New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-22
FTSH BY THE MILLIONS.
TURNING THEN LOOSE INTO THE RIVER,
sIUDlING THEIR HABGIs-A CHAT WITH MR.
BIACKFORD-THE HATCHERIEs.


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STUDYING THEIR HABIIS-A CHAT WITH MR..
hihoNf"rp-i Il" ''"'"f''
In the ,ovcr ON fine northeast corner of Fulton
III 'l' 'oN'i VII ''i' H''''''"'' wa ~ W "'"
Market surrounded 10y great number OF bottles, Jars,
- ,,r ,,,, and tin cs,- and a fov, trousopd prc-
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H'rNt" HNi'7' " l"'''' y" ''P''N'' ''' '
fcssor H. j. Rice hard at work He has been in that small
r,f for several months and there he an crS every
g. ,,, Il ), ,,,o, ,,,,. ,,ost c,,ops ucrso, can dc
question about h'h 'ha' '' most curious P''" ''' w
wise. But Professor Riccs main object Is To determine
te spa,uiu season of all the , that are brought to
=, 49,. , =, f, an, .I, ,lo va i,,,. ,,.,,l,,.rs ,,s
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the huny Tribe live upon These two things of first I'm
p,r;lcc to pi.ccuturlre beine carried on with cncor-
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aging success" ana many iht'f'''S ana curious i"c.S
have been discovered d3y record l. kept ot the result
of every Investigations aud glance 1t shows the pro
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, , ,,r.,., ., ,,r,.,, ,I tn1
SIZE where taken when Drought 10 market the I"od
found in the stomach and tho condition Of the eggs.
lt r, r..,rd IA IN. bcrIvnro,s c,rptyoro1s and olu
=" '''' 49, 49, =, 's.,., ,I 80,
mission Eugene g. Blackfoul, at whose expense FRO
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We nave b'rh 'oWl'H'd To ''N ioi an IIoPIHtoI o
5000 10 meet III" expense. OF the gHahii.1hcn "i
'chnE nous az I@'L Nllt Ions iS. I "i i'g l ,lr
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ci' ana tn' rr'iul'nE oi 'i1 hA,1S nous ~ ,o
u i OM,uS ~ 'i" "i o m roL
o.irI the ,Ttitic,a nrn, ,,,n, of sii I-nf,i -ftS.
M , ~ i i =, ~ ,,oT +, ~ ~, 400 uSn
f-h ,oHni''''ocI - 'atrr T. b4io sent me I'VoUVOo
~ (,lcus Fails and ,u n,,'.cn.I .nothsr c,r i,aI
ii, ~ al ' 49," ,'' III 'no'"'i ''' -'"'"
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ier', str,,,"s mi - H. -, 10y, IL To q. III"
Eut uucsou has arisen i'm thr minds 1f some f Tho
Cnuri-souors re,rtilug the dyuutn,n, NJ r,rfhcr
pen1iture in the Matching and distribution of brook
trout They believe that the larger part of the appro
pration should be expended in nres TO increase the
.pply OF food fishes tor the people sch rs shad goldfish
stltcd bass shcepshead perch other - that are
consumed largely by people OF moderate means. Ny own
"a nrlicnce has shown that brook trout may safely be
left Ia the hands OF OF means who have both time
and Inclination for sh culture The rock trout indeed
/, no more plentiful to-day the markets than it WAS
when the work OF propagation first undertaken and
II may well be given up To private parties In whose
preserves he fed and cared for and ert undis
tuTbed Great advances have been made in the method
OF Matching shad No effort Will be spared to keep this
most imp0rtant department OF work thoroughly
cuuippcd 10 meet all demands
Fred Mathcr superintendent Of the Matching house at
Cold spring, Long Island Matched 10000 shad eggs with
cold spring water something that had never been done
before. All other attempts had failed, the usual opera
tons being carried on In ordinary running water me