The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-09-10
FISH-HATCHlNG.
A Visit to Cold Spring Harbor, Ions
Island The success and Advantages OF
Fish Culture.

A Visit to Cold Spring Harbor, Long
Island The success and Advantage Of
Fish Culture.
Going from the depot. at Cold Spring, /
Long Island. toward the harbOr, the I
road winds down hill through a dwarfed
forest runs alongside a whispering little I
brook. and affords CiimPSes here and
there Of broad sheets Of placid water
fringed bv tangled thiCkets. A mill Is
passed and several pretty residences.
Then at q sudden turn, a beautiful view
opens out Of the full width OF the val
lev terminating in the haTbOr and the
Sound beyond. Here is the New York
State Fish Hatchery, two little houses.
From the open doors OF both houses
float continually aqueous sounds, rip
pies. gurgles, splashes. and dlminutlye
waterfalls Looking inside one sees big +.
waterproof boots moving about, with Dig +
men in them. who do miraculous things /
in the way OF squeezing themselves 3
among long. black troUChs, through I
which crvstaIIf currents are constantly .
cour-iur swiftly. Iuthe face Of the hill .
Is aroof covering Superintendent Frank
Nather's ocean. He pumps his ocean
up there and keeps II on tap Tor the
Matching Of salt water fishes.
The superiuteuient Is O. notable man
sturdy. bushv-brCwed. with q hearty
voice. sparkling ewes. eamplnC-out com
pIexion and an air OF Just having arrived
from somewhere and being about u
start back i'm q minute. He cgUrteouzly
opens theample doO3-Cates OF MS Eno"i-
edge about fish and their systematized
production.
The man who knows anything about
fish that is not already known 70 Mr.
Nather would be difficult TO find for he
Is not only quite familiar with all the
astouadingpolvsyI names that seem
To GROW in reversed proportion % the
size of the fish. but is intimate with th-
rra-.ral-s Of the names. knows their
habits and wher- 10 tt-7 Q =.-l
In answer TO y11r corresq pendent, alr-
sIather said. We have nere facilities
for Matching much fewer eggs than we
should have TIE capacity ~ the estab-
Nshment should be doubled n least
1.-THE practical usefulness of this
method of eu-arginE our focG supply mas
I now been demonstrated beyond question,
/ and II is really g matter Of serious inter
. est to ali the people Of the State that
this hatchery should be so developed
as TO get the greatest possible good from
it." This Is surely quite reasonable
There is no place in the land so we'll
adapted bv nature as this Is IOr q uatcil-
erv We have an abundant, never-Iall-
inc sr,pnIv Of cold fresh water, sufficient
10 keen our thirtv-twO Matching t-uughs
full ali the year through, II we needed
them so. 1t comes from natural springs
in that hill. so surprisingly h1gh up that
il Is a constant wonder 10 me no" lu.7t
sDrinrs are fed. The swift current that
irs fall SUPPLIES is Just what we want ID
certain stages Of the Matching processes
Then by means Of q pumping engine
we can have equally handy an ample sup
DIv of pure salt water drawn al mgr
tide as required, and stored IN that rezeT
voir Or at least, we can do so Whtl
the intense cold does not freeze tht
water solid in the pipes and burst theu
as il did last winter. spolllnE at one lei
Z blow our most interesting, ana. up q
, that time highly successful, hatchlng o
some Z, 600. 900 cod eggs.
At the side OF the lane are wOOd-oount
milk cans-the reservoir in which myrald
of tiny fishes are sent away 70 stoci
lakes. brooks, creeks, rivers, and bays o
the State.
HATCHUTG TROUT.
u" Nearly all the Matching IS done Z
Winter" said Mr. Mather. " Trout. d
which there is most popular lEi'rc-'
,euir7 spawning i'm November. and q
+ not get through until january We z.
eggs here from some large hreeul-
D front that we keep in those ponds uH
side for the purpose. and also from In
hatchery ut Caledonia, from Maine, an
from Europe
= change from the fabhy condition
which they are extruded by the iema
fish. detach themselves from the bottol
il Of the pan in which they were gathere
and grow larger and quite hard. Inc
tbevare washed and spread upon WI
III Goth Matching trays. the intersllces
which are large enough Tor the your
,r fry. as hatched, to drop through lea'Al
the shells on the tray
Throughout the process OF hatchin
m which takes from sixty 70 eighty day
=, according to the temperature OF q
u v-a+ar the eggs must he carei lily tend
~ ha~r z
be nent TO have the temperature OF {
water as cold as possible, aud 70 re
r1la+o-he current over them just rlgnJ-
he While Matching is going on the wat
ty only. covers the eggs to the depIn OF
inch. but when the young Try have I
apDeared. its depth is increased 10 Il
inches. Zach little trout, when hateh'
Lss an abdominal sack Of uutrlme
,, larger than himse +, which he Eradua
10 abSorbs When its yellow bulk IS
'Te cone and he looks like small ser
on TRANSPARENT pin. not quite an inch lol
We he is Immediately hungry anu Dee
looking for food.
"a .. That is the time when he should
nut out In a brook somewhere 10 10
ont for himself and where there VIII
no sunfish pickerel, or other bigger ]
wo - look out for him. II takes him TO
,as rr fftv DAYS TO exhaust the maSdz
nd, # provisions with which he comes
:, the world.
; With good feeding, at the end OF
'ng first year he should have grown TO
from four TO five inches in length.
he , wears OF age, the trout should be Sc
-, or eight inches long, and at ) ye'
10" when his weight is from quarter I
half a pound, he ebecOmes an object OF
terest to the scientific angler.
p, Some female trout spawn when
90 2voars old, out their eggs are not n
''N erous At years. one viii yield =
1hg 400 to 500, and occasionally as hiEn
1000 eggs. Ithas been affirmed tina
he trout will yield loo eggs 70 81
pound OF its weight, but my eXperi'
-. does not warrant me in expecting
IUE' thing like so much. II we get
ON eggs from a twO-pound OF even a
1ore and half pound trout we think
are doing well.
30 We have had here this season
have now. salmon-Jrout eggs, V
trout fry, and eggs OF the German ol
A' trout.
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