The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-10

istence. Take the Connecticut River, 70.
instance. The catch OF salmon there q sed to
be something enormous. aud was the best
strssm for the production as well asthe catch
ing OF fish. Well, some dams were bailt across
it tbs fish gathered below at the tins they
were accustomed 10 SO 70 the spawning
grounds. and were caught in immense num-
bsrs, and the result was that II few years
there was Lot single salmon Ia this which
bad been the finest salmon stream in tbs
country. Another causeof the destruction
OF the fish wss the establishment of manu-
featuring establishments on the stres ms.
which polluted the waters aud either killed
or drove out the fish. Without intelligent
protection and assistance by ARTIFICIAL cul.
ture, the magnificent opportunities OF this
country 10 produce millions and millions of
dollars worth of rich. nutritive meat food for
themselves would be los"
TO what part OF the country are you send
ing fsh?'
ITO all parts There is not Congressional
District or Territory in the country. aud bat
very few counties, into which We have not
sent more or Less
"And do these fish thrive when they are
transported to new waters and new eli.
matss?'
"Yes,n in mcst cases We lott soms ia
the attempt to transfer the west coast salmon
to the eastern rivers. The climate and
water were too severe: but as rule our fish
thrive. The most remarkable instances of
The edsptability OF fish to new climate aud
Few surroundings is in the case of the Ger
man earn. There were few years ago none
of these fish in this country; now there Is
not Congressional District or Territory that
hs sn't some of them. We have distrib-
uted them to Thousands OF parties in the
different parts of the country. Their tenac
lily of life is wonderful. People receiving
Il EN- write rs, even when neglected greatly,
they thrive and increate very rapidly. Only
q few years ago We imported thirty Fl ve
German carp to this country tostcckit Now
presume there are hundreds OF millions of
them. Not that We have sent out so many
az that. but they thrive and increase won-
derfully. They seem TO do we'll every " b ere,
no matter what the climate or surround.
iDes. The most wonderful thing ab )ut
Il EN- IS that they will live aud thrive in
tie a.bali waters OF AriZ)na and that
country where heretofore not f n existed.
Ias,., p people .s., who are sEpsr-
Enthusiastically OF their snccess. They are
very much gratilisd over the prospect of
p DIVIDING The ishless country with fab.
Then, too take Texas aud the other
sectors where there Is a scarcity OF water.
They have habit in those countries OF con-
structing hugo dam across the ravines to
catch the water that gathers after a storm
al keep it for stock. These tanks as they
ale called, are very large, covering many
acres and sufficiently large to keep them
selves purified. The carp ard other fish are
b IL 6 put into them. and ara doing well
there, so that this section, where there were
no fish heretofore. ia row producing ne
large fish and an excellent food supply for
country that had heretofore been dependent
upon beef and PORK for meat food"
How many fish has the commission dis
tributed since its work was begun in 1922"
Between 500, 100000 and GOO 900 900.
Thea there will be about 100 900. 900
TO add 10 this years work. This
of course only shows O small pro-
portion Of the result, for while 600 900. 600
are a good many the number must bs multi
piled many times to give any estimate OF tbs
number of fish there are now in the streams
as compared with what there would have