The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-29

and the carp ponds are increasing very
rapidly.
I'VE have also brought in number
of European trout Moreover, we are
carrying fish from one part of the Unit
cd states to another. For instance. the
shad is now one of the most abundant
food Ashes of California 1t can be
found from Los Angeles to Alaska, and
1t is about rs common on our Pacific
coast as OH the Atlantic. This comes
from shad which have been taken from
the Atlantic and planted there The
total cost of the experiment was some
thing like $4,000. and at the presen,
dute the shad taken out and marketed
in that region runs high into the mil
lions OF hands 1t has melted the fish,
ermcn over third of million dollars,
which Is n big dividend on a four-thou-
sand dollar investment.
Another fish which we have sent
West Is the striped bass. which We
planted first in San Francisco Bay. We
took less than 500 from New Jersey,
and from them the Pacific coast has
been populated. The bass has become
the leading game fish of California.
and II can be bought at lower price
| In san Francisco than in New York
The cost of transplanting 1t was less
than thousand dollars, and the value
of the catch already sold has beer
more than million dollars. Uncle
| Sam threw $1,000 into the water, and
! 10! s1.oo0.000 has come back. 1t beat.
! the bread OF the Scriptures.
I'VE are also sending Western fish
to the East We have taken tho rain.
bow trout and distributed it through
out the different States and Territories
and we are now trying to transplant
Pacific salmon. 1t grows we'll and
thrives in the lakes, but whether il
VIII breed remains to be seen"
The Great Lakes
How about the FISH OF the Great
Lakes?"
"'rhey are valuable. but we have a
great deal OF trouble In controlling
/ the industry. because we have no nat
| ional or international laws regarding
: 1t. Each State does as il pleases, and
the Canadians do as they please The
result Is that there is n great destruc-
ton of fish. and especially of the white.
fish and other valuable varieties. Nev-
ertheless We are annually getting IS5.-
100000 pounds OF fis!, from those lakes
and our interior waters, and the great
err part OF this comes from the lakes
| We are doing what we can to increase
,, the lake supply. We have one station
on Lake Erie where. in 1907. our coll
, iections OF whitetish eggs reached n
total Of 3S6,000,0Oo We bought those
eggs from the fishermen for the most
part and gathered the rest ourselves
We have . Number of such stations on
the lakes and also well equipped hatch
cries
In the same way we are collecting
the eggs OF the pike, perch and lake
trout. and are doing much to inn
prove the supply Of these ana other
valuable fishes"
How Fish Are Distributed
How is 1t possible To carry fish over
The country so that they VIII keep
alive and grow when planted?"
We do that in various ways We
have special cars. each of which ia
walled with twenty or more large wa
ter tanks, in which the fish are car,
rted. There Sre also compartments
which holi more than a thousand gal.
Ions of reserve water We have {,
boiler room on such car. ana a plant
TO pump water ana air into the tanks
There are also sleeping places. and
kltehen and pantry for the men.
These cars may he attached TO regu.
lar train and dropped II as needed II.
sending small shipments we use ten
gallon cans which are carried in bag
gage cars. The cans are handled bv
our own messengers In some years
our cars and messengers travel over
"oo'ooo miles in distributing young
fish"
fCopyrsht, 1911, by Frank C. carpen-
ter)