The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-09-10

The manner Of obtaining the eggs OF
other fishes and impregnating them ls
thesame as with the trout, ouJ INC
methods Of Matching differ very wldely
a. Some ecrs-thQse OF the cod, lor
instance-will float. Shad eggs are 20
nicely balanced that they viii just Keep
off the bottom In moving water ana SINK
TO il where the water is still Salnioh
and trout eggs lie on the bottom, re
from each other. The eggs OF the
smelt, white perch, herring and olhel7'
cluster together il masses.
"SmeIt eggs get themselves into great
masses in the Matching jars, become
covered with q black fungus, lots OF
them die and don't smell nice, and, In
short, they are exaspe-atiug.'
WONDERS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
While giving this information, Ihe
result Of much talk on both sides Mr..
Mather COurteously showed hsh eggs
demonstrated how the currents ln the
trOuChs were controlled illustrated how
eggs were counted by measuring the
bulk OF given number in glass, ana
how fry were counted by scOopinE them
up on a fiat, fan-like net and guessing az
their number; snapped up startled little
fishes into a glass tube to show what
they looked like and seized upon a stray
caddis worm as a subject for aggressive
remarks as 10 how much betteT-looking
he would be when he climbed out OF
us llLLAt Ltt4 hDuEE ~ ArN--.AAA- q --sH
and how much a trout would Ike nm
In either stage OF his existence
The several smelt eggs were de-
tached from the murky mass in one OF
the Jars and laid in a crystal saucer IN
few drops Of water. There they looked
like atoms Of the clearest glass. Under
the microscope the fish was clearly vis-
/ ible The ewes were big and staring and
I the outlines OF head, body, and tall were
/ dfsceruihle. But when il is hatched out
/ il will be very large omparauvely-al
. most as big as one Of the q" "wiggiers
from which develop the mosquito
Having the microscope IN hand, MI
+ Nather pops his test tube into another
Jar and brings out double-barrelled
/ salmon for inspection. Il has two heads
two tails and one abdominal sac con-
Meeting two bodies. A good many salmon
eggs develop such mOnstrosities- Some
times the freak consists Of two tails and
I one head and again Of two heads and
/ one tail. They all die Just as soon as the
. abdominal sac is absorbed
SOME GOOD RESULTS.
Last year" said Mr. Mather, 1--WE
hatched a great many oysters in our salt
water ponds. The young oysters hatct
out i'm about five days and swim for twC
/ or three days before they acquire STEADY
habits. leave of q rowing life and SETTLE
, . down.
e We have hatched shad here, in sprinl
water. IN Jars. In the sumner Of 81 w
Matched 50. 900 and planted them in tn
river at SmithtOwn. Whether they cam
back the next season OF not we do no
know. But if our young shad did no
. return TO SnithtCwn they went some
! where else and somebody got the benei
, OF them, OF will do So
. " We want TO try Matching Spanis
! mackereI eggs, but as they hatch i
p twenty-fOur hours, il Will be hard 10 &c
them here from Virginia. where the
would have to be obtained. in time, Z
$ allow US to take proper care OF them.
e. TRANSPORTING TIE YOUNG FISH.
p &C. Anv citizen Of New York State, VII
has suitable waters TO stock, can, upo
6 APPLICATION. get whatever fish he n
S quires, il we have them TO spare, free
D charge except transportation and the lar
e and keep of an expert man TO take car
i of them in travelling, II the person o
% dering the fish wishes TO have that cal
% taken.
THE young fish can he carried In OF
II cans. without change OF water, acros
l. the continent OF to Europe. II IS, hOv
l. ever. necessary TO aerata the water [
II running il of and ON again through
IS svphon. say every thirty minutes, whe
u the cans arc stIll, and once an h0i
3 when in motion on a railroad. -Four
AZ five Thousand Young salmon are sent
So a can and where an eEVert goes aiuT
il TO care Tor rlc-l Le takes charge OF q
III or dozen cans
s. .'Whe.r the fish reach their das-i71til
ne o.. -0D omit. ...
? Is lowered gently into the water hat
5H to receive them, and they are let
IT care being first taken. however, that
an temperature OF the water in the can g
he that TO which they are going are ab,
Lt even"
ELL The experiment made by New 7,
70 ought to be instructive TO other States