The New York herald., 1878-02-28
FISH CULTURE.
Seventh Annual Meeting of the
American Association.
BEAUTIFUL BROOK TROUT.
Rules for Packing Salmon Eggs
for Transportation.


In the directors room OF the Fulton Market FISH
mongcrs' Association. Tho attendance numbered
about one hundred persons, among whom Pro-
lessor 5. +. Bard. Uailed States Comm issoner OF
Fisheries, Washington. d, c.; Seth Green, superin-
tendaDt OF Fisheries State OF New York Rochester;
Robert J. Dodge. American Institute Committee on
Agriculture, Brooklyn; Professor ). Browne Good.
Assistant Curator. Smithsonian Institution, WASH
Ingtop, D. c. Professor James W. Miner. wssbing-
ton, d. c.; Fish Commissioner H. !. Resder; Joseph
G. wictts 0nondasa county, n. Y; A. A. Anderson,
Bloomsbury, n. j.. J. p. rr,m1e, Newark, N. j.; r.
u. Graham, Fairfield county. Va; Thomas j. Hall,
Adirondack Club; X II. Kiby, Montreal, aud Bsnja-
min B Sibei Larchmont, Wes,cnester county. n. Y.
When tho meeting was called TO order by Mr. Robert
T. Roosevelt. president OF tho association, who
pied the chair It announced nat the subjects
tended to considered by the Convention would DO
taken up under four heads, as ioows:-
Seth Sras 'a s'o
cslsraso, ,na ma samuel wilm9t. e oi,aw'. Canada;
GcF s svs T. % A M y me-
s sre e os "aiaps n0ry n %ns .aass the con
Frederick M.nsr; New YORK aud Ghsr.ss Tsiiosx
mont '''''' "'' '' - 0' "'''''" VOC
rho minutes Of the last meeting having been rsaa
and approved, NJ were also tho reports the secre.
tary aud treasurer an obituary the late Benjamin
bOWles, OF Sprlngueu, was read and ro5Ou.
tions cuogstic o his memory were adopted.
TROUT CULTURE.
A disserat trout culture by B. B. Porter set.
ting forth tho results o experiments made by him at
Oakland, Bergen county. \. j., during tho last lvo
years read to the meeting by the secretary Mr.
Barnet Phillips
In this tho author, who is as present residing in
California sets forth, among other matters tnat the
method OF raising BROOK trout at the present day only
varies In appliances from the date Of ia commence
ment in this country. Brook trout culture is really
the mothor OF fish culture whereby rivers lakes
ponds and crooks already teemng with countless
thousands OF fish, IN many LOCALITIES from tho Allan.
tic TO the Paoiac. Tho salmon family our country
are beng 10 NIL parts of the world aud yo.
FISH culture Is only In It's Infancy Al tho first
regular meeting OF this association at Albany.
N. Y. almost every member interested
IN the culture Of trout or salmon, but now
"the anglers pride" 10 hardly tho agh, OF though II
is the most diflcut 1sh 10 raise maturity Of all
iood fishes: consequently It Is likely, think to
remain aiuxury and viii always command u good
price in the market In raising trout must have
the natural ndvantages-nrst, u never-iaipg spring,
with good aow Of water; second. the water be
Of uniform temperature during the whole year. third
good iail: fourth, not liable TO 90 washed out ~
floods during the seversst storms The old method
Of haichine the spawn on gravel is nearly obsolete
wre Trays, with tho wires crossing eacn other
ono way and halt inch apart the other, is
probably the best TOR Matching trout salmon spawn
upon, allowing the hAh t0 full through as soon ss
hachcd. There are many ingenious devices for
haiching, but II you have your eggs that you
pick them over readiy and keep them clcah and ex-
cude the light II 10 the easiest part Ut hsn culture,
providing your eggs are we'll mpreguated. The wa
tcrng pot will kccp the sediment Of and hboral usc
OF sat viii keop the fungus from generating Alter
the Eggs ure hached II Is best to remove
other trough or rearing box, when you nave spread
half inch or OF fresh earth, aud they viii gen.
