APPENDIX. 



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Fish Farm at Caledonia, N. Y. 



This celebrated fish-fann is three quarters of a mile from Caledonia, 

 N. Y. Caledonia is a small village, about seventeen miles south-west 

 of Rochester, and seven miles west of Avon Springs. Both the New 

 York Central and Erie railroads have stations at Caledonia. The Roch- 

 ester and State Line railroad, recently planned, will have a station at 

 the village of Mumford, which is one- quarter of a mile from us. Cale- 

 donia is noted for its creek, which rises entirely from springs, is fed 

 along its whole course by springs in its beds, and at our fish-farm, which 

 is about three-quarters of a mile from the source, it runs about eighty 

 barrels of water per second, 4,800 per minute, or something over 

 200,000,000 of gallons in twenty-four hours. Quite a respectable quan- 

 tity of water, and the whole of it available for our ponds, if we wish to 

 use it. The ground in the neighborhood being very level, no surface- 

 drainage of any account washes into the creek, and the water looks 

 pure as crystal. It is, in reality, slightly tinctured with lime and sulphur ; 

 but must agree with the fish, as the creek has always been noted tor its 

 Trout, and still abounds in them. This fish-farm is now owned by Seth 

 Green, A. S. Collins and S. M. Spencer. It embraces within its limits 

 one-half mile of the creek. The ponds, etc., being arranged for a special 

 pur-pose, are not laid out according to the plan given in this work. Be- 

 sides this, some of them were laid out when we first commenced fish-cul- 

 ture and did not have the experiencewhich we have now gained ; still as 

 the supply of water is so large, they serve a very good purpose, even in 

 their present state. Although the intention has been to raise fish for 

 market, yet the reputation of the senior member of the firm, as a fish- 

 culturist, and the publicity given to our farm, through the papers, has 

 caused such a demand upon us for eggs, young fry, and adult fish, for 

 stocking ponds, that it taxes all our resources to supply this demand, 

 without selling a pound of fish for eating. As we take the greatest of 

 care in collecting the eggs and packing them, and from inspection with 



