, 1879-05-21


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GENEVA LAKE AND ITS FISH.
Throo years ago this spring that 11r. N. Z.
FA1RDAHH, piscatorial enthusiast, who com.
bincs knowledge will, zcnl, commenced stock.
ing Genova Lake with fish. Since TINT timo
he las planted iii its beautiful waters COT, 900
brook trout, 100000 whiteasll, 100000
salmon trout, md 1argo number OF wall
eyed pike. Ths pike havo como 10 nothing,
- roa.,lt hardly 10 be regretted, aa thoy aro
ptonty enongl in every Western lake, and
are 80 voracious TINT they thin out much
better flsl, tlan they arc themselves. The
whitefish havo dono vol, which ia matter
for congratulat;on 10 the other fish, rs they
wore planted for food. How 1oon]y thoy are
reliahed may bo inferred from tho fact tint
n sa1mon in tho hatohing-troughs an Inch in
length will go for whitetish la!f an inch in
lougll in a manner that means bnainess. thus
demonstrating TINT fish, like human beings,
develop their totaf doprnvity ut very tom
dor age. The brook front hnyo Mao dono
finely, though thoir numbers have been
thinned out by small boys md romorseloss
hulks of men who scoop thom cut of tho
STREAMS whom they run mp to spawn. These
raitts will be prevented, however, IN tlls
future. as Mr. FA1npANK 'has purchased
abont ITO ncres Of territory through which
tho principal stream, rnus. The salmon
trout. 1t Is also beloved, are doing vol,
though they arc not often seen. Doing
moro solid md sedato fish tlan tioir kin of
tho brook, mud not so trivial or superficial M
tho piokerel aud bass, whose delight it is to
hug tho shadows among the wessls, they
sool tho doop watezs Of tho lakc.
Tic greatost triumph, whiol, Mr.. FA1npANk
has achieved, howoyor, il with California
salmon. In tho fall Of 1875 ho conceived
tho idea TINT this lnsoious fish, one Of tho
pluckiest, ga,niost, most aotivo, md hardy
Of tho tribe, could bo transplantod from
"tho rogion wharo rolly tho Oregon and
loarH no souud sava his own DASH
ings" into tle calm watars OF Conc
IN Iako, and in timo put in m
appearance as 1T for dinner aB any Of "hla
s,starp, bis cousins, OR hin aunts" On tho
Pacifio Slope. Ssru GnEES, tho victorian
psychologist, who was visiting him at tho
timo, and whoso SUCCESS in tho hntohing.
trougha Is we'll known, sought to dissuado
Mr. FA1nnAsE from putting his idcn into
practical operation becauso tho saImou,
especially Of tho OalIfornia aort, was neither
nattvo nor to tho u,auner born. His Huggcs-
tion was to plant tho luke trout who 1.-Two aul
thrive In our Western waters. 1t yas aho
urged al M objection that tho salmon must
have acocss to tho sen, but this Ia not a
necessity, as they have lourisl.od in tho
lanti-locked laltoa OF A1nino, though thoy aro
not no large or SO good as those which have
runway to tho son. Ia connection with
This subject brief biography OF tho sal,npn
mny be Of interoat. When tho rivora arc
swollon by tho rain, tho 1ish ontor from tho
sea, As the cold weatllor comes on they
deposit their spawn iu farrowa, wlliul
both soxes asslat to mnke, imprpg-
unto thom, md covor tl,om with grnvc],
Tho process occupies about fortnight, and
the expoctant rntenta then shed their scales
and rotiro to tho soollsion which tho riyor
grants. Tic eggs begin TO be hatohsd ia
March, aud tho youthful Ba1mon oolles out
Of tho gravel when about an inch In 1ongth
and is known ~ parr. lie romans In tho
! stroaEn about year, during which tin,e llo
grows about llvo inches in length mud is
| known ns n smolt. lie then gooH down To
tho son, rumaius aboMt two months, aud ro-
turns to his rlyor q grilsc, weighing about
four pounds. Tlioy spnwn during tho win
Ter and then tako tho family name Of Bal.
mon. with nil TINT It l,npllos. Thoy contin-
uo their journeys to the sea and roturn to
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