Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-07-11

seen in such numbers as since the stu
dents began planting them, partly
grown, along the shores. Soon the
catch of sizable fellows will be in
creased, unless all signs fail. Conse-
uuently respect for the unlversity's
book learning as applied to the.
problem of preventing the extinction
of our valuable shell fish is on the in
crease. The work OF the Commission
crs of Inland Fisheries of the State of
Rhode Island, as conducted by teach1
ers and students of Brown university,
has given hope that our descendants
may also have Holsters. For the first
time anywhere the problem of artific-
tally raising these crustaceans, treas
ured by the chef and patrons of every
American hotel and restaurant, has
been successfully solved at the Wick
ford experiment station. or one thous-
and little Holsters Matched under nat
ural conditions from the egg clusters
borne by the female parent, only one.
1t is estimated, ever reaches maturity
The rest, for the most part during the
first few days of their lives, are de-
youred by other Holsters or by greedy
fishes. or perish through other causes.
In the Matching bags of the expert
ment station, on the other hand. as
many as 4S0 out of one thousand
have been brought. at very small ex-
pense per thousand Holsters, up to n
size at which they can be let loose
with good chances that many Of them
will attain the inches prescribed by
law for the fishermen
Even more remarkable results than
this, II Is the opinion of experts. may
yet be shown by individuals who are
willing to lock up capital in crop
that natures very slowly. but which
IL successful. would yield large re-
turns. The lobster farm Is a pos
sibility OF the near future--a marine
plantation among the wave washed
rocks where the popular shell fish
will be continually under the super.
vision of the owner from the sum-
mer days in which they are Matched
as feeble floating wigglers until five
or six years later they are big
enough for 'Newburg' or "broiled
live" There are those who foresee
long line of lobster holdings on
the Atlantic coast from Labrador to
the Delaware Breakwater. New Eng.
land cannot vie with the fertile west
in raising corn and wheat; but Meth
can the west compete with the sea
board in producing Holsters.
Experts, at all events. from abroad.
where the danger of losing the lob.
ster altogether is also imminent, have
visited the Rhode Island experiment.
station and been impressed with its
work. The United States hatchery at
Boothbay Harbor in Maine, which
has heretofore simply attended TO
Matching the eggs and letting loose
the young Holsters in the first stage
OF their growth. is reported to be
about TO adopt the plan of rearing
that has been found successful at
WEXFORD. To set cloud OF the
larvae free in the ocean has been
found to be mainly an excellent
means of feeding other fish.
While. therefore, the young biolo-
gists Of the university at Providence
have been pursuing during the vaca-
ton months college studies that count
as part OF their regular work they
have also been assisting in very inn
portant Industrial undertaking. For
the past six or seven years under the
direction OF Professor A. d. Mead OF
The department Of biology at Brown.