orally remain healthy until the sue Is absorbed.
la his experiences with 100 900 eggs from 80 SO per
cent are impregnated. but OF these abou. por cent
| Will not have strength enough 10 burst the shell
Before tassaH - a. absorbed per cent more wil DE
begin feeding 20 per cont more wi die from disease
or DO eaten by tnslr con'paaionS From these and
other only 20 per or the original 900
will be left at the end Of the nrst Al the ond OF
the second year y further decrease will leave only
yet rssed trout exclusively .or table use, but
would DO done was simply question OF time.
The abovo paper called ortn a lively discussion, In
which several oil the members participated. Mr. Se,h
Green, on being nsked by tho President TO
experience dsh culture ,hnt the result yielded
eighiy i've per cent. II all depended on the manner
of tne treatment and tho care taken OF the eggs and
hstcnng 100 900 frost nsh, species OF the nnny
tribe generally known fresh water snet An inter.
change Of opinions OF tbs relative superiority o frost
nsh as ound IN the Rar,an, Passaic ani Norlh River
proved that each OF the speakers - rule exolied
the sxoeente OF tho product Of the river with winch
| he was most familiar.
| now TO PACK sALxoS RGas.
Tho Secretary read report by Livingston Stone on
which the following rules were laid dowo:-
aThey should be packed the right age. The righ,
, e.s ~Ss sss s.'ss es%sas u m
G ss b s sgT nns sa.v" my ts, sne asnt age
s & se s spd 81 n. svs cry s that 1
which snsy must be subjected iu pseking
S:sy 4 ~, sys,
d with IL s.'sSsS Condition ~ s';a 10
r.ase. upon my a,siir Is y % saving
viii that, ,rei. vitality has by .sai.
msat iunsoia growts attacks from water insects
are They are certainly not 1T to be packed or long
TrdmLn packing use as tar practicable fresh living
mo. Isis Is very dssir"bs nssd as the tive takes
El.bes to sustain the lie Of embryo Indeed
paessa al p.rsssy aiqsis. p.ss sss.
ia,~ eisss @o... from which al. .xtrsnsou, mat,
ter sseb =, STICKS. lead leaves ana he IKE hay been
ihsss GOOD and my Do ,asm harm. =" "
very little danger in sscrtlng much pressure on
.hsn i tnsy are ~ en- .. the rg,i stage
salmon eggs which have made tis journey sueees July
last years piled up an inch o. two sccss the
sog Of me gssTas SSxs, s .n ana then NE covers forced
are healthy ana packed as 'he proper STAGE viii 10. IN
upon lhis viii Keep ihsm Their places which is
ss s Try you ssa .rsa % S esss @ no.
tween te thumb anu bnge. when the eye drs shows,
4
| breaks
sP Protect the box Of moss which contains the eggs
from changes of tcmperaiure ey pack
ing OF sawdas, some otler matcriai
keep the he. extreme coid 10 wbh The package may
be sajscted from reaehng the Within The author
thinks that the
| but does not here tasst ppun IT,
sesenDt-Where exposure air is to De guarded
against necessary 10 provide Ice chambers In the
paekn 1oxo A. this 10 merely question OF Mechanical
cOntrvance. will enlarge upon here
than that III. Ice chambers should arranged
the water aud the cold coming melting leo
| sboa d es allowed 10 acvcsud upon the eggs.
Eighth all means. N ice used. have apertnros In
the aud bottom VI tue egg In lot ont
the caused Dy the melting zee. Tue openings ts
top let the .c the eggs which and rs
reses them while. on thr other nand the openings
lot tue which IL
bic as there 10 nobng surely fatal salmon egss
! than stsguAnt water.
fHE RrssiAx METHOD
During recess several Jinerent species OF nsh were
brought into the hall, which Quenty exam
insa and commented upon by those present Mr.
Reedsf said that tue so.calicd 'tussiau mctnod' Of
producing trout by the process known As 'dry I'M