The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-02-05
Fish Culture.


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Fish Culture.
.Nimin.Sir GHndjn.
Il Is really "iati;yin- Ia s"c ;lrlt onr. p"nul"
,r, hrc,mjI~ awakened - lii" great i!n!Ior-
;u;Icr of Fish culture. We desire 10 lay h'-
fore oar rrIGcrSa >lIor! outline 81 TN" prog
r,SS made in This department. We want eve
nv man in the country 20 !ool; into THIS ;hin"
II is too much or habit to drcry and lrowii
down every new mCa>;"" ~intrndt'''s. Let
Us recover our normal position. place oar
selves the Zinc ri progress. ana examine eve
~ thin. !rru"h: h"fVir liz. II VIII Hot unl"
reject amy proposition outside of us merits,
h,j; i"S: i; and ho!d fast Ia That which iS%""i.
Fish rullur" means Il supply Of m".'t-hhuih'
an:, whu''sDnl" and delicious l""t., Mcirc
almost afraid 10 USE that adjective, dc!icinilS.
Tor tar our plain and practical citizen Will
x,niir and SLY. "iiiat * the milk in the CO.
coanut the editor is after luNlrlc$-Sninc-
thinm .n0l iuriiin stomach. for th" rI%h. c'c.
Hu, not so. Ifnny man will investigate thiS
subject Thoroughly. iakin" as Il starting !o!ni
only mnr article, H.. will 50" that :hc aim OF
those who Press ;hr r!i!'iNa!i"a oi iSh j. 10
afford n cheap, ahurd'nl a"l superior lnril
,n" ihrmiSSc<. The ric,i can have :lSh when
they ..cSirc il. Money takes car" OF l:Sr.t ana
lis 3oSSrs.or*. Tho statesman and rlilan-
lhropi<t, di>'lainin" the empty applause "i
an hour. searches tor measures of ilrr"'icIi-
ing and $,lrIary importance 10 the wh"!''
CIrntr:. Living her" IN q new section. "lost
streams were originally trrlnin" with fish.
we lave sven III" supply hI':in:sl'. niii'-cF-
,o,hin- is lett uS but the traditions Of In"
fathers that trnu! and b:tTl'l ANA Siitu ever
swain in these waters. y slippery. eel or Il
solitary cat is often t;:r result q! Il "iio.'
DAVIS vigorous fishing by half Il dozen ami-
.cirs. Tns,y nothing OF the ti:nr lost, the
elegant lunchrn:iS wnSt"l, the cnnSlth't'"i
aitculan: fluids. the pu"c:iHS" of INES ana
, nainird c0rkS III wholesale, the h'aSf"t ;nil"-
;,.;,,S, ~ ln,pTDl q Fishermen ana rNlrnl:llI
families Il: .,n,nr. IL" game is no: worth thr
rnndie. Tic fish are i:nt here. INC Wa,etS
! are ,C;.IV;,d. Why is ;EiS: ASK som" S'i'a-
rv ,l"rinlr of Walton YOU End on the ha!l;S.
and he vii! shy Tic dams below keep tie i.Sti
from coming uI. ami another, not believing
in the runuin. uI fish. will tell you. We have
caught thc,n"Il; \ ,grclt drAi OF rum I'D
both 81! dainS prevent the ini"ra-
/. ton of fish, bat many fish do not migrate.
science calls tho:r classes which travel up
and down to the sea .\radrnm"lS. such as
salmon and S!lad. :"Anr OF our ll'Sl anu
most delicate tr1Wt and Dream. are more ia
clinr,! to he local in habit. But the same an
! swcr covcrali streams; the FISH are no !oh'cr
here IN aIy quantity. DOCS II ever occur 10
Us HAT W." can bring them back in their lnr-
mcr n~huAdnnco? When V" talk about fish
Notwithstanding the raising OF fish, just as
yor: TO sheep. ;!o!S. bcrvcS ANA p~nH!'rE-'",
many people think YOU are crazy. "hAt!
Tame a fish and raise i,sl, All thai II 700
uouScnSiral even to "r"u "ab0nt! Now. lh"f"
is the trrahir. 1t j. Il safe plan to watch our
selves whenever we meet n Pf"!n>''toI Wy
ihink."h"u"d. lI"n inS.cr'i"n. ia" ipIi% Is
ton often in our heads. and not i'll the SGhirr'.
