The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-01-04
Acclimatization of Fish.

The largest establishment in the
world for the Matching of salmon eggs,
says the San Francisco Post, is that of
the Government of the United States in
McCloud River, in Shasta County, I'M
der the superintendent of Livingston
Stone. sat this point" says the Cali
fornia Fishery Commissioner, "6, 000,-
600 to 100000 of young salmon are
Matched each year and distributed to
the Fish Commissioners Of the various
States having rivers suitable for their
growth and increase. In 1873 Cali
fornia received from this soufce half a
million of fish, which were turned into
the Sacramento River. The Govern
ment works at this point are so extern
sive and conducted with such economy
that during the past year we considered
it advisable to expend $1,000 in the
Matching of millien more fish, to be
placed in the Sacramento River.
We therefore, applied $1,000
of our small appropriation to this pur-
pose, and the fish have been success
fully turned loose. Our appropriations
being exhausted, we will this year (1S75)
pay for the Matching of but half a mil
lion more fish," wide biennial report,
1S74-75.) Now, we have no hesitation
in saying that the State appropriation
should have been much larger. When
the United States Government establish
a large ish-hatching establishment in
an affiuent of San Francisco Bay, the
State of California should not grudge
money to fully stock all its rivers and
streams. Population is rapidly increas-
ing, and salmon, as foolish, can not
be excelled. But the export trade of
salmon is nearly all done from Column
bia River, whereas our own waters
might be made largely tributary for
this purpose under proper manage
ment. Governor Leland Stanford and
Mr.. Croker have set an example to
opulent Californians in this matter
which ought to be generally followed.
The former paid for the Matching out
of a million salmon, and the latter pre-
scented half a million fish to the COM
The New Zealand Government has
made fitting acknowledgment of its
to the United States Fish
cry Commissioners, through Professor
Baird. The Colonial Secretary, the
Hon. DIR. Pollen, advises the resident
agent of New Zealand in San Francisco
of the disposition of the $4,000 eggs
consigned to DIR. Hector for the Gov
eminent of the colony. He writes.
So The eggs arrived safely and in good
order, so far as yet reported on. They
were transhipped at Port Chalmers
for the Bluff, and thence forwarded to
the Makarewa ponds, near Invercargill,
where the process of Matching is pro-
ceeding so far satisfactorily" Thus,
near the extreme south OF New Zealand,
in a climate similar to that of Oregon,
California salmon have been establish
ed. The snow-fed rivers of the south
will doubtless suit them. Whether they
will return to the streams remains to
be proven, but, so far as the experiment
has gone, nothing could be more prom
ising. Professor Baird viii likewise
next February, a shipment OF
whitefish from Lake Michigan to the
order of the New Zealand Government.
There are large lakes in the North and
Middle Islands where whitefish would
thrive could they be acclimated, and
the experiment in this direction about
to be made by the Wellington executive,
through the cooperation Of the United
States Fish Commission, will be watch
ed with interest by all interested in the
work of acclimatization.