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  States 
  was 
  in 
  185 
  1, 
  when 
  Dr. 
  Theodatus 
  Garlick, 
  of 
  Cleve- 
  

   land, 
  Ohio, 
  took 
  and 
  impregnated 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  brook-trout, 
  

   Salvelinus 
  fontinalis, 
  which 
  were 
  afterwards 
  successfully 
  

   hatched. 
  When 
  the 
  news 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Garlick's 
  success 
  became 
  

   known, 
  other 
  parties 
  became 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  subject, 
  and 
  

   numerous 
  experiments 
  were 
  made 
  with 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  trout 
  

   and 
  other 
  species. 
  In 
  1856 
  public 
  sentiment 
  had 
  developed 
  

   sufficiently 
  to 
  warrant 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  Legislature 
  in 
  

   establishing 
  a 
  Board 
  of 
  Commissioners 
  for 
  investigating 
  

   subjects 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  and 
  considering 
  the 
  

   practicability 
  of 
  the 
  artificial 
  propagation 
  of 
  fish 
  at 
  the 
  

   expense 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  "The 
  era 
  of 
  practical 
  fish 
  culture 
  was 
  inaugurated 
  in 
  1864 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Seth 
  Green, 
  who 
  built 
  a 
  hatchery 
  and 
  engaged 
  

   extensively 
  in 
  the 
  work. 
  A 
  year 
  later 
  the 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  

   Fish 
  Commission 
  was 
  formed, 
  and 
  an 
  attempt 
  was 
  made, 
  

   at 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  to 
  re-stock 
  the 
  salmon 
  rivers, 
  

   this 
  being 
  the 
  first 
  appropriation 
  of 
  public 
  money 
  for 
  

   fish-cultural 
  purposes. 
  Other 
  hatcheries 
  were 
  established 
  

   shortly 
  afterwards, 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  gentlemen 
  turned 
  

   their 
  attention 
  to 
  fish-cultural 
  pursuits. 
  Prominent 
  among 
  

   these 
  early 
  workers 
  were 
  Lyman, 
  Green, 
  Ainsworth, 
  Slack, 
  

   Stone, 
  Atkins, 
  Brackett, 
  and 
  Mather. 
  By 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  

   1870 
  ten 
  of 
  our 
  breeding-stations 
  had 
  established 
  fish 
  com- 
  

   missions, 
  and 
  many 
  had 
  been 
  appropriated 
  for 
  the 
  propa- 
  

   gation 
  of 
  brook-trout, 
  salmon, 
  white-fish, 
  lake-trout, 
  and 
  

   shad. 
  

  

  "In 
  1 
  87 
  1 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  was 
  estab- 
  

   lished. 
  Arrangements 
  were 
  at 
  once 
  made 
  for 
  a 
  thoroughly 
  

   scientific 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  later 
  the 
  

   work 
  of 
  artificial 
  propagation 
  was 
  begun. 
  The 
  operations 
  

   of 
  this 
  Commission 
  have 
  increased 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year, 
  and 
  

   much 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  extending 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  important 
  

  

  