The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-20
FISH HATCHERY
WILL BE BUILT
NEAR. LISBON
City Donates Land-Hatch-
cry Will Cost State Not
More Than $4,000

Possibility that nav fish hatch
cry may be built by the state fish
and game commission on the Shey-
enne river near Lisbon was an
nounced here today by G. p. Peter
son, state fish and game commits
siOner.
An arrangement has been made.
Peterson said, whereby the city of
Lisbon will donate the ground for
the hatchery and the state expects
to construct q small hatchery at
cost Of not more than $4,000. 1t
would be used for the propagation Of
various kinds of pike.
The commission also will continue
operation of the hatcheries at Lake
Epsilon, near st. Johns in the Tur-
tie mountains, and the hatchery at
Spiritwood lake.
Pike Are Hatched
Approximately 100000 wall-eyed
pike were Matched at Lake Epsilon
last year and planted in the lakes
and streams of the state. The eggs
were obtained from the Canadian
government. This year, however, the
commission hopes to obtain some
from Minnesota. The eggs usually
are delivered in May and the COM
mission will not know how many are
available until the season opens.
Peterson said.
Last year 100000 northern pike
eggs were Matched at Spiritwood, the
eggs being obtained from fish
caught in the Sheycnnc river near
Lisbon. The eggs are stripped from
the fish without harm to the latter,
Peterson said, and the resulting
fingerlings are planted in the
streams and lakes where they are
most needed.
The commission also will continue
its experiments and propagation
work on its game farms at Bottineau
and Spiritwood. The Bottineau farm
has 73 acres and that at Spiritwood
20.
Pheasants Doing Well
Special attention is being given to
the propagation of Chinese pleas
ants at Bottineau where 1875 are on
hand. The flock is said to have win
tered well and a rapid increase is
expected this summer. Three hun
dred eggs have been ordered from
the west to provide new stock and
prevent inbreeding.
The pheasants will prove especial
ly valuable as game bird, Peterson
believes, because of the fact that
they multiply rapidly. In many cases
they rear two and sometimes three
broods a season and each brood is
as large as that Of the native prairie
chicken or grouse, he said.
Hunters who believe that the
pheasants have tendency to run
off the native prairie chickens are
wrong, Peterson said, and told of
many cases where the pheasants and
native prairie chickens live side by
side without intermingling and APP
parently get along we'll.
Both birds and eggs are being
sent out to all parts of the state to
persons interested in providing the
basis for covey for future years,
Peterson said, and many amateur
game farmers are now helping to
maintain the wild life of the state.
To Farm" Grouse and Chicken
At the Spiritwood farm the Chi
nese pheasants and Hungarian part
ridges wintered we'll and are build
ing strong colonies. An effort will
be made at Spiritwood to "farm" ma
tive grouse and prairie chickens
Peterson feels that it can be done
Some Lady Amherst, Golden and
Silver pheasants have been raised al
Spiritwood, Peterson said, but these
do not propagate rapidly and are not
intended for use as game bird
They are being kept at the farm fol-
show purposes and for distribution
to public parks.
Peterson already has ordered 25C
pairs of Hungarian cartridges from
Slovakia for delivery next winter
| Efforts to obtain some last fall fail.
ed because the Slovakians were an.
able to meet the demand, which has
been heavy from all parts of the
United States. The birds will cost
about $40 pair laid down in New
York. "a
The partridge is an ideal game
bird, Peterson said, and multiple:
rapidly. Previous paintings in al
parts of the state prove that they
thrive here and he is confident that
when their number has increased
sufficiently they will provide som.
fine sport.
The supply of prairie chickens ane
grouse next fall should be good
Peterson said, especially in thu
northern ad eastern parts of tn,
seriously reduced the number o.
parts of the state, he said, and ex
pressed the opinion that birds from
the west may have migrated to tht
east in their effort to find food.