New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-02

After five or SIX years of work. the labOrs Of
tue e. S. Fish Commission are beginning 10 bear ahund
ant fruit Al first the chief work Of investigation
TO ascertain The of the dmuiion Of foOdis ca IN
our waters and that research occupied most OF years
fhcn the OF prOpagatng fish on large scale be-
gan to take shape While the project well as The FISH
were yet III EN- Jryo the appropriations to carry IT Tor
ward small and therefore Of course the earlier work
was But someW here about four years ago
the process STOCKING the headwacrs OF the interior
with fOodish fairly undertaken As specimen IL.
may re mentioned that or tw0 hundred tl 'usaud
voupe sgad were placed tine hcdd-watcrs Of the ALE
gbany River the western part Of tins state The cal
cuaton was tua they would travel TO sea before reach
ing maturi v making trip OF two o. three thousand
mics to do would stay for or TWO yeas or
MORE ana them when at least four years Old, would al
TEMPT D. ascend the rivers toward the where they
had spent their youth The calculation has proved cor
rect snad were caught this sprng near Louisville "nie
making their way Up the Iiver-sOme hundreds OF thcm
constantly during fortnight, the number being sufficient
TO supp ant in the market the shad brought overland
from the Potomac. The California salmon have been
very widely distributed by tine FISH Commission through
our he United States. excepting New York. our State
authorities not having awaited themselves OF the opoi
tunty These salmon have been growing seadiy rom
Time to time trere are reports oil captured s.l hS'
and the success of the experiment lsbcNOud an count "A
great ovement has Vccu introduced IN inc ns-atc
ING establishment the DciiNa are. The sievcke boxes
9t hold The eggs are continually Lifted up and down,
uartlv up and III The water ny means Oh steam
dpV,.u nicluclv during the whole peIiOl OF Matching.
49, fLrou AGRA ION oil the egg, thus secured pro-
duccd yrid OF twelve million ish whhe otherWlse one
million would scarcely have been obtained
J. A. Spring, botanist of Tucson, sends to
The San FraiciSc0 Post account Of the dis motive
aola OF Arizona. Some peculiar uses OF the strange
plants are described The candcabra cactus has been
eluploved by the Apache Indians for communicating
SIGNALS ft hight is 10 20 feet, but occasionally spec
fpef 10 "A :
is only necessary 20 fire the ground to of the
vertical rows of pickles with which the plant adorned
the flame runs to the top, and the caEdeabIa he
come torch But the plant is not DESTROYED, nor iu-
oeed apparently injured by such burning on the surface
When dead and dry the wood found 10 be hollow, and it
separates at into number OF tcks or poles these
having been chiefly held together by the nnd. The fruit
az Ills cactus makes pleasant preserve. Ihat OF
another the "plickly pear" is wei known to trav-
oilers The young leaves OF the prickly pear
c,ctus are cooked as vegetable the DISH pro
duced being something Ike sti1hg beans III appearance
and taste; the leaves are also highly esteemed Tor use ia
,.lin, . non tee TO draw splinter IIc ng-elh al
cactus furnishes ready made shooks III countless num-
bers by surrounding the plant with r' il produces wa
fer for The thirsty trivcer, the heat driving It's hulds 10
flo inferior whence nearly half gallon Is Obtained.
"Naaue." is palaiable preparation made by roasting
I'm, Ie fl, heads OF the century plant; II saved whole
as,riisou IN Arizona ten years ago from fcuiVj The
ocotll" Is an assembage OF green poles 10 10 ID ice
LONG, Joined only at the base. Each pole II surrounded
by scarlet aower These poles arc cut oil and planted
(oes as fences and continue green for several ycals
bic fences are thus obtained, e., tue POLES nave shaIP
tholus ID vertical rows. Among Inc NdIu"Ie unhei
I'M a. OF Arizona l- the mesquite; 10 the summer months
tum now ran ar,Lic ard # caiIicd cannot hc dis
mann sized lo medicinal gam. IL seeins not in-
ni,,til,. that some the products peculiar 10 the
Territory may have a commercial Fa!u'.