Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-06-15
TRAVELLING sHAp.

How Million and Half of the Fish
Were Transported to Missouri and
Texas Waters.
A car load OF white shad arrived at
St Louis from the United States gov
ernmtnt hatcheries at Washington.
There were one million and half of
shad IN the car. TDey were in milk
cans, each of which it is estimated held
twenty-thousand fish. The car contain
ing them, says the Globe Democrat, re-
manned In the Union depot yard until
last evening, when it was started over
the Iron Mountain road fOl Texas
Last night no less than 100000 of the
dish were dropped into the Black and
Big rivers. in this state. The remain
der of the lot go to Texas, where, at
Jefferson, half will be deposited in the
Red river, and at Fort Worth, Tex.
where the remainder will be given
their freedom in the Trinity river.
Only q little while ago shad were de-
posted in the Ouachita river, near
Arkadelphia. Ark, and these fish are
now being caught in that stream near
Hot Springs. The car which brought
these fish To Missouri's waters yester-
day was fitted up in good style. In the
middle of the Car the cans of fish were
stored. One end of the car was used
as dinner-roOm and kitchen, and the
other end as sitting and bed room.
The car and its contents were in charge
of G.. II. II. Moore, G.. G. Sherman, and
A. 5. Mayre, messengers appointed by
the United States fish commission to
see to the faithful distribution of the
fish. This is the second trip OF this
corps this season, and they will from
this time forward remain busy at
work, for congress has taken such an
interest In the matter that the COM
missioners are enabled to supply re
quests rs fast as the delivery Can be
made. To facilitate the work a new
car for this special traffic ia being built
by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company, and as soon as it is upon the
road MiseOuri's rivers will receive l.
100000 OF the white shad. Just now,
besides the car mentioned above, cars
of young fish are being sent to various
points in regular baggsge.cars and by
special messengers. These shad are
considered the best fsh in the market
The lot which passed through here
yesterday left Washington Saturday
night. They were taken from The
United States hdtcberies near the navy.
yard at Washington. The female shad
when ready to spawn are taken in nets
and the eggs are taken from them
These eggs are spread out, and after
wald the melt from the male shad i.
spreal over them. Almost Instant,
after the melt is spread the eggs begiu
TO swell to about half the size of pea
The eggs arc then put into crates
placed on ice, and sent to the hatcher
les, where, by the constant Earring an !
motion of the Donald Mcdonald pro
cess. in two or four days the fish are
Matched. There heads are then about
the size Of a small bird.shot, theil
bodies being like thread, and about
half an inch long. They are placed il
cans, from twenty TO thirty THOUSAND
to the can, according To the size of the
latter. and in this way removed to the
other rivers. The messengers in
charge of yesterdays cargo are the
same who brought four thousand Ger
man carp and deposited them in the
Forest pax ponds here last fall. They
are now patching the regular German
carp at Washington, as we'll AS otheI
fish in season. The carp season com
\ merces about the middle of Septembe
and ends Oct. /. and when that tim,
arrives the ponds OF carp will be drawn
off and thousands of them brought t,
western waters. To /. q. w Steed
man, OF the Missouri fish commission
belongs the credit of this state farm,
SO well in the matter of restocking tn
rivers, asat is by his efforts that tn,
present lot Of fish are added to them
The Iron Mountain railroad has kind
ly furnished free transportation, a
does also the Missouri Poetic, for tn
1sh-car.
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