The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-24
FISH FARMING.
Feature OF the Government Exhibit at
Buffalo

Feature of the Government Exhibit at
Buffalo.
In many respects the government
fisheries exhibit at Buffalo next sum-
mer will be the finest ever attempted.
1t will be housed in a building 150,
feet square, which will form a. heel
calk in the horseshoe plan of the gov
eminent buildings. Characteristic rep
reservations of life, manners and cus-
toms of Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Phil
ippines. Guam, Tutuila, Manua. and
Cuba, will occupy the other heel calk-
The heavy toe and toe ca.k of the
horseshoe will be represented by the
main government building, 1870 by 600
feet. These important buildings Will
be connected by an imposing colon
made forming the curved sides Of the
shoe and partially inclosing a water
court.
The fisheries exhibit will thus have
setting of considerable magnitude,
occupying a commanding position in
an exceeding cosmopolitan neighbor
hood Many features of dominating
interest will receive careful considera-
ton in this exhibit, but one Of which
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tive article.
German carp, that much discredited
and maligned fish, will be represented
at, its true value. Like the history of
lake sturgeon, when it is better
/ known, 1t will be appreciated =.
! In Germany, carp is cultivated as a
! farm product. Streams are damned
! which causes the water to overflow
areas of several hundred acres in ex-
tent Once each year, In cold weather,
when the fish are at their best, the
water is drained off and the largest
fish seooped from shallow pools with
dipnets. In this manner a pond con-
tanning $50 acres of water has been
made to yield 10000 pounds OF carp
per year. A thorough business is made
of catching the fish and shipping them
Immediately, while in proper condi-
ton, to the larger markets through
out the country.
At the outlet of the pond a floor is
built with sorting tables and large
tubs of water, in which the fish are
cleaned and otherwise prepared.
The men and women out in the
pond, barefooted, with little protection
from the cold, have the disagreeable
part of the work. A fire is often
lighted on the higher ground at which
they may occasionally warm them
selves. During the fish harvest the
poacher is a constant nuisance, a
watch being required day and night
until the pond is reflled.
That carp are appreciated on the
German Market is illustrated by the
fact that the output from one of these
RI a
pounds of fish, brought S1,670 ster-
ling, or about twenty cents per pound
OF our money.
In the United States no fish is re-
garded with favor unless it is classed
, as a game fish. This in popular par
, lance, includes several varieties OF
! bass, pike and pickerel that full
blooded sportsman would not consider
worthy of his royal attention. Tech
, nically speaking, game fish has a
straight-cut tail, split or forked tails
beng entirely eliminated.
AS population increases, we will be
! required to revise our knowledge and
opinions in regard to fish. Catfish
the lazy breeds of salmon, carp, cells
and many other varieties of food fish
, es will be cultivated and grown as
they are in older countries. Many
rural streams that are simply running
to waste. should be sheltered ant
stocked with suitable varieties.
, The exhibit at the Pan-Americar
r Exposition will illustrate how the
q can be done under favorable as wei
+, as unfavorable circumstances. The
question is simple as raising poultr!
o when it is properly understood.
HERBERT SHEARER.