Fish can be raised, ana can be talIc':. TOO,
though that has nnthin" t"in with our pres
cnt argument. FISH can he raised In great
NUMBERS, in rnurm:Ous quantities.. ANA. fiSli
! are to-day the staple meat diet Of Il large rnr-
| ton of tie world. We know very well that
savants say that fish i not meat. bur we shall
|! usr The word in this discussion III inns way.
We want 20 invrri our statements. Fish are
, p.n,1,. dict 'nl. 1,illinnS nf lrtlnlr VINO rDtl |
eat Hicat and who cant buy mc;:'. Some
have no: the digestion, and some have MOI
tic money. Til" diet is Si,ip!r!hd IL !Schran;
IL suits the invalid. and il i The poor man :
food. The cnnSulnrtinm Of fish IS 'lihl!S
crorlro;: III the Ia@t. China and japan. par
licn!arly, lav" paid great attention 10 lt:rni
rs an art!rl" Of iroi for their dense roruil-
tiunH. Europe, from her surrounding waters
and abundant STREAMS. draws much q! ~"
pco;.lc. We rr-rrt wc have not tn. statistics
Of the quantity uScl on the contincnt,, but
we .,ivc AN idea from what IS used in England
alone. SHE has annually l,"0 fishing vessels
in the North Sea, and the people 81 that
island.h by careful computation, eat as much
fish as bc"n. London receives EC%riE, ron
that source alone. %a. Gn tons of fish OF 2.M"'
pounds each. Can you count that" No non
sense: in that or in IN f.ngliHhninnS lc;'d
either! The United States has a large icIi,
hundreds of vessels. constantly engaged IN
the Inaci"rcl, hcrrinGard"'hrr i:SlrrieS, ana
there IS not Il hamlet in the civilized world
where you can't buy their produce; :,
lncHc ;trc say nSn, III, az !, thn Init,"i
Sn."" r';n va rorr, lint t,,cso facts
only go to show that. even when. Sa!tcd anu
canned. men love fish and eat fish whenever
an! Wherever ~ cHH nv W n lonn II i
int nave itcli Lttnn l. l ~ NC uvr countrv
'l't'ti! nt!iS ,pi'. ~ w"' +, Cni,,L,'
anu utmost uiuti wa ~ Nt hn," r. l. hn,,Iu
Ht"tn; pEnis ~ ~ n,nmissiomrr has
alrrrly planted salmon in the head waters
Of all The up-coun:ry streams, and I've has on
~ -, r"t - go Suri, .,rr;rrtin
n'tt ~ aNr w. 'vIii'f, Wrn r,H1r sw,rm
~, ',L >;t'",,. Wa nm1 mnmm,Hiv VI. hive
reasons !or our h'lcl. ~
For lnany years Il few in~"lHiaua!S nave
thought amt talked alG NTosc '"r'' FtN'Lo
culture. or III" %r""ln. "i iHll, unl!l ~ -"
they mcinorialiH"d Congress-. r'hrN:!E ;; 80
Il c"hihiiS>ln:i WAS aPlf'n.'" ~ n''o,'9Inu
Tie a'l'GI9 u,liil'iut'oi ca 'Mrt r. n,,I ,,.rrS,
co;'Sl az" ~ l'!H !'h.H '!'" ~ ;:Ttnt r,,nri
-, ~ u ..,,r, , ~ min,: in lSI1 n;-
,nI,tn,i, L:ish ,,HSrnri.sinncr TO cultivate Ssh
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ana '!lc hui'tpcf IN Ems Iiiucil EttSrr. ."nh.'
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WORK Oh nc general "";ciHlnpHt l"h! .itt
nave 'l!'lii>"!fcS l''"hr I;'rS' alpIolriit"li
apparatus Tor lGlrlilnE iH"S ''cil l'h'tiIl'u-
the best by Scih Green al!d ;lilHrn'.n nf NY.
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me ATTENTION @! Inc ilt'A :>lAltS : 81 , "ii-
missioner HAS Zen ih'i,''F "irtrt"u ~ i..a,
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