The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-08-25
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'i 10 l.r"au
D., is conceived to De The better policy to OK.
pend a small amOut of public money In ma.
King n-h so abundant unt Ihpy can be caught
without o. friction and saro a. cheap food for
'hc people nt large. rather than TO uNpcud u
much larger sum iu preventing people from
catching tho few fish that sull remain after
generation ul lmroyi1nn,e.
Public Or government G.h.cG,Duro I'm Amor
ca exceeds iu extent and Importance that Of
all other countries combined. However. the
neglect Of some OF the states 10 provide the
minimum protection 10 certain species inhahi
ting interstate and international waters has
not only ncgat,ved the fsh.cutural work of the
bureau ana OF the states themselves, but has
practically inhibited It by preventing the pos.
eIblllly OF securing m ADEQUATE supply Of eggs
thus making desirable and necessary the pla.
cling Of interstate and international waters un
der the jurisdiction OF the general government
At the end of the frs ten years OF the bu
-rcaus existence the fishes that were being
regularly cultivated were shad carp. chinook
salmon Atlantic salmon. land.lockcd salmon
rainbow trout brook trout and whitcGsh, in ad
dltlon to which the propagation of several 9th.
ers had been undertaken cXperimentally. The
list now IS six times rs long and the annual
output Is ten times the aggregate for the ten.
year period ending IN 1881.
The main energies are devoted to the I'm.
portant commercial fishes--shnd, whitefsh,
lake trout, Pacific samons white perch vel.
low perch cod natfsh and the lobster, which
are Matched In lots of many millions annually.
More widely popular, however, are the dstrl.
buttons OF the fishes of the interior waters
which are generally cassed as game fishes Al.
though representing only about 10 per cent
So bn a,,t,,, Of thn hafa
of the work IA very important, for II supplies
choice kinds of fish for public rivers. lakes and
lponds and for fishing preserves and private
ponds and streams in all parts of the United
States. The fishes most In demand for these
purposes are the land.locked salfnon the diff.
I5Teht species OF trout, the grayling. tho basses
the crappies, the sunfishes and the catflshes,
but various others also are handled.
Fish-cultural stations are established by
especial act OF congress- and their location and
construction are determined after careful
survey of the available sites In n given state
The usual buildings are the hatchery proper
"a residence for the superintendent and his fam.
Sly. and necessary outbuildings. At some sta
tons there may also be power house foreman's
cor fshculturist's dwelling mess hall and sta.
ole.
The only permanent marine hatcheries are
in Maine and Massachusetts, where the cod,
pollock. fatfish, and Holsters are Matched In
Immense numbers. Other sea fishes that have
in previous years been artfclally propagated
and may again come under the hand of the
are the paddock the scuppaug,
the sheepshead. the sea bass, the mackerel and
the squeteagne. some OF which were Matched
on the steamer Fish Hawk, in Chesapeake bay
and Florida
The ish-cultural work on the eastern coast