The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-12


Trout Matching,
But all this will not tell nov front are
! hatchti, aud II tone Wnuts to PEE the nurgirg
| OF toe nnI y folk Lu needs io iClvn the dam
ard chamber sruuGd the side OF a bill along
tho Dune, 90 where tho big tauk IS built.
lnio t.Al pOur1 The water ram the Hume,
dropring rom a height which IL necessary
io u,ratG gao w.tor. Tor ~ all, tthgu.Nt
vgtsr ifGut can not live. JufttOu'h OF che
be tank "a ihs Matching house. This is q
los wuldgn brildinE having three roHs 81
shhli4g wooden tnnkF, covered with clos
siir scfeHrg. The tanks ore Etpt tull OF
olll lIn,h water from a pipe ABOVE,
a ia u 'ha Urulr end tho eggs
o iA. tout Ere hstenrd. AS soon
a h..lncd cue The young trout
pfCaeat curious Hgr. Grurct. iury nrh 30
bi.e.T than "a eighth @. an i'oh Cf The
uui.t 90 D. fil. b1s 500 The. middle % thtir
o. dies is a LOB. d % flo thr siza ~ "a small
| pea, Gu1 Wl4cl is tho rtad.1atkei, go 90
speak, nom n.cl the younf hsh draw
their tUsttuanca until they 4lo large
enough o. eat 80 tH- rrrul,r way. N che
lover DIVISION young rout have a hahil ol
hfrdtuR together, and whtn about 100000
| o. ihon camp t0ro.hcr ir a c0ruvr OF q
small tank ih, mass looks Ike "a d'9n Of
thin macotrlni turned green.
Waite iH -ne emhryorc eil'c, or sac pc
Iuod, taoyrung fish sie liable 20 q peculiar
| m NNNNNH LN NAM NNHN" NNAA W." -"HA""n NfH
n.ass ha viii fins some Few who seem nble
10 win oulyi n = circle. They con- no. go
sjruish ahead. raku H gllss iu0t, Dut 600
| q lCtr on top, and inCart the cpeu cld ln
toe water uear the circular euiHimer, Then
remove the hagcr, and the tube Will suck
un the sick fish. sod an examination wiz
show tult 90 suffers from curvature az the
spine. F.en 90 affected never recover. AS
tss l8h gfow large, 300 the Leuni hdtGlrIy
theI ~. removed ron one tank 90 elotheri
"a. laau needed Tor slip-cl until
the tim. when they ure big
| door pordt. A wooden nume leads from
mo tanks 81 che ponds, and down this the
young hsl travel when the gate 10 opened
a sm.ll W~atar-WheClat the gnd ci the Humo
ptcgeuts luo fish from working back 70
their old home. The ponds ero covered
with wooden rooia TO Keep the ram OIL ana
1ru supplied with water freshly GRATED
from the big tank. There rs a chain 81
pouds, and as The fish gro larger they arc
| moved slOng Gil they reach The main fat
teniuR pond. At the lover end O! The fish,.
cry 10 a ANAL lake set apart for carp-iatten'
ing. Carp are among the most yoracloue
OF fish, and, though they are said TO
be good wheel large and tat, are,
as a rule, coarse and dissgreeabie 70 tho
palate. At the Leuhi fishery the carp
know thsir ~feeding-time, n IL is good fun
Watching them feed when the boy who has
charge OF the victusling department calls 10
them 10 come 10 dinner AS soon rs tue
first s~ooopiul OF food is thrown into the
pond, q thousand fish Chamber over each
other IN their eaeerDess TO get more than u
share, and woe betide the little fellow who
| wastes any time in swallowing the piece he
grabs, for some huge bully is likely to come
along aud take IL from him. They fight and
| quarrel for the biggest morsels and alto
gethcr behave as badly as q lot OF vulgar
| people ut q free banquet. The food given
10 the fsh Is cooked liver, chopped up in q
| machine, run by a big water wheel, which
is supplied from the main flume. Near the
carp pond 10 q fenced enclosure, where Mr..
La Motto Ia endeavofiug 10 induce 4 sum-
Der of huge Canadian frogs to increase and
multiply, hut so lar with poor GuooSss, Tor
not a young frog has yet appeared upon
the scene. The big, bloated, green, BAG.
tarians sit on rocks and planks beneath the
shade of wster.liiies and pond plants, and
croak their sad refrain. driving 70 despera.
ton a plumber Of looms, which hover
around and dash occasionally at the wire
netting which keeps them from
their ~fevorite dish. And these
same looms are II good deal OF
trouble ~ Leuni, for they like youngtrout,
and the constant attention OF o boy with a
shotgun Is needed 10 keep them away
from the ponds. At the end OF the fishery
Ia a cool, shaded lake, where the fish con
grsgate when resdv ~ spawn. At the end
is a narrow rifle, foored with gravel and
rooted with plank, where me female pre-
pare their nests ~hen rssay 10 deposit
their spawn. The male fish hover around,
each attending OF his mate, driving Off in
trn1ers and anxlously awaiting the deposit
of the eggs. The patriarchs oil the
trout family must feet sadly disap-
pointed when the watcher by the rifle, see
ing that the female 10 about to deposit
her spawn, takes h-r from the water and
gently strips thc eggs from the ovary on u
piece OF canvas. The milt is stripped from
he male, aud for an instant the eggs are
improguated with IL 10 mako them fertile.
and then they are slowed away In y cool
placs to await the Matching season. or
shipment to any part t1 Of the nS;, Sq ~ he T pa,n.
al way not 10 per cent. OF the eggs will be
Matched, at Leuni more than 50 per cent.
give birth to young tout, so much can the
art of man improve on the WORK OF ma
ture.
the employ OF the Mexican government.
The Mexlcans hanger after trout. rud L.
Motto is To be tue provider. The millions
Of eggs and young fish at Leuni arc all
d destined for Mexlcan waters so soon as the
hatchery down there can be prepared. Fish
have already been sent from Leunf 10
Australia, Europe, the east. and tho Pacific
islands, and so great has been the care *
ercised IN the transportation that, as q gen.
sral rule. thew have arrived safely Mr. In
Motto some time AGO placed 80 600 fish eggs
in Sonoma cresk, free of cherget , the etafe,
which should earn him the gratitude OF
all anglers, but the way in which the So
MONA streams ere fshed makes II almost
im POSSIBLE to keep them stocked. Only
last week two young gentlemen took 800
small trout from Mark West creek, and re-
ported that all the big ones had gone long
since; 30 city gentlemen who want n little
sport needn't be deceived by anmmer resort
ada into expecting to find any fair-sizsd
fish In that direction. Santa Rosa creek
has been cleaned out. and the Gueicos
creek raked IRON one end TO ire other.
Hsckox q Pattcrsoni
the druggists, who are always looking alter
inferesf Of their cnstomefh. have now