The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-13

instance. The catch OF salmon there used to
be something enormous, and was the best
strsa m for the production as well as the catch
ing OF 6sh. Well, some dams were built across
1t, the fish gathered below at the time they
were accustomed TO go 70 the spawning
grounds, and were caught in immense num-
beIs, and the result was that in a few yesrs
there was not q single salmon in this which
had been the finest salmon stream in the
country. Another cause of the destruction
OF the fish was the establishment of manu-
Iactufing establishments on the streams,
which polluted the waters and either killed
or drove out the fish. Without intelligent
protection and assistance by artificial oul-
tuTe, the magnificent opportunities of this
country to produce millions and millions Of
dollars worth of rich, nutritive meat food for
themselves would be lost"
"To what part of the country are you send
ing fshr'
ITO all paris There 10 not Congressional
District or Territory in the country, snd bat
very few counties. into which We have not
sent more or less"
"And 90 these fish thrive when they are
transported to new waters and new eli.
metesY'
Yes" in NEST cases. We lost some in
the attempt to transfer the west coast salmon
TO the eastern rivers The climate and
water were too severe; but as s rule our fish
thrive. The most remarkable instances of
the sdaptability OF fish to Few climate aud
new surroundings is in the case of the Ger
man carp. There were few years ago none
OF these fish in this country; now there Is
not Congressional District or Territory that
hasn't some CT them. We have distrtb-
uisd them to thousands of parties in the
different parts OF the country. Their tenac-
ity of life is wonderful. People receiving
them write Us, even when neglected greatly,
they thrive and increase very rapidly. Only
few years ago We imported thirty Ii We
German carp to this country tostock 1t. Now |
presume there are hundreds of millions OF
them. Not that We have sent out so many
as that, but they thrive and increase won
oerfUlly. They seem to do well everyE here,
no matter what the climate or surround
ings. The most wonderful thing abOut
them is that they will live aud thrive in
the alkali waters of Arizona and that
country where heretofore not fish existed.
The people who are exper-
menting With them write us very en-
| thusis Slically OF their success. They are
very much gratifisd over the prospect of
providing the tishless country with fish.
Then, too, take Texas and the other
sections where there is q scarcity of wafer.
They have habit in those countries of con-
siructing huge dam across the Iavines 10
| catCh the water that gathers after storm
and keep it for stock. These tanks az they
are called, are very large, covering many
acres and sufficiently large 10 keep them
selves purified. The carp ard other fsh are
bling put into them, and ara doing Well
| there, 60 that this section, where there were
no fish heretofore, ia ncT producing fire
large fish and en excellent food supply for 3
| country that had heretofore been dependest
upon beef and PORK for msst food"
How many tish has toe commission s.
hibuied since its work was begun in lS72?'
Between SOC, 100000 ana 600 000,O,0.
Then there Will be about $50. co., coo
to add TO this yesT's work. This
OF course only shows small pro-
portion of the result, for while GOO, 0C0 600
are PC cd many the number must be multi
piled many times TO give any estimate OF the
number OF fish there are now in the streams
compared with what there would have