Kansas City daily journal., 1895-11-14
APPEAL FOR FISH CULTURE.
COMMISSIONER CRISP ADVOCATES
PRIVATE PONDS
Remarkable Progress of Fish Raisin z
In the state of Missouri
An Interesting Inter
view.

Colonel John T. Crisp. chairman Of the
state board of fish commissioners. is IA
| strong advocate of the plan that farmers
especially should establish artificial hsh
ponds and not depend upon the natural
| streams for their fish supply. In speaking
| of this matter yesterday, Colonel Crisp
| said:
II know OF no industry OF interest TO the
masses that has made greater strides with
in tho last few years than practical plsci-
| culture not only everywhere, but particu-
larly in Missouri This is a most Crafty
ing result TO the present commits sioncrs for
indefatgably. in and out OF season aided
ably by the press of the state. without
which OF course the result would have
Instead OF thousands OF stock TO meet
f,e Ine Ifinainas M or apphcants only tive years
sands. And II the next legislature stands
by the Industry as the last one did, the de-
inand Will 80 TO hundreds of thousands an
The enterprising and humanitarian city
Gus lakes In her great Forest park, forty
acres more of fine wnter. ana very geuer-
ously allows the commission the use of it
for fish production, to meet the increasing
demands from nearly every county IN the
THE state OF Michigan approprlates s55,
900 q believe that Is the ainounO TO her
isheries commission annually. She sells
annually This order of things should, ana
no doubt VIII he. very soon reversed. Mis-
vantages, and instead of allowing her
sister states such an uncontested undls-
puted monopoly, viii not only produce
the 100000 she now eNpends, but several
million dollars worth to sell to her sur
rounding territories. The feasibility and
practicabiltty of this statement is just a
demonstrable. as the growing field OF
or any other. farm or pasture product.
IF the Wild streams of water south OF the
Missouri river alone were protected as they
should be. within n very short time would
supply the demands of population many
times as numerous as Missouris present
population,
"But wild stream production OF fish by
the community generally is very, very diff
cult, Indeed, it is akin to and has to con-
other wild or natural provisions Of ma
ture-tiod-had TO contend with--the natur-
antelope, the prints Of whose hoofs once
made Il checkerboard of the surface of this
continent. and In turn, when in commotion
fairly made the earth itself tremble. That
and drove the original, natural red man
backward; took his lands from him, IN
then, stayed, ,,just to see him kick
They huilded log church houses in the
forests, preached the Gospel OF peace and
good VIII towards and among men on Sun
DAYS, ana In the week days killed more In
dlans and destroyed more game. / am
charitable enough to believe and say that
they did not know that they were doing
al this, but that was the result. ResultT
RevengefUl, savage 1ndlans no buffalo, no
elk, no deer, no antelope, but few turkey
no, nothins except fish.
son, the Missouri hsh commission has
and Is urging all the time the organizing
Of artificial lakes by individuals, planting
supervision and protection, whereby he
will have al! he deeds for his own table,
eyery msa! n the year, and a surplus for