Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-03-09
Feb CULTURE.

las usudl. tDe nuDJect Vi iSlCullulS
and the Fisheries continues to occupy
large share Of the public attention, in
View OF the popularity of the measures
taken taken looking toward the Increase
in the supply Of fresh water fishes and
the proper utilization OF the products Of
Of the waters generally.
Of the various State Omissions those
of Virginia, California, and Maine have
lately published iLeir reports of Satisfies
tory work.
The varied enterprises in which the
United States has been engaged during
the autumn have been successfully plos-
eeu,ed, the United States Matching es-
tablish.aent on the Sacramento River
under the charge OF Dir. Livingston
Stone, having obtained nine millions Of
eggs,in bulk amounting to eighty bush
els Some two millions Of the young
were Matched out and placed in the Sac
ramento river for the purpose Of keep
ing up its supply, and the remainder OF
the eggs were sent East, for the most
part to the State Commissioners OF Fish
cries. The introduction of the Young
fish into suitable waters was prosecuted
mainly during the months OF December
and January, and nearly all the waters
of The United States east Of the Nilsson
ii River have received their shares. A
very large number were planted in the
hcad~waters of the Ohio, the MISSISSIPPI i
and other streams in the central portion
of the United States, as well as III the
waters tributary the Great Lakes, and
those ofthe East, from Maine to Geor
aia. Il is not too much to hope that in
q few years most satisfactory results
from the experiment will be be expert
enced. Mr.. Atkins has also continued
tis work in collecting developing the
eggs Oft the Eastern salmon at Bucksport,
and has secured between three and four
millions. These, as being taken later in
the year, and oe slower development,
will be distributed in March or April.
In addition to his labors with the sea
SALMON, Mr.. Atkins had also secured a
large number Of eggs of the landl0cked
salmon from the Grand Lake Stream, in
Eastern Maine, some nine hundred
thousands eggs in all having been placed
in the Matching boxes In the course of
its Iabors during the summer of 1875,
having reference to the shad, about
twelve millions of young were hatched
out and distributed in the various wa
tiers by the United States Fish Cons
mission.
A very important enterprise Of the
general character is that which is now
in progress under the direction of the
Fish Commissioners of Michigan, Ohio,
and Canada. The Michigan Commls
sioners are now Matching about seven
millions of whitesfsh eggs, those of
Canada having almost as many. The
Ohio Commissioners were unable 10
complete their establishments in time
for extensive operations this season, but
they have at their four Matching stations
considerable number Of the eggs of the
eggs of the white, partly furnished to
them by the Michigan Commission.
An important movement hat been
made on the Hudson River by Mr. Seth
Green, under the direction Of the Fish
Commissioners Of New FORK in the mul-
DUPLICATION of sturgeon. The economic
al value of this fish is only beginning 10
be appreciated in this country, although
i'll Europe it has long ranked among
those of most Importance. But already
large business in the manufacture OF
isuglass and caviar, as well as in sup
plying this fish for consumption, both
fresh and smoked has been prosecuted
tor some time. The Hudson River
formerly abounded in sturgeon, which
have become scarce, and the object Of
Mr. Green's work has been to increase
the number An incidental benefit res
sulting from the multiplying of these
fish, it is expected will be the destruc-
tion by them of the stake nets which at
present do SO much to prevent the nat
ural increase of shad in that river, the
nets being too weak to resist so power
ful fish as the sturgeon.
The prominence of the turbot and sole
among the more expensive fishes of
Europe has suggested the idea of intro
ducing them into American waters; and
at the request OF Mr.. Kidder, of Bostong
the United States Fish Commissioner
is now engaged in making preparations
for transferring sufficient number Of
young fish from the British coast to that
Of Massachusetts to make satisfactory
experiment, the expenses to be borne
by Mr. Kldder.-Harper's magazine.
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A Coop BoY-The other evening
when Detroit man was eating supper
his eight year old son slid around and
whispered:
sITather. Won NAV have my sled.