The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-07-02
sEIisceliaunous.
FoR THE HERALD.
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OF reading "reminiscences Of the past,
and pleased With articles franehs with
good advice, calculated to promote
desire for the establishment Of facto-
ries, the building Of railroads; 10 fact
everything leading to the advance
men; Of general prosperity.
Among the useful may be dcuomi-
uated Pisviculture, or fish culture.
The artificial propagation Of edible
fishes is practicable everywhere, and
is economical Of the material of repro
dlotion. Not only is it useful in fur
nisbing instructive popular expert
/; ments in natural history, but it edu-
Gates natural taste for rural pursuits,
while it undoubtedly adds to the luxu-
ries of tables, and more than this in
creascs the food supplies Of the people.
Fish culture can be improved and car
ried OF at very small expense, which
can be established by the. most un-
doubted proof. II, as scientific men
assert, that fish food is fertilizer of
the brain, then He have the best rea-
sons IN the world for advocating the
subject and its extension by every
available means; for who needs brains
more than the people Of this County
and this State.
Centuries and centuries ago fish
Matching was practiccd among the an
clients. TIE Chinese have always kept
supply Of fish 10 their streams by
this process, and although they have
dense population fish are there so
plenty and cheap that penny will
buy enough fish meat to supply con-
siderable family, The Romans and
Grecians, Persiaus, Egyptians reared
them in large Quantities. The fish
ponds and oyster beds Of Sergius
Orata, LucuI!us, Albiuus and others
were stocked with the finest kind of
fish hatched out by artificial process.
It is stated that some Of the wealthy
raised breeds of fish as our farmers
raise peculiar kinds Of stock. Not
only in the countries mentioned, but
even in Africa, in barbarized Africa,
has the experiment been successfully
carried or.
The nations of Europe as France.
England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany,
have taken up this artificial propaga-
tion of fish and derived from it the
most profitable advantages. Not only
individuals practice this process for
! their own amusement, use or profit;
but these governments, in order to feed
their hungry subjects with increase Of
food supplies; aud it has been found
Of no doubtful productive value.
Because We may. be a young country
in comparison with these cid veteran
lands. whose heads are hoary with age,
and whose streams and wa:er courses
have been seined and dragged and
altered, until recently forced 10
resort to soma experiment and method
! by which the waste coaid be rencdied,
is by 10 means a sufficient reason for
US G. ; country and this State to
say its OF no use--we are in the fresh
ness Of youth, our streams and ponds
are full Of fish; they can never be
rendered tenantlcss. 1t is no such
thing; already have our streams felt
the loss Of q fish population that have
either been destroyed by wilful waste
by nerciless, cruel, destructive war
fare, which through and by obstruc-
tions aud circumstances have turned
their faces from their former hapnts.
Take Broad River, the Saluda, Pedee,
Santee, and IN fact all, and We ask the
question, what has become Of the shad
and the herrings that used to run up
their currents by countless thousands? ?
What has become Of the trout, the
! Dream, the suckers, the perch, even
the yoracious cat, that can live any
where? To-day they are so scarce
that it would be difficult for man to
catch enough for himself, much less
for a family. If PiscicuIture has been
carried out successfully among the au-
clients and among the modern nations
Of Europe, Why cannot and Why should
not We be induced "when coming
events cast their shadows BEFORE" to
follow in their footsteps preparatory
for the present as we'll as the future!