Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-01-18


The important n e eSts @ mmi,ted TO the care
OF the Commissioners of Fisheries appear 10
OF their anpTOpTi llion of SIC 600 for each uf the
years CT 1897 ard 1885 hris remained at the
els OF 1s>>, 500 10. a detail ed suut Of the
Abors OF ne Conn. Is ion viii be found IN their
vaiu- bic AM iuteres ing rep, TT. B"th the Nine
Spr ngS hatchery, designed Tor the propasstlon
OF n tor inland waters ard the Milwaukee
hatchery, signed Cor the prop gatinn of d n
Tor LaEts Michigan and Supegiur have en-
greatly eniarst i. Wise, n>iu now Iak-S rank IS
he n st OF States for the repleli-hment of it.
and waters, although MIchig d sill leads IN the
c"paCi Of stocking the great lakrs. The L g
isIature TWO years 80 made pTovi ion for III a
appointment of fi>h wardens The reports of
tht Sc wsTdens for ISL of u, cssSitv cover but a
portion OF that wear. The report for 1888 was
not made until December 81. as this is he dae
amendment TO tn law fixing sn carrier date for
the rendering OF uch rvpor,S The value of the
calch on the great lases aS given by the n
MARTENS in 1887 was S.50.l6S. S.; value of prop
eTtE emPlo, ed sos. ss6.6 IS. and the numb-r of
p1IsoI en- ioN eli regularly In TINT year WAS
~ The value of the catch in 1885 " $40 =
5SS.oj: value OF property employed SSS7, 40 90:
number of persons mpoye,i, Us
1t Canuct be disputed that the 4 b industry
pceuIlts very CON cuous ace IN the we'll
OF the state. Ii cont ibuteS important
part TO the food supply of the peupl, ami sdds
greatly to the attractivenes Of the state in he
estimation of tour SIS anj pleasure see kerS and
should receive liberal consideration at your
hands
AGRICULTURE
The fact that the value Of he annual product
of the farms of Wisconsin excel one brnirs5
millions of dollars * >ufr en-: v-1rrsnt for - -
care and 81 lcitu le viii m has hean +aIr nv ,bs
people Of this state for th., caS, II 40 ir,,IrrrsI
education. That SoIcituIe mas fouSI exUras
sion in malicious ami liberal apprnTI iations "A r
tie announcement of Thought discussion AMI
exper mint. Ii has been rightly felt that inst in
proportion to the amount of study and Iut-Ili.
gauce the farmer himself poSS-S - will h. The
pr greSs and profit of the farm. and further
that the DR. eress and STABILITY Of ali otbsr avo.
cations depend very largely on the DrosD,,riry of
agriculturi The / stinctS OF The na6ula are
right Oh this question: and 10 the credit # rna
intel igeuce of our state be. il said thar ali rsSSsS
have united In an a rnssr 1es,rs 10 80 ,,,r a i
cultural interests ADVANCE oar GHsS If TLo,92b+
and action in this interest ar j., n ,,r+ ,xi
lent state of effective Orgarization Ar rba asa
stands the Wise lusin Expzrimeut Stgri N Which
has become a source of i-It an / instr,,r iSi
not alone to the p-ople Of aur own S,.ta h,,r ~,
bulletins are eagerly sought for nv ;nrsI i,anT ~
thoughtful farmers thr0urhnut his continent
ami In Europe snIrn5ii i,,,natnS no thnra,
by been given to the ,evel,T ua;,t Of rra,ti,SI
thouc hit and uuderStardiugaIlu r all the lines of
a grirutura which il is prOfits hIs for uS 10
pursue
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The Farm Institutes, now in the fourth year Of