St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-11-23

indicates that some law restricting the
sale of game in the markets may be
essential. New species Of birds should be
introduced. The English pheasants, in
PRODUCED by our esteemed member, DR..
Webb, appear to have already obtained
foothoId. A flock of quail introduced
last summer survived the extreme cold OF
+ last winter. While no practical method
of increasing our game by artificial
propagation has been discovered, the art
of raising fish artificially should put
dame Nature to shame. 1t is a curious
fact that dame Nature is quite as waste
full in sowing the seeds OF fish life as in
spreading the seeds of vegetation. Take,
for example, the common maple. Its
seeds are blown to the four winds OF
heaven, but few Of them come to maturl-
ty. The same waste in varying proper
tions occurs to the naturally deposited
spawn of the various food and game
fishes.
while it is estimated that only two or
three per cent OF spawn naturally de-
posted becomes the mature fish, ninety
per cent can be Matched out as fry and
he larger proportion reared until finger
lings or larger. Under these conditions
it is no longer a question as to whether
our streams can be restocked, provided
the water is kept free from mill wash or
other deleterious subtances.
The speaker then gave resume OF
the work done at the state hatchery
at Roxbury, under the immediate
supervision of c. c. Warren. The
capacity of the hatchery is now
1000, 900 fry, with the possibility of
rearing about 100000 fingerings.
From the estimates of the u S. fish
commission, 100 fngerlings are equal
to 1000 or more fry. But of course
there is always a loss in rearing from
fry to fngerlines. They have in
stock at the hatchery about $4,000
trout in all; 1000 larger trout, 1000
averaging six inches long, one year
old last spring, and about $4,000
which are being reared from eggs
which Matched last spring.
COL, RoWELL's AND GEN. CIRCUITS
REMARKS.
Col. Clark F. Rowell of Keene, N.
He president OF the Cheshire Coun-
ty Fish and Game League, and
travelling passenger agent Of the
Fitchburg road, responded for the
Granite state sportsmen, and said in
substance:
"The cost of the New Hampshire
hatcheries in the aggregate amounted to
about $4,000, while this year it will be
nearly $4,000. The annual income in
that state from the summer visitors,
sportsmen and pleasure seekers, is care
fully estimated, Sc, 100000 Mr.. Rowell
said that his state was sometimes called
the Switzerland of America" and that
they were trying to make her such in fact
as well as in name. And remember
gentlemen of Vermont" said he, you are
neighbors, so you too may cultivate this
same desire to be great summer resort;
you have every qualification, with this
beautiful Lake Champlain before you,
one of the finest bodies of water in the
world. And predict in time her shores
will be thickly populated, her islands
beautfied and her historic places made
into national parks. | sincerely believe
the water in New Hampshire or Yer
mont is worth more per acre than the
land, and will soon pay a much larger
revenue" He advised stocking the
streams and lakes with trout, and where
now hundreds are placed put thou
sands and Vermont will soon be rivaling
New Hampshire for the title "Switzer-
land of America"
In presenting Gen. Grout the
POSTMASTER spoke of him as being
interested in the objects of the
league. Congressman Grout said
that his object in being present was
to get little of the real sportsman's
enthusiasm. There was no place on
the continent better for the trout
than the waters of Vermont. She
has large natural facilities for fur
nishing fish of the small species.
He thought congress would sustain
the hatchery at st. Johnsbury by
liberal appropria tons. In few
years there ought not to be a town
iii the state wherein there will not be
summer boarders.
J. B. Pickett, jr., of Bradford,
DR.. D. A. Bisbee of Bristol, DR.. c. A.
Gale OF Rutland, Hon. Nelson w.
Fisk of Isle La Motto, A. p. Childs
of Bennington and Col. c. c. Gil
more of Swanton also spoke. Gen.
W. Y. w. Ripley of Rutland, and a
veteran sportsman, sent a letter of
regret which was read, as follows !:
GEN. RIpLEY's LET TER.
RUTLAND, VT, November 16, 1898
Mr.. John W. Titcomb, Secretary, etc.
Mr.. Dear Sir:-You have asked me to
be present at the annual meeting of the
Vermont Fish and Game League on the
18th inst, and to give my views on the
subject of the present Game Laws and to
suggest notifications.
regret that it will not be possible for
me to attend the meeting but am per.
fectly willing to give my views, and just
as willing that you should make such
use of them as you see fit.
take it that the object of your asso.
citation is not only to preserve the fish
and game of the state, but to make il
more abundant. The first question that
suggests itself is, is there a necessity
and if so, why? That such necessity
exists is apparent to all. To the SECOND