HISTOEY OF FISH CULTURE. 19 



in the establishment of the French Governmental 

 fish farm at Huningue, in 1851. 



In 1853, Dr. F. Garlick and Prof. H. A. Ackley 

 succeeded, after great labor and expense, in es- 

 tablishing a small fish farm near Cleveland, O. 

 The primary result of this was the hatching of a 

 few trout ; the secondary, the appearance of a 

 work entitled " A Treatise on the Artificial Prop- 

 agation of Fish," a work at the present day far 

 more curious than valuable. In 1859, Mr. Ste- 

 phen H. Ainsworth, of West Bloomfield, N. Y., 

 commenced his experiments ; from the paucity of 

 his supply of water, it was impossible for him to 

 enter upon fish culture as a business ; but as an 

 experimenter, he has perhaps done as much if 

 not more for the advancement of American trout 

 culture than any other person. He has made 

 numerous inventions, among which his SPAWNING 

 RACE stands pre-eminent. The following letter, 

 received some time since, will explain his charac- 

 ter as a man and a pisciculturist better than 

 pages of eulogy : 



WEST BLOOMFIELD, K Y., Oct. 20. - 



DEAR SIR The spawning race you refer to is 



not patented, nor will be with my knowledge, and 



consent. I have done all I well could for eleven 



years to improve the cultivation of trout for the 



