New-York tribune., 1879-02-27
AMERICAN FISH CULTURE.
Drscrssroys OF THE ASSOCIATION.


A PAPER on EELs ny PRESIDENT RoosEVEIr-hh
MARKS BY SETH GREEN. GEORGE S. PAGE AND
OTHERS.
The second days session Of the American
Fisu Cultural ssocation yesterday was opened WIN
the reading OF a paper on Teredo Nayalis and other
Destructive Wood Insects by George Shepherd rage
vcc-president Of the association. Inc SUBJECT was
hat foreign to Ash culture but the paper pre-
sented many Interesting facts for the consideration o
builders Of piers and submerged works.
President Roosevelt then read paper on the " Repro
dnctiye Habits Of Eols" being continuation OF che one
submitted by last year. Tue subject Is one WHICH,
as he said has been "a stumblingOlOck for 1000 years
and he congratu the association on the fact tht
many new facts regarding 1t were belnx Dr' uEh' W
light through the assUciations enOIts anu AZ
diyldual experiments. The first authoritative an
pounccment OF the discovery Of cells cGE' was
made on February y, 1873. Enough was DO" KNOWN
70 declare that it wa. no longer supposed that ces
unite in one sh both scXcs, that they produced Tue"
young alive nor that they have more than one he'l' W
tnrir bodies stii, II not accurately known ""eo
or when they spawn, nor had any inpregnated eggs
been tound. Tho ogg mad been found. anH i"c J"u'E
oe .covercd. about inch and quarter long, oi me
tuicAuc,. or common white thread but between the
Two M re- ,tl xi-tcd an ed ior period FFiH
Ls observations Long isand lie Dehe'ed ce7 -'i''
ally buried themselves IN tue mud or Sahd uuIH NV
Wntsr FOR when the wafer was uI"N" y"
from his pond they were found Dormant III INC
mud 10 the bottom, from which thcy were aug iI'
eNl,cucc Was that they breed in tnc SilnS' III ''"
water aud 20 down the streams as soon "a ha'c"el
fnr l.d been seen about thr 1t OF April. No male
COS r,d set been discovered that J., no ce's contain
iu, irit Ers are found m thc Fan Of the year WIN
neither spawn DOR INIT, anl spent GELS nave O'eu
brought 10 the N"w-Yoyk matact IA r"Diu1iy' 1o"h"
re when trs seen appeared to DO heo or Iranspiie"
but al the end OF two weeks they were black along the
Ian Mr. VVlt 4
mel of his ceis which had become 50 tame thht he
wrote: You can cIt.h them WIN your uiH'-I. va"
can Mold them" Niue millions ~ eggs h"d beeh c"u'''d
IN sIN-p,und eci In ~" opi'h ~ or" Vi',r ti
server OF the ec'S habits the ilpey was 'ue Iei'5
of tr common eel one ot thrs' "ad been seen WIZ
latle numorr o. Hohi ban+'ns =" hSt st,se the
pusit "a UH 70 sand b. nk ana covered wan StO"oS
young being removed r@ oIni 10 DE NOR s tur i
onr-half "i the common SPECIES. a hln- ui'' u" orI
trls il tiat wrcn mature theY can b' phVh.l @ @Hu.
TO f"Tty tIEh h"ut- "'hoI! ".!t'. I,1 Tnos,
CONTRARY. nave to be treated very care iAt' Nl '"
yrlt concluded his paper Boy u'LmS Ih'I 'omo ''p' NC
s.ta Green produced whitr-f,n which, he sad iai
,crn o.o'aN. =" rot n'ry re suid have hell
and mink that everything the sz' ot 4 herring is
Acgiug. But the bones OF Wlllc-lah ana q h'IilH
lre very difcr-ut. rms ~ ',l"''y a. a & 90 ,y,.b
vhitg-tSh " hcu at the end uf one year more W" d
Lye TesnI@ iLS ["O t I'G hys iii non" lie thcn asked
some steps should bo taAem to pr"t-o, t"'-years
opposed thc CAncsc because they c'h ana o@V '44
FIcGtucs 5Ilthcr read paper On the construction
ana manage m.bt OF aquara' , n. ....
r.rctea: Iuc Hon. Robort b. Roosevelt president
GOI.c shes A"id P"Ec, Vl.-p''"cut; I"S DC -, '. 49,
ford, ire >uI'r; Barnet PHWp1 c'rr',lo,u.n- "a
tary; Jane, Annm ir.. recording secretary an" d.
l. l. nt"it ii3 '', ,5i 1'''a5 IJin3r %rwta.'lc Out
Theodore G lngtou, d. G., T. b. Fcrcu-on. Balm
more Md. AM B Nos,, Ne~l DIX CITY, executive com
Barnet Philips read paper on Prc-IIiso'c Fishing
ANA FIsulpe lmplvments fr.".rcA MAJ -ri rHoI tIvd
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