Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1889-08-12
THE SCAECIfY 81 Frogs.
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lin. b.sk e. kek-Asax is naturally 81
s-F aad retiring cl-besit.en. actively
seeAl1k SEC. asioa "a al occasions w1sfe
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bll1. ald iJ = ssfs So sag fa@l Ls loFss
alsa tar l-ss taSa .ll4E .eve him
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haze for tie s4 srr ltti- a8lgaioisn =
solely due 20 tAv proElstl - Of lAs Dalsss
and sloICac4. ala MAJ isvs - 'tsztA -
the frogs Naturally 10 objects "a
shrink. nod~sllF fr0ra o1s-rvatlou wt-n
tae llarer oursues alm. Nevertheless the
pursu-s b kelt up sul from ysAF 20 year
a. most countless 41m osEs u the o-Irac4-
LAS are slain.
81. troS aexins lifs as a tsdpole. snf
tsd poles are easily L4IcarA tal reared.
lh- fertile As.sf.cau eoa4ll-fclai instinct
from lime % Lli4s SEXES GA the not ION thar
nothing 3 muca essiv- taau 10 9rocare q
sli-a7.s maEsa. STOCK 70 - IA ta4pOles.
iuralsh cheap io9d watch Is ,N thaE is
ASSUMED 10 be nece.safy. sad wait FOR tle
tadgole ID become frogs aud multiply.
lnsn. ar-us macy ssusilas persons. 10
viii be easy 80 supply tne market with
frogs iegs &C rhirty " fsrly OF nlty cents
- pound- Oas proposition watch goes u
support thr theory OF tAls scAeme. II ludis-
a. the great markets OF tAis country fot
more frogs legs thSn are ever supplied,
and the price seldom falls very low.
II Was with view - learning the facts
about these frog farms. how they are con
Quoted. where they are. and what the
measurs OF their success has been, that
applied 10 Fish Comm issioner Eugene q.
blackboard.
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is still IA its Tadpoie state The iacts
are very few and simple. Frogs breed
just Lac nsh. Il is easy 10 get the spawn
and 20 hatch IL out. As YOU are probably
aware. tho hatchings are tadpoles.
minute globuiar mass with vibrating
tail. These little fellows 81 first are half.
transparent but rapidly darker ia color
and increase In SIZE After few weeks
the tail shrivels. the legs make an appeal
ance, the head separates from the body
and the tadpole has become frog. lie IS
u very active and vivacious young person
at this time and eats all sorts OF animal
food. Frog culturists az this stage feed
aim with raw meat, liver heart and waste
that have been chopped very dne. He
grows rapidly until 90 is six months o.d
and then invariably fails sick and in =
majority OF cases dies. The reason appears
10 lie In the diet. So far as we know q
frog lives on insects. lie prefers them
alive bat when hungry eats them when
they are dead. In these eases when frogs
have been fed on flies, they have always
prospered. As IL j. a practical impossi-
bility to get enough flies and other Insects
10 feed a regiment or these batrachisns,
the frog farmer 5 compelled 10 use meat
instead The result j. the sickness aud
mortality / have described. IL Is 50 great
"a TO make all frog culture a financial
failure. Olt OF a hundred frogs, asy
where from sixty 70 ninety five die when
they are SIX months old.
There have be enmany attempts at rails
ing frogs for the market and many are
going on to-day. Thus far none have
been altogether successful Seth Green.
the great authority on such matters tried
IL on large scale AT Cannndagua, Think.
lie had no trouble IA Matching hundreds
Of thousands II not millions OF tadpOles
aud even less trouble in raising them
until they were live months old. Then
they began 70 sicken and de. The NOR
tally increased until AZ the end Of year
the number which were left was rs neon
siderable as to be not worth mention
lnc
Even as IL stands. great deal Of work
is being done. Frogs are, IL not raised.
~ east fed and fattened for the market
Ia New York, New Jersey and especially
iu Ontario Canada, Tennessee and many
OF the western states. There is a wonder
flll variety in the sizes attained. Those
around this part OF the country are seldom
large \ dozen pair OK hind legs from
New York and New Jersey weigh pound
on an average, the same number from
Ontario will run three or four pounds,
while from Tennessee and Missouri they
30 a. high a. hys and even six pounds.
The consumer naturally prefers a large
% a small leg. This j. well illustrated
by the price list. When the New York
and New Jersey frogs have monopoly OF
the market-coid weather keeping Cans
dan and high freigAts western articles
out or the city. because they cannot be
caught IN cold weatner-they bring from
thirty 20 6fty cents pound When. later
On in the year. the Ontario legs are
received. the domestic article falls to
twenty cents and the OntariOs sud West
ems briog from forty 10 sixty cents
pound.
In Ontario the frog business f. con
Quoted on large scale The French Cana
dams Inherit their talent In this field from
their fathers and RrsHdfathers Aad are
more sSillful than any Of their compel
itors.
I'm catching frogs there has been little
or no change IT, my recollection. The
fsvorite method il . hook and line with a
small piece Of red fannel az bait Tai
il employed more than al other methods
con bi1ed. In Ontario they have prac-
tice which has been used Ia France and
elxium for centuries. they shoot their
prey with a cross-1ov or arbiast The
bolt trapsfxes rhe little reptile and
makes 50 little noise A. not - frigh-eu
Us frieuds and nsi-a oors. some sports
men u=. ride or ob-rt air gun The
istter il preferable a. rha discharge make
almost no sanul Spearins frogs In tas
might time ia custom derived from The
Indians a Cas- b1at. powerful lantern.
a.u.sr sn1 tv5 men ara 81 thar is RE-
anfred The frogs ere attracted by the
Hznf and always fsce toward it The l.aht
- rejected By their sves and 30 befrsrs
tham Ed tbe cstcher If the hoas IL m tre Ell
nci-elessly By the man in re Stern che
sDesrultn who occupies tbe bow. either
beneath Or behind ta- iaate-n. can Az
nrosrh the FROG 20 vithin a Pew ir-lrs
sna shea impals him without d.lcait-.
Tire Indians use iaace vita great ssil.
hut 10 wou.d hardly io in fae rsrf- - sr
American TEE bess s~ear fcr afm e ~
-rI-srrar ~f-h which, rn nsrte- f.v .rI
h.sau. he j. bound to t.t ere ,-7- s-aae
where There ere A fs-V tr.v -s-ra-rs 10
-rsa scsre. res fr th-.r rurs1I-. I- -~-f
th- uza- q vast s--rrar ot ez-rse I1- e
isavsrY psor way - estca'rr e-frFrz
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