270 AMERICAN FISH CULTURE. 



it is only the amusement and recreation of a few wealthy 

 men, and to make it an every-day practical thing with every 

 one who has the water facilities for engaging in it. What 

 we want, is, to have poor men earn their living or a part 

 of their living hy fish culture. If this end can be reached, 

 then the new fish-raising movement, is worthy the attention 

 and encouragement of every public-spirited man. 



All that is needed to effect this end, in the opinion of 

 the writer, is, care, study, and perseverance in the work. 

 Nature supplies, in the countless numbers of ova in fish, 

 boundless resources to start from. All that man has to do, 

 is to provide the conditions requisite to avail himself of 

 nature's vast supplies. It seems as if he might do this, as 

 yet no insuperable obstacle has presented itself. Every- 

 thing conspires to confirm the most ardent faith in favora- 

 ble results. Let every one who is interested in this move- 

 ment give what time and effort he can spare, and in less 

 time than we suppose, a complete revolution may be effected 

 in our American waters, and our barren rivers and profit- 

 less ponds be made the repositories of great wealth. 



The Salmon for the Connecticut River. The salmon 

 spawn sent to the Cold Spring Trout Ponds by the N. II. 

 Commissioners in the fall of 18G7 to be hatched for the 

 Connecticut river, arrived at their destination on the even- 

 ing of the 22d of November. They were taken in the 

 Miramichi river, on the 10th, 18th and 22d of October, by 

 Dr. Fletcher, of Concord, N. H., by whom they were care- 

 fully packed in wet moss, enclosed in champagne baskets. 

 On their arrival at Charlestown they were unpacked as 

 speedily as possible, and after being thoroughly separated 

 from the moss, were deposited in the hatching-beds pre- 

 pared for them. Large, round, plump, and of a beautiful 

 salmon color, they looked very prettily resting on the clean 

 gravel, in the clear running water. But a -more gratifying 



