National Republican., 1884-05-15
FooD FoR TIE BRAIN.

Another Days Session OF tn o American
Fish Culture AssOciRtion-I1iectiom OF
Officers and Transaction OF General
Business.
Tho American Fish Culture association ro.
convened at 1890 o'clock yesterday morning
in the lecture room Of the National museum,
with James Bernhard, president, in the chair
The following names Of members were
registered in addition to those reported in
Yesterdays REPUBLIcAN: S. Dormor, Wash
ington, d. c.; Albert s. Bickmore, New York
Horny f. Root Providence. X. l., Alexander
Kent, Washington, ID. O.; Robert G.. Pike
Middlctown, Conn; William NJ Hudson,
Hartford, Conn; G.. N. Woodruff, Sherman,
Conn.
New members wore elected as follows
Hon. r. G.. Lapham, United States senator
from New York; A. S. Bickmore w. f.
Garrett, Hon. p McGown, Now York; Rich
| ard Rathbun, James Stevenson, X. Il. Earll
Henry w. Elliott, George s. Hobbs, w. V.
Cox, A. A. Hayes, T. A. Ryder, J. NJ. Collins,
Tarleton H. Bean, Il. s. Hutchinson, Wash
| ington, ID. c.; Hon Ossau Ray, New Hamp-
shire Joseph Wilcox. Philadelphia; Lieut..
Francis Winslow, U. s. NJ; DR.. j. A,
lIonshall, Kentucky; A. Nelson, Chaney
Clark, Michigan.
Prof Spencer +. Baird, secretary OF tho
Smithsonian institution, was elected an hon.
ornry member.
Tho following papers worc read aud dis
cussed; "The She'll Fisheries Of Connecticut"
by William NJ, Hudson "Oyster Culture" by
Prof G. Brown Goode; "Presont Condition
Lieut.. Francis Winslow, u. S. N; Natural
Causes Influencing the Movements Of Fish in
Rivers" by Marshall Mcdonald.
After the recess and resumption of business
at tho afternoon session the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year President,
Theodore Lyman, Of Massachusetts,; vice
president, Marshall Mcdonald Virginia;
treasurer, L. G. Blackford, New York; cor.
responding secretary r. Edward Earll, Illi-
nois, and recording secretary, Frederick
Mather New York.
Executive committee-James Bernhard Now
York; George Shepard Page, New York; e.
Brown Goode, Connecticut; Charles G.. At
kins Maine; Barnet Phillips, New York
| DR.. William NJ. Hudson, Connecticut, and s,
G.. Worth, North Carolina
Prof. w. o. Atwater proceeded to deliver
his address upon the subject, Tho chemical
| composition and nutritivo value of our Amer
| lean food fishes aud invertebrates" followed
| by paper entitled "Tho influences affecting
| tho fecundty OF fishes" by Prof John A..
Ryder.
! The paper upon "The present condition
and future prospects of the oyster industry"
read by Lieut.. Winslow, was a very interest
ing one, the subject matter Of which was
illustrated by series Of maps showing tho
location of the oyster beds
Another interesting and instructive paper
was that by Prof w. o. Altman, upon the
nutritive value of American food fishes
The treatise was illustrated with diagrams
showing the costs of the nutrients in given
food material, flesh or fish, and a computation
by comparing the amounts Of the several
nutrients, protein, fats and carbohydrates it
contains, with its market price. .u
At 4:40 p. IN. an adjournment was had until
| 10 o'clock this morning.
| After the adjournment the members of the
association visited the fish exhibition at the
Armory building.
Last night there was an exhibition of the
fisheries section in the National museum, at
which considerable portion of tho collection
shown by the United States at the London
and Berlin fisheries exhibition land fol
which prizes were awarded) were displayed
The exhibition was witnessed by the mem.
| bers of the association and large number oi
invited ladies and gentlemen. Tho section
was brilliantly illuminated with electric
lights and decorated with flags.
The third and last days session of the
association will be held between the hours
of 10 q. m. and 1890 this morning, and after nd,
journment the members will visit several OF
the fish Matching stations upon tho Potomac
river proceeding thither in tho United
States Fish commission steamer Fishhawk.