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Brewer's Improved Chute and Fish way was patented 

 April 30, 1872, and the contract had to be awarded to 

 J. D. Brewer. This work was pronounced by those 

 present at the opening, to be an entire success. The 

 inventor and contractor in presence of at least twenty 

 gentlemen, with a round scoop net of thirteen inches in 

 diameter, took out two fish at a haul, two thirds of the 

 way up the ascent, and numbers of the fish were taken in 

 the fishway when they were going up. As soon as the 

 coffer dam at the upper end was taken away the roily 

 water rushed down the fishway; the fish, thinking that 

 there was a flood, rushed up. Some were taken with a 

 scoop net nearly at the top of the dam. 



IMPROVING STREAMS. Where a person has a small 

 stream on his place which is adapted for trout, but is not 

 large enough to accommodate many, or grow them to a 

 good size, it can, at very small expense, be made a con- 

 siderable source of pleasure and profit. All that has to 

 be done is, to dig small ponds or long, narrow holes, say 

 three or four rods long, and five feet deep, and throw 

 some logs or brush in them. If possible, lay the logs 

 crosswise near the bottom, in order to have the water 

 work under them and make a clean "scour." Then all 

 that has to be done is to place some trout fry in the brook 

 above the ponds. As the fish grow they will settle 

 down into the ponds where they can find shelter and 

 safety, and whence they can be taken with a hook 

 and line whenever they are wanted ; the danger of foul- 

 ing around the brushwood being an additional excite- 

 ment to the angler. The fish need not be fed, as food 

 sufficient will accumulate upon the logs and brush. 



