The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-22

Activity at the Fish.Igatcheries at Lake
Geneva, Wis California salmon. brook
Trout, salmon Trout, white Fish. Land
locked salmon, Etc.
Special Dispatch to the chicsgo Tribune.
LAKE GENEVA, Wis, January TO- Con-
siderable activity is being exhibited in
fish.culture at this point which is worthy
Of note.
On Saturday evening Prof. W. A.
Weisher, Superintendent Of the Wiscon'
sin State Fish.Hatcheries, arrived here
with 400, 900 salmon-trout eggs taken from
fine selected fish in Lake Michigan. The
spawn was shipped on thirty trays of cot
ton flannel, inClosed in stout packing
boxes, when these salmon.trout are In
cubated and become little minnows, say
two or three inches in length, they will
be planted in the waters Of Lake Geneva
at various points during the month oil
April.
Last week 100000 fine, healthy brook
trout eggs from Dousman's ponds in Wan;
kesha county were received here ana
placed in thehatchery OF Messrs. Fairbank
K Letters fish farm at the head Of the
lake, and are already inGubating. These
Young fish will be turned loose in the lake
In the spring. In addition to this large
quantity Mr.. William Welsher, the Super
intendent Of the fish farm, has, during the
ialI and winter, secured 800 adult brook
trout from the headwaters oil the lake and
the small streams flowing therein. These
fish are beautiful specimens. They will
he retained in confinement in the ponds
during the year aud used as breeders
next winter. Not less than half n million
OF spawn will be secured for these 800
breeders next season. AT the farm this
season 5000 brook.tsout eggs have been
taken from the adult fish in the pond,
which promise well. go
Within tho next few weeks there will
be received here 100000 whiteiish (core.
ponus albus) eggs from Lake Michigan,
and 25.OOO land locked saloon (salmo
sebago) from tho Schodac river, Maine.
The 100000 California salmon lsalmo
ouinnet) spawn received here last fall
| from the fish hatcheries OF the United
States Fish Commission on the McClOud
river, California, have been Matched sue
cesstully at the village hatchery Of Mr..
Fairbank. under the supervision Of Mr..
Frank WelSher, and are being nicely pro.
pagated by him, the growing tish being
two inches in length and rs lively as
crickets, growing apace upon their diet OF
liver. These fish will be transferred to
the fish-iarm at the head OF the lake,
where they will be retained until OF
sufficient size 10 enable them to fight their
own way III the miniature fish world Of
Lake Geneva.
The Hon. N. K. Fairbank, the Illinois
Fish Commissioner, has maintained the
fsh.hatchery ut the village for five years,
and expends annually in efforts to stock
Lake Geneva with food fish nearly double
the amount appropriated by the Illinois
Legislature. Recently Mr.. l.. Y. Letter, OF
Chicago, has become interested with MIR.
Fairbank in successfully establishing u
fish farm at the west end Of the lake, con-
tanning 105 acres, upon which are construc-
ed commodious hatGhing.horse, a dwell.
ing and three large propagating ponds.
Mr.. Al Lyle has also established a fish
Matching house in the village, and is pro-
pagating 100000, salmon trout for the
various State Fish Commissioners with
great success.