The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1895-08-22

ltls MlllA ftlllr allN latfAtd i0hStrlS Is
flic M Il interesting experiment lat HON
engages flie attention et tslc I nited States
tisl commission. >.alcviN more THAN a
beginning has Been made ii tile work
this being only the second season during
Nhlfl III haS been carried Nd. he enter
plise ~ heiM- Conducted II " ood / IIoll
Mass whele dlaing the present sum
mel. tAc enormous number OF -, 500, 900
lobster eg4~ have been taken ana subject
Cd ie The incubator process OF these.
Tl,E9, 600 We're actually Matched
~ suppose that the artificial Matching
OF Holsters is attended with alS special
diifIedlty would be mistake That is
not where TIKI knolty part ii the problem
lies. a. will be explained presently. The
female clusters in spawn are obtained
from fishermen. and each one is held by
the TAI While the EGG masses are removed
oy gentle ~rraping with a duh wooden
KNIFE. 4 ne eggs are attached To The SWIM
melet> vi the animal. A mother lobster
carries from 1000 to 50, 600 eggs. the lat
ter being 4 reasonable allowance for an
indivitul measuring sixteen inches In
length. They are olive green in colon.
and as TIE time ot Matching approaches
The shells become translucent that the
little Creatures may be seen coiled M in.
side u rMem.
10 lstycll them is tile Simplest maTfer in
The world. They are lut into al ordinary
class IAN such as is employed tor hatch
ING the eggs ~ Slad ana other kinds of
fishes The jar IS contlved that a
continuous stream Of fresh water flows
through IL keeping the egeS agitatea
After lew days the Young Holsters
emerge from the shells shlnnp-like ana
a h. 1-
least Ike adults OF theil Species NON
zones the DANGEROUS pagt Of THEN exist
enee hy the Jiine they are foItv-eiult
hoWs Ola they have hcgun t. pIev al,on
Each Qtler liItN aTe velitalie cailllibal>
those ilttle HOLSTERS, and ID matter how
much food = given IL them, they let no
Opportunity Siip 10 9obble theil eonI,an-
iops lAelr Nu-MacItN Is lemalkable snd
owl- t" TINS wicked disposition ii i, Jill
81 TAe question tp keep a number OF them
together il tank
THIS MI " fAkl rHtIH luANc4~.
lhi> i wIiele the Trouble occnis III the
isia propagation III l0bSregs. II VI
"el' on Practicable to Keep them fol
lew weeks. until tl+5 danger Iteli.d Should
be passed tleA might be gut nto the ~ess
flIll-itedged. So t. speak and able To take
eale q themselves. But fli~ could not
tea accomplished except by plpyilin4 1 sel,-
ala1c compartment tor each Tim cIU>-
raeean. IN older tia tne might moi vet at
hls fellows or be eaten by tMem ~meh N
plan could scarcely be caried eli. WI
c"ldlAglN, the experts Of the fish commits
Sion are obliged to take the infant lobstels
when they are only about day OH ana
uulnp them INTO the ocean to take then
chdnceS. Ihc likelihood of the survival
OF any individual among them is verv
small. as may lie judged from the follow
ing facts:
Baby Holsters, like Juvenile oysters. are
ice swimming animals During the early
part Of theil lives they float about At or
neal The surface Of the sea. i pre-. to all
sorts Il fishes and numerous other enc
mics From a life-insurance point of view
iheN are extremely bad risks Not one in
good many thousands ever grows up. Be
eides they change their shells at short
intervals, that being the only way in which
tieS can grow bigger, and this process is
accomplished With much danger; many of
them die in melting. AT the AGE OF about
seven weeks the Young lobster undereoes
rs fourth mott, and thereupon it assumes
the shape q an adult, leaving tile surface
tor good and descending to the bottom.
Where ii spends the rest of its lifetime in
walking about o. hiding in holes among
the rocks
baby Holsters are about one third of an
Inch long when newly Matched. They will
eat almost anything, and pow tiered clans
ana eiabmeat are suitable food for them
buV Inc most wholesome provender is Oh
tanned ny towing nets OF tine gauze along
the surface of the sea. Thus are collect
"a quantities Of little shrimp like animals
ana other almost microscopic creatures.
with which the surface water fairly
>"alns When they are Gay old the
young Holsters are put into twelve gallon
milk cans, one of " hich serves to hold
1oD. oou OF 300. 600 Of the infant crusta-
ceans They are taken in boat to Suit
able localities in Buzzard' bay OF Vine
YARD sound, where they are let loose in
the water Thenceforwald thev must
take Their chances. 1t is hoped tllat one
out OF 200 Of them lives to grow np If
$" many should survive tile Atlantic coast
waters of the United States would soon be
relopulated with HOLSTERS Inhapply.
the estimate is in All probability to- flat
tfling.
STILL 4 DOUBTFUL. PROBLEM.
lobster Matching by anicc is 50 rev
that nobody can tell whether it is going to
pe failure or success. This season
~ 900, 600 young ones lave been lberat-
ed, but who can say how many of them
viii escape the perils of melting and the
fishes to attain tull growth9 If the scheme
is worth anything, there ought to
be large increase Of the number of lob
sters taken by fishermen in New England
waters within half a dozen years HOLSTERS
require several years to attain maturity
Just how many years is not known. Ger
talny, however, they do not reach mar
ketable size under four or five Years They
begin to reproduce their species when
they are from eight to ten inches long.
The reason why this process Of melting
is so dangerous to Holsters is tina; with
the external skeleton is cast off the lining
OF the stomach and intestines. as well as
The internal skeleton, which consists for
the most part of a complicated linkw"rk
of hard tendons. At the time of shedding
store Of lime is laid down in the stomach
for the purpose Of supplying material for
the new skeleton. In an adult the lime is
in the form Of two white Jumps, about the
size Of filberts These, better known in