The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-21

, 500 feet OF a concrete runway, diyld-
ed into ponds
The water. a5 1t wells l:om the large
springs and flows through the I3
ncree of company land. has tenn
Gcraturc of 4S degrees. winter and
summer, which is said 10 he normal
for the Matching and developing Of
fish.
A hatchery building has been con-
structed OF late and, in this structure.
the experts expect to place 1,5O0.O0O
fish eggs this season, from which to
develop the fay that, added to tho
100000 now there. win complete the
9tocklng of the ponds.
In one pond are $50 stocl, iish-beau-
tliul specimens OF the rainbow trout,
weighing from one TO four pounds.
The females Will be stripped of their
eggs In December Twenty days after
the stripping and fertillzine. eyed eggs
VIII appear and 30 days thereafter the
fry will wiggle forth, the self-depend-
ont beginning of rainbow trout.
Tho fish are fed on carr ground 10
pulp by a grinding machine operat-
ed by gasoline engine, The carp.
weighing from four TO fifteen pounds.
are caught by the ton In iue sloughs
of the Bear River. to the northwest
Of Brigham.
The Maple Creek hatchery is per
hops the most interesting sight in
f'st culture in the west, Ss the trout
in its native habitat Is 20 be seen
In the brook alongside the concrete
ponds. At this time of year the fish
can be observed fanniRS the gravel
and pebbles of the crystal stream,
Preparing for the spawning season,
regardless OF the well laid plans of the
hatchery people 10 aid naCure In its
lator Of propagation. Left to repro
juce its kind, the female rainbow
would deposit its eggs where the body
fms, by tanning, had cleaned a spot
among the pebbles. Seth Green, In
his book on fish culture, has estimated
that only one in 1 400 eggs thus de-
posted develops into a IGaturcd fish,
while by mans artificial aid as high
as 81 per cent of the eggs are sue
ccssfully carried through the differ
ont staGes-the eyed egg. the fry,
the yearlinG-to maturity. That is
why trout hatcheTies arc becoming
an attractive source of investigation
and investment although the Industry
Is one of untold difficulties, and mis-
takes in disregard OF details are fatal
to success, For instance. some have
attempted fish culture under appnr-
e1tly all the conditions of fish in their
native habitat, only To find. after
dismal failure, that the cnurning of
more than lullaby song OF the brook.
hO fl.
stream was essential 10 success. MIR
Hall. the originator Of the Maple Creek
hatchery, overlooked this lesson when
he began his experiment, but he soon
corrected his mistake by allowing the
water entering the ponds to have n
olop of foot. This miniature water.
laF now reproduCes the music of the
brook. but It is not the reproduction
OF the rhythmic sound chat is aimed
ct, but the acrating or the %ater-the |
supplying OF air for the trout
From the hatchery, the return trim
TO Ogden was begun at 2;20-p. M.
The interurban was boarded at $3.50 |
and at o'clock, on the dot. the cars |
stopped at Twenty.ffth street
Going and coming the cars were |
loaded. The electric line is proving
popular and Is doing much to bring all
that rich territory of orchards and
'ther resources, TO the north of this
city in close touch with Ogden.
On next Sunday another little
group of Ogjenites VIII 90
over the same route, diyerginc
at Brigham City to see the Ogden
Portland Cement company's plant
In operation on the edge of the most
extensive mari and clay dry-lake bot
tom in the world.