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CALIFORNIA SALMON WINTER OF 1878-'79. 



'To Green River, on the S. & A. Railroad, . 30,000 



" Broad " at the mouth of Reedy Patch Creek, 45,000 



" Linville " near Bridgewater, . . 30,000 



" John's " 12 miles from Morganton, . 30,000 



" Yadkin l< at Patterson's, . . . 60,000 



11 Deep " at Jamestown, . . . 65,000 



" Town Creek, at Germanton, . . . 20,000 



" Dan River, near Danbury, . . . 20,000 



Total, 300,000 



LAND-LOCKED SALMON APRIL 5TH, 1878. 



April, 1878 John's River, . . 1,000 



Linville " . . . 4,400 



Mayo " . . 3,000 



Dan " . . 3,000 



Ponds near Charlotte, . . 500 



" " Greensboro, . . . 2,000 



" " Morganton, . . . 600 



" " Salisbury, . . . 1,000 



Total, .... 15,500 



NOTES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF PRIVATE FISH 



PONDS. 



HON. L. L. POLK: 



Sir: In obedience to your request to furnish some practical 

 hints about the construction and management of private fish 

 ponds I will make a few brief suggestions. The numerous 

 letters you have received show a general interest throughout the 

 State, but this is especially the case in the middle section. 



When popular opinion becomes stronger in favor of fish cul- 



