The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-07-07


ines not sound likely that a crop of
and a crop of cranberries should be
..1 on the same plot of ground. yet
apparently Inconsistent scheme is
isrd successfully within three miles of
,pot on which the Pilgrim Fathers
1anted their feet-a place around
such hallowed memories rest that
.oyerbial fish story would be decided
If If place. Nh Walter l.. Gilbert 5
arm, the biggest in the country, is
rI at Plymouth. Mass, and he also
Il cranberry bog, which yields an
IN abundant harvest. As soon as
ubcllies are gathered Nh. Gilbert
DIE, trout loose over the flooded BOG.
"a the spring their sleek forms are
-.cd and sent to market. The land
.rJtorms dual duty. which is with
.lallel in this country. There are
fN places where the conditions
such a combination. Cape Cod
.UIts are famous all over the Couil-
Wl cape Cod trout are delicaeies
require no Endorsement, hut MI.
The only man who can boast Of
oth on the same garden patch.
Gilbert is Il pioneer in the trout
'lu>trN. and his efforts to extend
r.r~ut have greatly stirred MP the
Il>ett> legislators and lily fisher
lle raises trout on the same large
di other men raise poultry ur hogs
fig. Now he seeks the privilege OF
a- hem in the market. subject only
natural restrictions OF the spawn
..gsun. Under the present laws of
~...e it is unlawful to catch OF sell.
nose for sale. or tn have in one ;
sion. Il trout before the first day of
mher Mr. Gilbert wants the priv
selling his artificially raised trout
the 18th day OF January. tive and
lt months earlier than the open
.m for wild trout begins A bill
iuu- him that privilege passed by both
lchts ii the Massachusetts Legisla-
was vetoed by Governor Russell on
ground that it would be fatal to the
and game laws. and that it was per
oa~ legislation for the benefit of the
Tie Governor had Just returned
i week ; trout fishing expedition in
d.. and the friends OF the rejected
.rp assert that his personal interest
t~Ain@ led him to discriminate in
r IT the comparatively few men.
ur, Of the rod. against the masses
II ,be bill had become a law. would
. 10 enjoy the luxury OF front on
fIileS at cost but little higher
o ro>t of the more common fish
e.. l.jure would have been added to
-- nt Massachusetts industries. ion
-Nndicates stood ready to begin
JItUrc a. soon as the bill should
..a laW,
1Se, Mr.. Gilbert has the privilege
IL his trout during the open season.
1inls the right to put the product
, Yl4ar upon the market at any and
mes when such product i, in tit
-,1, 10 be eaten. He claims that any
intlinge> upon his personal rights
Institutional. and proposes to make
.,~r of the matter in order To have
rrme Court rule upon it, He de
thJt the Fish and Game law OF
-bu>ctts, So faIas ii applies to trout.
-rt Whereas other fish spawn in
lD. and summer. trout do not de
their EGGS until the fall of the Yea,
40 October Il to December II The
wing season being over by the middle
mbel MI. Gilbert aEoWs. therefore.
mere would he no danger to the trout,
the perpetuatinn of that species
-,l concerned, if the open season be
-.v first of January and continued
'ae last of September, Wild trout
resume their plllmpness until the
March, because the supply of food
-ajlcd while the ice is on the ponds
y3eams. Altiticially raised trout.
s,tl fully recover from the effects of
un- within a month, and are plump
r jfrSt of January as are wild trout
-hc anglers are permitted to toy
IN April
,eu years Nj. Gilbert sought in
1 the secret which would enable
lima to raise trout Ivy artificial
but each year he scored a failure.
= lied the subject. and every season
IDrd some new trait, but the trout
.,y refused TO thrive in captivity.
would live Il few months and then
l,o OF them would turn belly up
Fe lp the ghost. Mr.. Gilbert an
'ie water from his springs. and
As pure as the ptlle>t water to he
there was an abundance ot it. too:
rl1Ure did not vary five degrees
Iutmd and his brook had been
.>;N It's trout before he undertook
rHcln lrtiticially He had about
liu despair when one day he notic-
o0bbleS rising in the water, and
"l4ht dashed across his mind that
H- vegetation was the murderer ri
|uql He had flowed new land and
cared only the chanel of the origin
oo6 He Immediately drained his
eleared the bottom of all vegeta-
>iFInkied thereon liberal quantity
'4nd and the next year had the salts
"A vi raising as pretty a ''crop'' of
is one would wish TO see. To-day
WIS several ponds full OF trout in va
stages of growth. At a rough guess,
possesses ID. 600 pounds of live fish two
1' old and over; 40, 900 yearlings, which
III weigh over 20, 600 pounds next sea
and more than 600. 600 fish Just hatch
Nrxt year he would increase his plant
.> bill had become law
he process of raising trout is simple
ugh, if one only knows how and if all
ohdltions are favorable. Let no one
~ ne @an raise trout simply because a
9F runs through his back yard. OF
Use the brook is the most important
''lIe If The plant, but it must be fed by
l4 springs so numerous that the water
.elnaln ut an even temperature the
H 'ptnd. 1t must not freeze even in
oldest winter weather, or show an
'd>r NJ more than seven degrees even
l' hottest of summer days. A brook
II Jutills those conditions and whose
TIE. Is as nearly pure as spring water,
9e developed into bonanza for the
through whose territory it runs, es-
i%ly if he controls the head waters
7e2t 1t can be made to yield more
"' and silver in proportion to the out
M capital than the richest mine, and