The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
tJASCARY 50, I5.4

Board IL lnanguratIng this n,s
enterprise ale considered. Ma.
are 10 be congratulated en- Oh.
successful results accomuIi~t..
The apprehension> o. the s..
teal, who we're unacouain-
with the process which art mn.
science have 20 rapidly ana a#
mirably perfected for ar1ie,..
propagation, have heend.~re's1
hv successful DEMONSTRATION r.
der your >upervi> on and Wit
adequate laws for It's protection
its possible developments and al.
vantageS are beyond calculation
Not among the least OF thu
evil effects resulting from
ihoughtIeSS and wholesale lc.
struction Of our forests. j., rh.
drying up and filling up Of our
smaller streams, and win cl
must i'm future force Us Ia look.
our rivers. sounds and lakes fir
our chief supply of tbs chean
and healthfui food. With
coast line OF three hundred mile
in extent, indented with nu.
merous estuaries, sounds ami
lakes-with magnificent r.yr.,
and their tributaries spread ia,
network over the lace OF Ire
whole territory, 10 policy l9r
the development vi Qua State
would be complete that did uo.
embrace the utilization OF Ties.
facilities for supplying our pe..
pie with this delightful food. ~
generously provided by Nature
Encouraging and au>rjcia.
as has been our beginning in
this work, yet comparatve.r
meaere aud inadequate result,
must he obtained uugcs, We have
more eific ent laws for III pru.
lection, and unless th.~c IlH,
be sustained by the people AMI
executed by the courts. All ST..
laws enacted tor the p3,j L..
years for the protection a.. u-.
| caused 10 be published a~a.
APP ndiX 10 my Crop H~.o~
for the mon h OF May las, a..
also procured tlteIr pubIea..
in many OF the newspap.r~o
the State, directing the aurn.j'
nj oar local authorities oJI.
matter. lour EXcc.leuc>, IT,,
Chairman OF the Board, also o-
voked the aid Ct the judge, Cd.
the Superior Courts, by asking
their attention t. these law.
Some OF our principal strcan,
are yet etfectuatlv "DatrucJto s..
the passage of shad and o.h"
fish, except III times OF Ing
water, by dams erected ilo.
bank to bank by private partr,
While 1t is repuenant to III.
spirit o. our people, l. well d.
TO our organic law, to lnTai.
the rights OF the citizen, yet it,
equally repugnant TO grant
cltiz n exclusive privileges a1a
emoluments. Aud here the pr.
tlnent inquiry presents I,-r..
Has a citizen, living, for evan
pie, on the Roanoke, the Cal
Fear, or Pee Dee River, th
right to erect dams or other o..
structlons in that stream. tia.
he may appropriate the prodH.'
and profits of such stream 10 as
own use, thereby excluding ta
thousands of citizens further "
the interior and contiguous
such stream from lis beuen.,
by the traps fixed in thee
dams, not only are the adult ~aa.
caught in their etfor,s to Tea.
their spawning grounIs, '-
many are 50 constructed a
destroy vast numbers OF III
young shad IN their exit 10 f|.
ocean.
1t is the custom to fish -o'
of our Waters with s%eines, sAi.
nets, dritt-nets aud other app
an-es all through the spawn.
seasons, and almost WItL.o-
lntermission. 1t will thus
sen that TO secure to our lreo.
a Just distribution of the benz.
OF our labOrs. We must LaE-