Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-14
How Salmon Eggs are Obtained.
About the 25th of October the worl

About the 25th of October the work of
stripping is begun and continued till the
whole number of fish has been attended
to. The fish when wanted are taken
from the water in a dip net, and their
condition readily ascertained by gently
pressing the abdomen just back of the
PICTORIAL fin. If the ova are ripe they
will be felt like so many peas beneath
the skin, and slight pressure will
them to be deposited in a pan
placed for that purpose. If the ova are
not ripe, or the fish not disposed to yield
them, she is returned to the water for a
few days longer. After the ova has been
deposited the milt is obtained from the
male in the same. manner, and imme-
diately after falling upon the ova it
diffuses itself among them, causing them
to at once individua)ize and grow harder,
till within two hours they will be as hard
as unripe peas and perfect globular in
form. At onc after this fertilizing pro-
cess the W are washed several times
in cold water, and then set awayi in cold
water for a couple of hours, that all i'm
purities may be removed. The number
of eggs obtained from each fish varies
IVA u"o UuOUSduu W OWCIUy U1OlStllu,
the latter number having been obtained
this season from a forty-four inch sal
mon estimated to be a dozen or more
years old, and about us old as any are
ever obtained for spawning purposes, as
the age of such fish are estimated to be
from four to fourteen years. At the ex-
piration of the two hours mentioned
above the v are prepared for the
Matching troughs by being placed upon
wire screens with meshes about an
eighth of an inch square. These screens
are enclosed in frames a foot square, and
thick enough to allow a half inch of water
to flow beneath each one, to assist which
an eighth of an inch is removed
from the bottom of each of the four
sides for three-fourths of their length.
Len Of these Matching frames are then
placed above each other in a skeleton
frame to form a ~'.nest," and the whole
then deposited in the Matching troughs of
q depth and width Just sufficient to con-
tain a row of these nests, after which
the water is turned on and a steady flow
maintained through the trough till the
latter part OF January, when the ova
will have developed as much as it is
os1AC w bllOW UClOIC u~fSlIlDuUlOu among
the several States, under whose care
they are finally Matched and disposed of
as desired.-Portlatd fNe.) Cor. Boston
journal.
-Boniface DE Roo, q native of Hol-
land, who had lived for the last seven
teen years in Akron, o., where he died
recently, bequeathed $4,000 to that
city, his entire fortune. When he was
eighteen years old a severe illness prac-
tically destroyed one of his lungs, but
by uncommon prudence and care he
prolonged his life to seventy. two years.
He visited many States and countries in
search of the climate most favorable to
his infrmities, and, thinking that he
knew more about his condition than any
n else, entertained a poor opinion of
doctors. Brought up near the field of
Waterloo, De Roo, as a boy, saw the
troops of cavalry riding to the battle,
and remembered holding the horse of a
French officer who had occasion to dis
mount on his way to the conflict.