The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
PLpNTY Fl FISH.
TIE GOVERN NENT DISTRIBUTES
LARGE NUMBER.
Nearly " ~ Waterway in the state
Got Fresh Supply Of Fish
Last Year.

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tribution OF food fisheries for tht
past yesr hss been vigorously prose
cuted in I'll ps-ts Of the United
States by Gsorge NJ. Bowers, fst
commissioner, and his assistants.
The. principal function of the burea
OF fisheries, the maintenance and in
crease Ct the available supply OF
aquatic food products, has it's largest
fulflnent 10 the artificial propoga.
zion and distribution Of fab and eggs.
Ihs extensive and depicting CONNER.
ci2l fisheries for number OF species
sld the constantly G. owing demand
ior food and game fishes for stocking
private iskss and streams have led to
such an enlargement OF the field Of
operations that about fifty species are
now cultivated, the list including the
principal fishes Of all parts Of the
country. a very important f7stu.e Is
tie lescue Of young fishes from the
oyerdowed lsnds OF the Mississippi
valley, where, otherwise, they would
oe lost WheG the waters recede, Some
Uf the mcst valuable and far reaching
results have come from the accli matt
z.tion OF non, indigenous fishes In va
rious Haters.
TIE output fo- the gear 1905 was
over $50. 600, 0G0, more than for anv
previous year In the history Of the
bureau. This increase represents IN
particular great production Of Pac
l6c SALOONS, lake trout, pike perch,
yellow perch, large mouth black bass,
lake bsrrio2 and lobster and IN addi-
zion, the rr> p.gatioo o. the blue fn
white fsn for the fist time. The
saad CUT rug was sn al owing to tie
fact that al UNUSUAL proportion o:
the ma:k.Ieo fsa we're caught Ia salt
I b:ackish water bat few baing lef
to reach che spawning grounds, Whert
the eggs are obtained for tie batch.
cries.
The work Of the com mission waE
ither to distribute eggs OF fry, which
are small E!zed fsh nor grown, OF in
ssrlings. ye.;liEgs and adults, l.:
-hici class is included all t5h e1csp!
he very small ones.
Du n a1e lsss yea: large mouth
;sss, 4 ge-ltars, yes.'i0ss, and sdulD
Eve heel. dsr sited at sHe 1oll, wing
,is e.: DannaSk, Savannah P. nd, II.
she uoad al E.s5ov +; In the folioT-
pg tributaries Of E 'ores river: Beaver
Dan creek, Buck Head cre' K. Csds1
Shosl creek, E isns Geek, Eloree
cresk. Fork Shoal cr-ek, Poye's :rses,
Two Mile Creek, Warrior creek.
Tue same variety OF f'h have also
beer depossed ear Fountain Inn an6
10 R;edy riys,, il Grseavil.e e unity.
II GiservtIls c-uIty the following
ANS have bsen yell stocked wtat
l,:ge mcut5 bass: Bulk Horn creek
Middle Tyg r r:Ver, Mount creek,
R3edy r. yer MIL pord, Riclsanr
creek, Sou + E cree ereek, South 81
.uoa river enc Woes pond. Tnt
same variety bag al 0 h=en rtscsE
aesr J-ffsrs; n. J hnsSon, K:ronaH,
Lsntord, L,fsgilie, LIVINGSTONE,
LyocE burg, Macsden, MnillDs, O rao
70, Nesc:s, B ,sk q Il, Cssawbs Pow
er Conpsny's pend, in Spa1:anhu1g.
It Dayton Mli pond, both lover arc
Drsyton pond proper, Floyd's pond,
e IN poui, L twsoG's fork, Nasbiss't
p nd, B uquis's pond and Waites
NJ Il poad. they have also been le'e
IL Suppts1 county and at Swansea,
rrsntor, Troy, V-rder3, Weliord,
Wea:vills ard Willistoa.
r in5o1 troat wece gsaerouslp o1a
-1iba5ed in Yoe's spring. near G:een
aood.
Sun fsa we're plsc d at Barnwel,
Bstesburg il Goose creek, near Onar-
esuon, In the iske at Columbia, also
A. Cogpens, Darlington, E2oree,
Gres1vi:]e, Lancaster and L.nd'unl,
IN the latter place the following
oonas we're stocked: Belus pond, Col.
lis creek, P .ge Pond, Smith creek
They we're also left at McBee and
Roek Hill and piacsd In the City
reservoir at Spsrtanburg and In the
Dayton pond. Trenton also received
supply. The largest number placed
were 5 25O large mouth black bass II
sae r ,cS Hill pend.