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off this place, apparently 8 or 10 miles from shore; when they blew the 

 spray therefrom fell over all around like a fountain." 



Drumfish in Bush Eiver. — The Harford Democrat, published in 

 Belair, Md., August 7, 1885, announces that a drumfish had been 

 taken in Bush Eiver by Mr. John Leight, who has fished the river for 

 many years, but never caught one before. It measured 31 inches in 

 length, 11£ inches depth, and weighed 14£ pounds. 



Cultivating the red-mouth buffalo-fish: — Under date of 

 March 2, 1885, Mr. John Farrington, of Fayette, Howard County, Mo., 

 writes that he considers the red-mouth buffalo-fish (Ictiobus bubalus) to be 

 superior to the mirror carp, having cultivated the former for several years 

 past- Four years ago he put 12 Ictiobus bubalus, weighing from one-half 

 to three-fourths of a pound, in a pond covering an area of 1 acre, with a 

 maximum depth of 12 feet, and last summer caught 21 fish that aver- 

 aged 9 pounds, their weights ranging from 7 to 13£ pounds. Mr. Far- 

 rington further states that on account of the small bones these fish 

 should not be eaten when weighing less than 7 pounds. He says their 

 flesh is of fine grain and of a good flavor. He is also cultivating large- 

 mouth bass, crappies, rock bass, and pike. 



Swiss fish- culture. — During the year 1883-'S4 the state fish- 

 cultural establishment at Zurich, Switzerland, raised 40,000 salmon, 

 10,000 salmon hybrids, 51,000 lake and river trout, 30,000 grayling, 

 100,000 mullets, 7,000 German inursenas, 20,000 American salmon, and 

 18,000 whitefish, all of which were set free in the Lake of Zurich and 

 in the Limmat River. In the establishment of the forest of Sihl, 

 30,940 eggs have been used, and from the middle of January to the end 

 of March, 1884, there have been transferred 28,000 fish obtained from 

 these eggs. [Bulletin of French Acclimatization Society, June, 1884, 

 p. 513.] 



Trout culture in England. — Trout culture has made astonishing 

 strides in Great Britain the last two or three years. Owners of fisheries 

 are beginning to find that by far the best plan is to put in yearling or 

 two-year-old fish. A trout of a year old will live in water in which fry 

 cannot thrive; even if they do thrive in it, still it is better to put in 

 older fish, as they will spawn naturally, and their offspring will be more 

 hardy than fry bred artificially. Many millions of fry have been wasted 

 by turning them into the open water instead of rearing them until they 

 can take care of themselves. 



Any one in doubt as to what breed of trout to put into a water for 

 stocking purposes should procure one-year or two-year-old Loch Leven 

 trout from Mr. T. Andrews, Westgate House, Guildford ; or Mr. Silk, 

 Burleigh Park, Stamford ; or Mr. T. Ford, Caistor, Lincolnshire. [Fish- 

 ing Gazette, April 4, 1885.] 



Time required to hatch carp eggs.— Mr. John H. Brakeley states 

 that at Bordentown, K J., he has found carp eggs to hatch in ninety- 

 six hours or le^s. 



