The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-13

| The inland waters of Scotland present.
 ed conditions somewhat similar to
 those in which our salmon loved to
 disport, and, besides, there was a spe-
 cies of Scotch salmon native to the
 streams and lakes of that land. Young I Try Of our land-locked salmon were
 shipped to Scotland some ten years ago and in that time they have multiplied rapidly, much to the detriment of the
 Scotch salmon. The American salmon
 proved larger and stronger than their
 native cousins, and the Scotch sal
 mon IS almost threatened with extinc-
 ton by the growing rapacity and null tiplication of the American landlocked 1 salmon. On the whole, however, this
 IS not to be regretted, for the Amcri-
 can species furnishes more and better
 food than the Scotch salmon.
 A shipment of American black bass
 Try was made to France for stocking
 the rlVers and streams, and, like the
 American salmon in Scotch waters,
 they have flourished so marvellously
 that to-day they are quite common ar
 ticles of diet at the French hotels and
 restaurants. The French streams since
 the introduction of the American bass
 have doubled in their productive value,
 and there is every reason for the French anglers to be grateful to our American fish commission for stock i ing their waters with new specie, of fod fish. The French streams were
 practically deserted when the fry were
 introduced, and they had little difficult ty in taking quick and complete pos | session of the waters.
 Other varieties of fish have been shipped to France and other countries as scientific experiments. The Ameri- can rock has been introduced in sev- eral English streams, and the Ameri- can brook trout is to-day in flourish ing condition in the clear, cold streams of Russia and other northern countries of Europe. The waters of Switzerland abound with many of our common riv- CT and brook fish, which make the an- gling there superior to anything in the past. It is even reported that the fine American muskallonge has found a satisfactory home in the Rhine and Danube rivers
 In return for these American food fishes we have received few foreign fry that have proved of any particular value The attempt has been made to introduce the best of the European fish in our waters, but as a rule Ameri- can fish are superior to any that Flu rope can produce and we have not been greatly benefited by the ex- change The Scotch salmon has been tried here, but holds out little promise of success in waters where the Ameri- can salmon lives There is reason to believe that we will be more benefit ted in introducing the young fry of South American fish, in our northern waters than any that can be brought from Europe. The condition of ichthyology in the countries south of us, however, Is such that 1t is difti- cult to secure the fry without sending an expedition after them. At present it seems as if we had sufficient vari- cites of fine, toothsome fish in our waters to satisfy the most fastidious | epicure, but it is possible that in it's | scientific investigations with the fish l from all parts of the world the com- 1 mission may some day add to our fish | diet some new species that will prove of enduring value Meanwhile the scientific search after facts concerning the food and habits of our American fish at home and abroad will enable the commission to handle the problem placed before them with more assur- ance of success. In the comparatively | few years it has been laboring in the field it has accomplished results that are well known and of value alike to the consumer and the sportsman or fisherman. There are few scientific studies and experiments that show practical results sooner than that of fish culture.-From the Scien- tific American