New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-13
MATCHING SHAD At BRISTOL. PENN
HOW MAN IMPROVES ON NATURE.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
Man is prone to declare that Natures Won o.,
iin s vieW Of the results sccompsSed BY 4.
cultursts. there is room for douot tna' ~ ~
s sSslaIaqe Female shad when ready to
n.y. produce about 1900 eggs Inc aS.us a. n ssv
eral years in surrounding the p.rils Of the jou.ns!
from the sea to the spawning grounds ana OF ~
lawns and Ss snd sSe esss fsffs
naturally in the river. not more than 10 per cen. :"
larger number are devoured during lncuoation
cells. German carp and other iish I s so .! ~
ginning OF their troubles when the psr ,astS1
s swim more TO prcpery speskns
preciates the flavor Of shad quite as mpeh 49,
hang around impatiently for the young 70 oe IA
feeding meanwhile on minnows or AWNING -
i ishn 'Ins whole School. WITH neatness and DE-
wonderful 10 behold. As soon as me younyN
are Sorn the Sek Sns fSows hsm dn h
ward journey to the sea In sepiemoer SaS Born
i is . s%I ne m ana, 81 ine @ or
an average. succeed In reaching salt WAFER ns, be
Pss' when she s' sesnea THIS
OF the shad she did not take mans prooso w., that
only about per OF the fish which eSistsd . n,s'
in embryo safely reached the sea, that PT ~. riy
without mans Interference. would soon MI inc
It is here that man steps in and shows himself ~,
be a better economist tnan Dame N1ture,
in some Of her methods OF work. He takes me "A
means Of certain matches ,ssS
1900. against Natures 300 by her primitive evs Or
thirty young shsd reaching the sea- between ~ ~
and 5000 accomplish the trip safely Thus man .tsh.
Ing mature fish for food PURPOSES :.
How shad are artiticiay Matched Is intersss Il "a
repay visit to the hatchery at Bristol to witnenpE
AS soon as the waite. OF the Delaware reaches hsdn
their rush from the sea The run is always Jed
the male FISH, though just why this Is Is nor r v
ha the males s 20 ahead IN op r to Choose axe
possession Of the most eligible nesting SIZES AT Then
the sier and shore fishermen get out nets r s.S
make their casts The naphtha launch OF th IT, en-.
ployes Follow up alternately the two classes q net
ers AS the shad are removed from the mss,,y ex
ahmed to see Il they are rpe,ha Is the
eggs or milt are In condition TO be expresssir pped
into pam and she is returned to the fisherman 20
be sold as buck" or barren" The h M ne
is thrown aside sold for food there Is yet S Sas
more duty required OF him. The expressed NH ~, Ter.
the asa sh al
the mass thoroughly with the tai Of the m, mai. sand
sHr %hsh To do
ondy the tail Is so soft and pliaoe IN ana' '"s
As soon as ali the ova are gathered the sh cut
turIs returns with them TO the hssenns stchins
Jars and the water turned on The how Of the after
causes the eggs to be kept constantly IN m o,her
thus IN tRo U !.e them SSs frS ss ss
appear and distinctly visible as two BLACK s3 Ssy:
then the backbone shows itself and IN rev md I'd
struggled the TOP Of the mass Of eggs o rse q the
aouaria, where Il most likely finds hundreds OF Ms
kind When these hundreds become r tnos asorsx:
aquara set In the floor In the forward part Q. az az
hatchery. At this period each little nsn mas sna on
the contents of this for some days IL feeds ,,t,is
Fish Commission has means Of feeding tns nsd
ones and therefore, a few days after being natenss ~
they are placed in large milk cans and carried 20 he
headwaters Of the Delaware and depost usn, those
that are interviewed too closely by the rocknsn,
do readily enough. feeding on the anunaans rh 10
start for the sea, where they remain untu wv
reach maturity three years after btrth. ~