﻿5. 
  The 
  general 
  tendency 
  to 
  expansion 
  has 
  been 
  carefully- 
  

   fostered 
  by 
  the 
  efforts 
  of 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  enthu- 
  

   siastic 
  men, 
  — 
  anglers, 
  philanthropists, 
  and 
  statesmen, 
  — 
  by 
  

   whom 
  societies 
  and 
  journals 
  have 
  been 
  established, 
  and 
  to 
  

   which 
  influence 
  is 
  due 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  

   government 
  and 
  state 
  commissions, 
  and 
  the 
  appropriation 
  

   of 
  public 
  money 
  for 
  the 
  propagation 
  and 
  acclimatization 
  

   of 
  useful 
  fishes. 
  

  

  Especially 
  prominent 
  in 
  this 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  " 
  Ame- 
  

   rican 
  Fish 
  Cultural 
  Association," 
  organized 
  in 
  187 
  1,* 
  which, 
  

   under 
  the 
  lead 
  of 
  such 
  men 
  as 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Robert 
  B. 
  

   Rooseevelt, 
  and 
  Messrs. 
  George 
  Shepard 
  Page, 
  Barnet 
  

   Phillips, 
  and 
  Eugene 
  G. 
  Blackford, 
  has 
  always 
  led 
  public 
  

   opinion 
  in 
  matters 
  connected 
  with 
  fishery 
  protection 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   pagation, 
  and 
  has 
  published 
  a 
  valuable 
  series 
  of 
  Transactions. 
  

  

  The 
  " 
  United 
  States 
  Menhaden 
  Oil 
  and 
  Guano 
  Associa- 
  

   tion," 
  the 
  " 
  New 
  York 
  Fishmongers' 
  Association," 
  the 
  

   " 
  Boston 
  Fish 
  Bureau," 
  are 
  powerful 
  societies, 
  organized 
  

   within 
  ten 
  years 
  to 
  direct 
  and 
  stimulate 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  

   the 
  industries 
  in 
  which 
  their 
  members 
  are 
  concerned. 
  

  

  6. 
  Finally, 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  and 
  concomitant 
  of 
  increased 
  con- 
  

   sumption, 
  increased 
  capture 
  and 
  increased 
  public 
  interest, 
  

   we 
  come 
  to 
  fish 
  culture. 
  The 
  transplanting 
  of 
  fish 
  was 
  

   practised 
  and 
  advocated 
  by 
  Gen. 
  Lincoln, 
  Benjamin 
  

   Franklin, 
  and 
  others, 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  century, 
  and 
  

   Jacoby, 
  the 
  father 
  of 
  artificial 
  culture, 
  had 
  correspondents 
  

   in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  1770. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Earll 
  has 
  kindly 
  prepared 
  the 
  following 
  brief 
  history 
  

   of 
  the 
  science 
  among 
  us 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  first 
  attempt 
  at 
  artificial 
  fish 
  culture 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  

  

  * 
  At 
  first 
  called 
  the 
  American 
  Fish 
  Culturists 
  Association, 
  

   but 
  changed 
  in 
  1878 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  Fish 
  Cultural 
  Association, 
  

   to 
  admit 
  to 
  membership 
  those 
  not 
  actually 
  engaged 
  in 
  fish 
  culture. 
  

  

  