Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-09-12
FISH BREEDING At EAST OELAND.

FISH BREEDING AZ EAST OEkAND.
HOW risH CNLTCEE = SUCCESSFULLY
CARRIED Is At RAGS roND UNDER
TIE DIRECTION o. sUi1 ArNi>s.
One Of the mast Interesting indus
tries IN the stale OF Maine. i establish
ed at East Orland. near where the ont.
let OF CraiL's pond flows into the Ala
moosook pond. The purity and the
GOODNESS OF the water led the fish com
missioner TO select this spot for expert
ments in Ash breeding An aprropri-
alton of sll 900 was made bv the las,
Congress Tor purchasing track IL land
consisting Of 1870 acres and erecting 4
cottage Tor the superintendent and
suitable sheds and other buildings for
fish culture Tie purchase III the land
will " coapl.:si a. som n th. title
eau tc perfected and 'hc buildings viii
be- erected This fall il possible Through
The courtesy 81 NJ Charles &. Atkins,
who las charge az thc L. :. Govern
ment stations IN the state ~ Maine. We
are enabled :" give 3 brief description
ot the East OrlSnd station.
The Legislature ~ the state # Maine
passed a las last winter allowing the
state commissioners to So a>i,,c Crair's
pond for fish culture, and the proposed
purchase viii include The entire stream,
SO that The pond and It's outlet can lie
controlled for carrying on the expert
mcu,-. The land Slope. in such a way
that il affords ample opportunities FOR
the construction of ponds in which 10
put the young fish and retain them as
long as desirable. This station is de-
voted AT present IN the breeding Of river
and landlocked salmon The eggs are
Obtained in the following manner: The
weir fishermen at Verona on the Pc
nobscot river take great many salmon
in the spriug. These salmon are col
lected at Avery Whitmore's on the
southern part OF Verona island. and
conveyed by way Of the east Branch of
the Pcnobscot. and the outlet Of the
Alamoosook into Dead Brook. where
there is an enclosure. and here the fish
are kept and taken care OF through the
summer and fall I'LL the spawning sea-
son in October. Eight or ten thousand
Of these sea going salmon arc Tins coI-
I,4..e,l ana ,heir eos .;,.1
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Tho pen,,}scot river y
There are at This station =, tho ,ros
emf fine 120 900 little fish batchod
lat snrino with several ,bous.nd
vcar old and a few two wears ola 7,
Is not vet decided at what ace The 6.b
shouId he turned ont. The eors of tho
landlocked salmon are obtained from
Grand Lake stream. a tributary Of the
St. Croix river. About 2OO0 Of these
salmon are obtained. and thew weld
about 900, 900 eggs. Last year 300
900 of these eggs were hatched and pu.
into Grand Lake stream and 600 900
were shipped to the parties who fur
nished the supplies for these expert
ments. The states of Massachusetts,
Maine and New Hampshire generally
contribute, and the q. S. Fish Com
missioner sets aside a portion Of the
sum allowed by congress TO that de-
partment. The whole sum thus col
lected for the Orland station amounts
to about $4,000.
Fish breeding stations are to be es-