish, such As pickerel, perch. bass,
>had. salmon. alcwives. togue and front.
NJ one. having a knowledge of the hab-
it, OF tr>c fishes, can inspect our vast
lacu,triur surface. with it, .coid. iimpid
waters without being Impressed with the
extent and magnitude ot our couutry's ash
f1rm.
The only reliable data which We can re-
call to show the remunerative hsryestS
which these non-productive waters may be
made TO yield. is the river Tsv. in Scotland.
which Tor seven years has afforded to the
riparian. an annual average Of s74.GiG.
Now for a comparison. la the same ratio
which that river has been made Ia yield of
restockcd fish,
Patterns Ponds in Surry would produce
yearly in cash valuc. $500
To-day Ponds. $1,000.
Union River and tributaries. $4,000.
When our Ash farms are once seeded It
Is perpetual.
Commissioner Stanley says that Patteu's
Ponds are of the best salmon producing
ponds In the state.
For what j. being done to re-stock our
waters. read the accompanying letter Of
Ex-Staie Fish Commissioner Atkins. We
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"pE>oB>CoT SALMON BHEFpING WORKS
This institution. situated in BucA>port on
>poilord's brook. one mile from Tie PEN
ob>cut river. founded IN 1872. IT. object il
to collect salmon eggs for use In re->tscA-
ug exhausted salmon rivers. The present
patrons ot tn" enterprise are the tummi>-
>ian"r oi Fish aud Fi-hcTio. ct THE United
states. and the Commissioners OF Maine.
Massachusetts,. New Hampshire. Vermont.
Rhode Island. Connecticut and Michigan.
all actin. Ia behalf of their several govern
mems and using the eggs ubtaincd To re-
stock public waters.
The mode al operating j. A. follows; ia
June or Juiv. slN or seven hundred salmon
are bought alive from the fishermen near
Bucks port. and transferred To a small pond
known a. Great Pond where they are
Kept until the last OF October. when they
begin to lay their eggs. They are then
tnAeu from the pond, and deprived Of their
eggs by manual pressure. Iuc egg, are
f,cpnhat,d hv the Application OF mjt from
the tnaic ti>h. and ucpo>lt'=i IN Matching
ipugh<, where they iic unjil sufficiently
developed Ia admit az being packed up il
moss aud transported to the several place,
where they are 10 DE hatcaed ont. This
! TRANSPORTATION = elected iH February and
( Match. ... ..a. a.....
lDe uumovr of eggs obtA,4ca ln I>.1
was 300. 500. aud The number of Young
h,h obtained from Them and distributed.
was $1,000. L. le.5. the number Of eggs
obtained was about 2,4pp, 900. aud So great
success h4s attended their development.
{ that they cannot fail 10 yield about 1000
T Ou0 OF yourg salmon. The expenditure
/ ia 1928. was about 800. and ID ISIS 1.
( about 81 500 Considerable parts of these
sums were FOR buildings and fixtures. The
( Matching house /, seventy feet by twenty
[ eight, and with it, pIc>clt fixtures. ha- a
| capacity sufficient for The development OF
I - millions Of eggs.
I Last year 1879 some 1900 900 salmon
/ eggs we're distributed from these Works,
and planted in other waters OF Maine.
! traig's pond in Orland, was stocked with
salmon in ls.3, and Phillips pond in bed
/ ham, with black bass. a year or two CARL
er. This seasOh tish.ways were construct
/ co IN me Quiet VI tdttvu : v..i in ',...
-. on. The yearly yield Of fish-oH.
+ for 1873. a, per data was Of cod. haze and
porgie, 32.lai gallons. having a marke,
value OF so .2i5. OF this sum. $1,000 were
( for porsie oil Thus we have
I peeI-,ea rrodu~on yalue... sra. Gi5
ho1t flashing. ~. 80
uH Observation-Disclosures. - 80
Total value. .s5t,. -,
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-. WATER POWER. The ilydrograph-
ic Survey OF the State gives our combined
area OF pond snriDce, a II per cent. db're
the proportion due to our size. SubJoined
Is list OF those, oil the first, and second
rasA
iurora. Giles aud Mddle-Branch.
/ E,,ck.n,rt wWi., R,cLs u-r,r,is
Reel Lony. Hancock Grea, and section.
or brewers anal uoplton..
p,..,, =. ,, r,,, -,
~ cnn.n,..
bF0VAse"'e' "aiHef = fafAef = BOD
set' : ohaAe anu DAAe'hAh,' >aIt water
pond
Deer Isle. Torreys.
DeIhqm Reeds, Goose. Rocky, Mitch
ellis. Aliens. FITS. Mountain. uattase
aud sect. OF Moulton's. and Rocky NJ. >
EHst1orfh Branch. Reeds. and sect. Of
Patterns
Eden. Eagle.
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