The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-10-12
PLs NV ssF FISH.
TIE GOVERN aENT DISTRIBUTES
ALARaE NUMBER.
Nearly Fv ry Waterway In tho state
Got a Fresh supply Of Fish
Last Year.

The work Of propagation and dis.
tribution CT food dsheYiss for the
past yesr has baen vigorously prose.
outed In all parts Of the U it'd
States by George M. Bowers, fl,h
commissioner, and his assistants.
The principal fuuoaion Of tie buraa
OF IL 'herirs. TIE msini enauoe and In
crease Of the available supply of
aquatic food products, has It's largest
'u.dlEenh la the artiticial propoga.
lion and distribution Of fish and eggs
Tue extenBiya and depicting CONNER.
sial Fisheries for number Of species
&nd tho constantly gaOwing domand
for food aud game fishes for stocking
private lak6g and streams have led to
such an enlargement Of the fold of
operations that about fifty species are
now cultivated, the LIST Including tn,
principal fishes Of all parts Of the
country A very important f.ature IL
the lesoue Of young fishes from the
'Vel lflo we'd lande OF the Mississippi
valley, WHARF, otherwise, they would
oe lost when the waters reoede, Some
II the most valuable and far reaching
results have come from the aocli matt.
zlt'on OF non Indigenous fishes In va.
rtcu3 waters.
Tne output for the year 1905 was
oyeI $50, 0C0. 900, mo.a than for any
previous year In che history of the
bureau. Tbis increase represents In
particular g great production OF p 6
ho salmons, lake trout, pike perch,
yollow perch, large mouth black bass,
lake herring and lobster and in addi.
tion, the pr pagation OF the blue tin
white fish for The first time. The
shad out. rut was sm all owiEX to the
fact that an unusual proportion Of
1he maYksted lisa were caught In sal>
II b:acklsh wafer but few being lef
to reach the spawning grounds, wher
the eggs are obtained for the hatch.
cries.
| The work Of the commission was
ither to distribute eggs or fry, whiol
are small sizad ti:h nor grown, or iD
gerliDgs, yeal lllngs and adults, IT,
which GLASS is included all fish except
he very snsll ones
Durink tho last year large mouth
nesa, d. eSlings, yearihss, and adultf
/
.laaet: Denmatk, Savannah Pl md, II
0he'pond at Eastoy3I; In the$folloT-
Eng tributaries OF 10 lores river: BsAyefi
Dam creek, Buck Head ores k. Oadai.
Shoal creek, Ntsta creek, ,Eaoreel
creck Fork Sh6al creek, ! Poye,s oreek,
Two Mile Crsek, z afrior /. .creek
The esafns variety of ID sd: have alsc',
been depust ID i ear ID oun unta' n Inn AND
Snat Cd rive IN Gree enyille os untys
laiis "a q ttissiyi tle bpn t7 olioyinl.
,trsanns hayeN baen we'll stocked witt
large meu5(1 baes Buck Horn creek
Mlddle Tygtr river, Mount creek,
Rsedy RIVER MIL poud, Riohlan'
creek, Soul E oree creek, South 81
uda river and Wo4s pond. To,
Same variety has al been places
n"ar ] fferecn, j ,hnaton, KsrsnaR
Lanford, Lstsville, Livingstone
Lyuo burg, Macedon, Mullins, O ran
to, Nesc 8, r ck Hill, Catawba Pow
or Comp ny's pond, in Spartanburg,
,t Dayton Nj Ii pond, both lower aut
DrAyton pond proper, Floyd's pond,
Fl sh ponh, Lswsons fork, Nebbitt'
p nd, r uquies pond aud Wnite't
MIL pond. They have also been left
j. Suupter county and at Swansea,
Trenton, Troy, Vordery, Wexford.
Westv!lle aid Williston.
r inoow tlolt wern generouslp dis
bribuGed In Yoe's spring. near Green
wood.
Sun fish were plsc'd st Barnwell
Batesburg In Goose creek, near Char
lest0n, in the lake at Columbia, also
Ut Oowpens, Darlington, Enoree
Greenvll)e, Lancaster and LAndrum
In the latter place the following
ponds were stocked: Belue pond, Ool
liS creek, p .ge Pond, Smith creek
They were also left at McBee and
Rook Hill and placed Ia the CITY
reservoir at Spartanburg and In tht
Dfayton pond Trenton also received
q supply. The largest number plaoet
we're 5 $50 large mouth black baas ir
tho r. ok Hill pOnd,